If the sheer height of the 910-foot tower that’s proposed to rise at 50 First Street doesn’t wow you, the tower’s elevated first floor and open-air plaza beneath surely will. From John King with respect to the “gasp-inducing” design: The lead architect for the project is Foster + Partners, the celebrated English firm doing the doughnut-shaped Read More »
The preliminary designs for two towers designed by Foster + Partners and Heller Manus Architects which could rise up to 910 feet in height at the corner of First and Mission have been submitted to Planning for Environmental Review. As we first reported last year, TMG Partners’ proposed 50 First Street development includes over 1 million Read More »
While SB Architects appears to have replaced Heller Manus as the architects of record, the plans for a 12-story building with a mix of market-rate residential units over ground floor retail to rise on either side of the Metropolis Hotel on the corner of Mason and Turk in the Tenderloin are moving ahead. Currently the Read More »
The proposed Market Street development with 87 rental units over 5,100 square feet of ground floor commercial space to rise on the northeast corner of Market and Sanchez (aka 2198 Market Street) was unanimously approved by San Francisco’s Planning Commission last night. The building will rise to a height of 65-feet along Market and drop Read More »
A joint venture has been formed to develop the 19-story office tower to rise at 350 Bush, designed by Heller Manus to incorporate the terra cotta facade and columns of the landmark San Francisco Mining Exchange Building on the parcel along with the long-vacant adjacent lot. China-based Gemdale Corporation is partnering with Dallas-based Lincoln Property Read More »
Heller Manus has refined their designs for Greystar’s proposed 87-unit rental building to rise at 2198 Market Street (the triangular shaped lot on the northeast corner of Market and Sanchez). As designed, the building would rise to a height of 65-feet along Market Street with 5,100 square feet of commercial space on the ground floor, Read More »
Speaking of market rate development in the Tenderloin, and the demise of surface area parking lots, a plugged-in tipster reports that Heller Manus has been working on plans for a twelve-story high-rise with 110 residential units over ground floor retail and a 23-space garage to be built on the lots surrounding The Metropolis Hotel at Read More »
“Travel & Leisure bumped SF down and it is no longer a top international destination because tourists are complaining about the homeless, dying drug addicts on the streets, and the feces and urine ...” [more]
“When all these towers are full of people with good jobs, houses will be worth even more....” [more]
“Good point. The costs of commuting are much greater for service workers. Rectifying the poor state of public transit should be top priority....” [more]
“this is a great addition to the neighborhood and a blighted stretch of shattuck. love it!...” [more]
“Fair enough. We are all being trigger happy here! Peace out!...” [more]
“There is plenty of reclaimed water available such as being used at local golf links nearby. http://www.sfgate.com/science/article/Recycled-water-in-SF-starts-on-golf-links-4002118.php. I thought GG...” [more]
“This is far too practical a suggestion for SF politics. They would do nothing to make it easier to have a car....” [more]
“The absurdity of city policy on "dwelling unit mergers" will be clear tomorrow when the Planning Commission takes up 344 3rd Avenue, a modest house where the Planning Department advises against mergin...” [more]
“This building isn't in "the Bay Area" it's in Oakland where people have BART cards....” [more]
“What, no pool for that price? Nolan and I used to be neighbors in Silver Creek Valley CC back in late 1990s. I beat him out of some $ on the golf course. I'm guessing he is still hurting from those lo...” [more]