Planning permits have been filed for the conversion of a four-story office building into a self-storage facility at 60 Federal Street in SoMa, San Francisco. The complex has served as a facility for the Academy of Art University for over a decade. Seattle-based Tourbineau Real Estate Partners is listed as the property owner.
60 Federal Street exterior, illustration by Arclogica Architects
60 Federal Street floor plan, illustration by Arclogica Architects
The structure features five floors and two basement levels. Conversion will turn 94,650 square feet of office space into 83,935 square feet for self-storage. Parking is included for eight cars with two loading spaces. Arclogica Architects is responsible for designing the interior conversion, though the exterior facade will not be altered.
The five-story complex is located along Federal Street in a dense block bound by 2nd Street, Delancey Street, Bryant Street, and Brannan Street. The site is a block away from the I-80 overpass and a few blocks away from the Embarcadero. City records show the property last sold in 2005 for $8.95 million, though the public records take some time to update.
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Self storage in the heart of S.F. Sad. How the city had fallen
this is a garbage change. Yimby should be opposed to these kinds of destructive developments.
At least it’s not new construction. I remember reading about a large (12 story or something) storage facility being built in Manhattan. In the end, it’s better to have it used in some capacity than having it be vacant (although you’d think someone could rent an office and just use it for storage it they wanted).
Sometimes people need storage, and sometimes it’s nice to have it easily accessible. I wonder what restrictions there would be in terms of what you can do there in terms of working with the things you store.
I work for the Academy, and I cannot understand the decision making here… Seems like a great property to be sold to a company for an office space. Strange
Shame!
This is just another anecdote pointing us to the inevitable conclusion that S.F.’s real estate capitalist class isn’t capable to meeting the moment. This building would have been a good candidate for conversion to the needed housing, but instead they are taking the easy way out and producing yet another storage facility.
S.F. didn’t need a mandate from Sacramento and Scott Wiener to plan for 82,000 units, we need a local real estate industry that can actually proceed to build.