Formal plans have been filed for a residential infill at 5172 Mission Street in Cayuga Terrace, San Francisco. The nine-unit proposal uses Senate Bill 423, a state law targeted at the city to streamline the approval process. The site contains the current offices of the project applicant and design team, Thousand Architects.
5172 Mission Street rear-yard view, rendering by Thousand Architects
5172 Mission Street vertical cross-section, illustration by Thousand Architects
The 65-foot tall structure will yield around 5,600 square feet for housing, with just over 800 square feet of useable open space for residents. Of the nine rental apartments, four will be permitted as accessory dwelling units. The plans describe the structure as a three-story complex, though additional floor-height is achieved with additional mezzanine levels. Parking will be included for nine bicycles. Of the nine residences, there will be eight studios and a one-bedroom residence.
Plans drafted by Thousand Architects show an attractive contemporary design, with two-story bay windows and a flat-line parapet. The exterior materials will include smooth stucco and wood panels.
5172 Mission Street existing condition, image by Thousand Architects
The 0.067-acre site is located along Mission Street between Niagara Avenue and Geneva Avenue. Future residents will be just over half a mile from the Balboa Park BART Station. City records show the property last sold in 2017 for $888,000. The estimated cost and timeline for construction have yet to be shared.
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Man, is that ugly.
It’s a different kind of ugly from its ugly neighbors.
Lmao, sure, why not?
I actually think that this is a reasonably good design, and it is so much better than the typical SOMA-style live-work “infill” dreck shown daily on this site. Also, this is a particularly hideous block. This building will only improve things. It’s a good location for this kind of development too, with transit and shopping all located nearby.
Agree.
Too big, too tall, totally out of scale for that block. What’s wrong with our Planning Department??
Ed, How can you blame our Planning Department at for this? If you read the article you’d see this is a project not (yet) approved by Planning, but rather a project proposed and submitted by the owner/applicant – one clearly aiming to max out the site with the help of Senate Bill 423, while staying under the 10 unit requirement for paying “prevailing wage” to workers…