May 12, 2008
Stem Cell Research Funds New UCSF Building Outside Of Mission Bay
By way of a plugged-in tipster and GlobeSt.com:
The University of California at San Francisco will receive approximately $34.9 million from the [California Institute for Regenerative Medicine]. It will combine the grant it with $100 million from its own coffers to construct a 74,000-sf building off Medical Center Way on its Parnassus campus, which has not seen a new research facility since the mid-1960s. The building is being designed by Rafael Viñoly of New York.
∙ Stem-Cell Grant Will Yield $1.1B in Projects [GlobeSt]
First Published: May 12, 2008 9:36 AM
Comments from "Plugged In" Readers
good for inner sunset and cole valley!
Posted by: anon8mizer at May 12, 2008 10:12 AM
Mike Bishop is going to have a tough time getting this past the local NIMBY community of the inner sunset. Good luck Mike, you will need it.
Posted by: Craig at May 12, 2008 10:16 AM
is that the architect's rendering? it looks like quake damage.
Posted by: hj o'connor at May 12, 2008 10:29 AM
neighborhood reaction depends on where they put this building.
i didn't read the article, but that rendering looks like it is just to the west of the HSW building (the tallest building of the campus in the back). a building there wouldn't block any views or get in the way of anybody...
Posted by: ex SF-er at May 12, 2008 10:35 AM
The NIMBYs will definitely scream but in the end does it matter? As a state institution can't UCSF ignore them and do what they want with the land? Short of the legislature threatening their funding they don't have to follow local land-use regulations.
Posted by: Eric in SF at May 12, 2008 11:11 AM
UCSF and the city have an agreement limiting the total square footage of the Parnassus campus, so I assume that the construction of the new building will be accompanied by the reduction of square footage elsewhere.
Posted by: Dan at May 12, 2008 11:37 AM
Because of the restrictions on Parnassus, most of the action will continue to be at Mission Bay. UCSF just broke ground on a much larger research facility than the small stem cell building on Parnassus. The new Mission Bay research center is for cardiovascular research:
http://pub.ucsf.edu/today/cache/feature/200805062.html
Posted by: Dan at May 12, 2008 11:40 AM
Is this what passes for cutting edge modern architecture in the 21st century? Death of an art form.
Posted by: DerrySF at May 12, 2008 2:43 PM
This is very good for the area and SF in the long run.
Posted by: jimmythekid at May 12, 2008 8:23 PM
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