The San Francisco Planning Department recently published its General Plan Evaluation for the proposed 33-story residential tower at 598 Bryant Street in SoMa, San Francisco. N17 is responsible for the application and filing on behalf of the property owner, Allrise Capital.
Recent documents confirm that the project is eligible for a streamlined environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act. The CEQA approval letter ensures that the plan will have no actions required from the city’s Planning Commission, while still requiring actions from the Department of Building Inspection, Department of Public Works, and the San Francisco Fire Department.
N17 Development founder Oisín Heneghan confirmed for YIMBY that “we are making progress” and the 598 Bryant Street project is moving forward.
598 Bryant Street rooftop deck, rendering by BDE Architecture
598 Bryant Street pedestrian view along 4th Street, rendering by BDE Architecture
BDE Architecture is responsible for the design, working with Creo Landscape Architecture. The planned 355-feet-tall structure is expected to yield 430,180 square feet, including 306,200 square feet across the 395 apartments, 3,750 square feet of ground-level retail, and 2,900 square feet for the 32-car parking garage, which utilizes stackers. Additional space will be made for 99 bicycles. Unit types will vary, with 31 studios, 183 one-bedrooms, and 181 two-bedrooms.
Additional amenities will consist of the second-floor co-working lounge, a third-floor open deck, and a rooftop terrace. The top deck will include an indoor amenity space, a pool deck, and seating surrounded by planters.
598 Bryant Street pedestrian activity, rendering by BDE Architecture
598 Bryant Street view with 180 Hawthorne Street in the background, rendering by BDE Architecture
Of the 395 apartments, 47 will be designated as affordable housing. Of that, 35 units will be for very low-income households and 12 for moderate-income households. The application used Assembly Bill 1287 to stack density bonuses, resulting in a 70% increase above base zoning.
The 0.46-acre property is located at the corner of 4th and Bryant Street, close to the freeway exit and two blocks from the San Francisco Caltrain Station. Residents will be a block from one of the four new stations built in the 2022-opened Central Subway project.
598 Bryant Street, image via Google Satellite
Construction is expected to last around 28 months from groundbreaking to completion. The estimated cost has not been shared.
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the streetscape experience would be so much more pleasant in this part of soma if we could make Bryant two-way, and add in crosswalks and stoplights at Zoe and Ritch.
With 555 Bryant already there, I think this makes a lot of sense. Plus a crosswalk at Ritch and Brannan plz
100% – Harrison and Bryant, are essentially freeway on/off-ramps with drivers greatly exceeding the speed limits, making it dangerous for pedestrians and cyclists. The sidewalks are very narrow and there is zero bike infrastructure. I love that this building will have bike parking, so I would like to see two-way bikeways along 4th Street. Biking from Caltrain or the Ballpark is not possible on 4th Street, and it would be convenient to get to Moscone and Union Square if you could, otherwise cyclists have to jog over to 5th or 2nd Street.
Unfortunately, common decency doesn’t stop lots of bikers from using the narrow sidewalks on Fourth Street anyhow. Using Second or Fifth Street must be a huge inconvenience for them. The sidewalks definitely need to be widened but with the train tracks in the middle, I don’t see how MTA is going to do that.
Agree 100%. Widen sidewalks on Bryant and 4th and add some bike infrastructure. Bryant (and Harrison) are engineers as freeway offramp and onramps, and this makes the neighborhood less livable.
Glad they are building this, and I like that there are so few parking spaces in a transit rich neighborhood.
That said, it’s a pretty unpleasant site: you’re right next to the freeway and the offramp, along with with a significant gap in pedestrian and bike infrastructure. I hope that the City can get their act together remaking Bryant and fourth, and widening those sidewalks. All doable, but not something that the city has shown an aptitude for up to now.
Units for sale or for rent??
The design is a bit busy so hopefully can be refined a little bit. Otherwise the specs look great. Agree with the comments about putting Bryant St on a road diet and adding protected bike lanes or bikeways.
Agree. Reminds me a little too much of the Marriott/jukebox.
Glad to see a tall building going in right next to the new muni line, but this intersection seriously sucks! They will need to put in some traffic calming measures so that pedestrians will actually be able to walk to and from this building.
Housing for the technocratic oligarchy and neo Settler-Occupiers…
Let’s go San Francisco!!! This looks incredible. Can’t wait to see construction.