Preliminary permits have been filed for a 36-story residential tower at 329 Bryant Street in San Francisco’s South Beach neighborhood. The application freezes local planning code to streamline the approval process for a project that could add 260 for-ownership units across from I-80 and One Rincon Hill. Stanton Architecture is listed as the project applicant.
The 347-foot-tall building is expected to yield around 356,000 square feet, including 306,230 square feet of housing and 49,500 square feet of parking. The structure will sit on a three-story garage podium with capacity for 139 cars and 313 bicycles. Apartment sizes will vary with 142 one-bedrooms, 88 two-bedrooms, and 30 three-bedrooms.
329 Bryant Street, isometric illustration by Stanton Architecture
329 Bryant Street podium cross-section, illustration by Stanton Architecture
Of the 260 units, 40 will be deed-restricted as affordable, with twenty units deemed affordable for households earning around 50% of the area’s median income, and 20 units for households earning around 120% of the area’s median income. By including those below-market-rate apartments, the project team can invoke Assembly Bill 1287 to obtain a 100% density bonus above base zoning. The applicant is also expecting to use Senate Bill 330 and SB 423 to streamline the approval process.
Stanton Architecture is responsible for the design. Current illustrations show a curtain-wall glass box placed diagonally atop the podium garage. The placement will maximize views facing the Bay Bridge and Yerba Buena Island.
329 Bryant Street vertical elevation, illustration by Stanton Architecture
329 Bryant Street basement and first-level floor plans, illustration by Stanton Architecture
The property was last sold by Fortress in late 2024 for $7.3 million, although the new owner is not listed. Demolition is expected for one of three commercial buildings on the site. The two buildings that will be preserved, built in 1916 and 1918, are considered contributory components of the South End historic district.
The roughly half-acre property is bound by Bryant Street, Federal Street, and Rincon Street. Future residents will be two blocks from the Embarcadero light rail station near Brannan Street and the Strada Investment Group-owned Pier 30-32 site.
329 Bryant Street, image via Google Satellite
The estimated cost and timeline for construction have yet to be shared.
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perfect location. So excited to see our city’s skyline expand further south! the highway is hideous
Good! People tend to forget how many low-slung or outright unused plots there are East of Misson.
I think you mean south of Mission?
East coast transplants. smh
I find that area soul-deadening and scary at night.
This will fix that.
Looks like a solid project! Wouldn’t mind it being 10-20 floors taller to squeeze in some more units and blend in a little more with One Rincon Hill across the way, but otherwise looks fine.
I know I’ve mentioned this before, but as I see taller buildings planned for or rising around the highway, can’t help to think about capping and adding a parkland layer above as other cities are doing. I imagine there will be a point where critical mass of owners & renters looking down on & breathing in the plume will move the conversation forward.
Nice idea, but that portion of freeway is always going to be elevated several stories above ground level because it connects to the Bay Bridge.
There are definitely other areas where it could be interesting to consider undergrounding 101, especially if some of the squeeze downs could be reduced, but the varying terrain will always be a challenge.
Good points. The 80 cap could start in the 16th st Potrero vicinity & end in the 4th/5th Streets area. There’s a lot written about cap projects underway & being proposed in other cities. I think we’ll have the critical mass in 10-20 years for serious consideration of concept.
We will desperately need green space in SOMA if the trend of tall & dense projects continues. This would be an exciting option. Think of a 2-mile long Salesforce Park or the High Line ….
While some don’t want high-rise development south of the freeway, I actually like the idea. Adding new buildings within the dense cluster downtown generally hides them from view, keeping the skyline looking smaller. A little spacing and expansion would be great for the skyline overall, not to mention how cool it will be when the freeway runs through the skyline, rather than around it. There are several proposed and approved in the area already, and I can’t wait to see cranes.