Once again, plans are shifting dramatically for the potential redevelopment of the Sloat Garden Center in San Francisco’s Sunset District. After over a year of seeking approval for a 50-story tower at 2700 Sloat Boulevard, the previous developer withdrew plans in May of this year. The new joint venture has submitted plans to create over four hundred apartments in a 22-story tower.
San Francisco Housing Development Corporation is leading the project in a co-development with Housing America Partners. The development will create two structures rising from a shared single-story podium. The West Tower will rise 203 feet, and the East Tower will rise 233 feet above street level. The application has invoked Assembly Bill 2011, which could streamline the approval process.
2700 Sloat Boulevard pedestrian view from across Sloat, rendering by Solomon Cordwell Buenz
The complex will yield around 459,000 square feet, including 413,750 square feet for housing, 10,450 square feet for retail, and 15,300 square feet for a 52-car garage. Additional parking will be provided for 217 bicycles. The project will include 446 apartments, with 207 affordable rentals and 239 for-sale market-rate homes. Unit types vary with 94 studios, 173 one-bedrooms, 120 two-bedrooms, and 59 three-bedrooms.
Solomon Cordwell Buenz is still responsible for the design. Illustrations show a stepped tower with a series of terraces extending from the 22-story peak to just seven floors along the more residential Wawona Street. The Wawona-facing elevation matches a similar roofline to the terrace of the recently approved United Irish Cultural Center across the street. Though just six floors tall, the community center is expected to stand 96 feet tall. The south elevation looking across Sloat Boulevard towards the San Francisco Zoo is patterned with a mix of curtain-wall glass and inset private terraces.
2700 Sloat Boulevard aerial view, rendering by Solomon Cordwell Buenz
In late December of 2021, we published our first coverage on 2700 Sloat Boulevard. 2700 Sloat Holdings LLC had submitted plans drafted by Korb + Associates for a 12-story complex with 400 apartments and retail. Roughly 16 months later, preliminary permits were filed in April of 2023 for a 50-story tower at 2700 Sloat Boulevard.
The Nevada-based developer, CH Planning, shocked the city with plans for a 589-foot tall skyscraper with retail and 680 apartments, including 110 affordable units. The city’s Zoning Administrator determined that the developer was relying on an inaccurate interpretation of the zoning code to achieve such high density. The developer attempted an appeal and filed two lawsuits, but dropped them after withdrawing the application in May this year.
2700 Sloat Street, image via Google Satellite, outlined by SFYIMBY
The 0.87-acre property is located between Sloat Boulevard and Wawona Street between 45th and 46th Avenue. Residents will be across from the Westerly apartments, Java Beach at the Zoo, and the United Irish Cultural Center. The San Francisco Zoo will be just across Sloat Boulevard. Ocean Beach is two blocks away, across the Great Highway.
The estimated cost and timeline for construction have yet to be shared.
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The supervisor said it was still out of scale, I dunno. The lack of housing built in the area is out of scale. Once a few 6-8 story buildings pop-up it won’t be out of scale.
Wow, it’s beautiful! I wish I lived in the sunset so I could have a view of this building.
So terraces are on the north side…