Construction is now underway for a seven-story residential infill at 159 Fell Street in San Francisco’s Civic Center neighborhood. Crews have surpassed the second floor as the building takes shape close to the busy Van Ness Avenue and Market Street intersection. Baumann Associates is responsible for the application on behalf of the property owner, SAK Design & Build.
159 Fell Street pedestrian perspective, rendering by Winder Gibson Architects
159 Fell Street front view, image by author
Winder Gibson Architects is responsible for the design. The 85-foot-tall structure is expected to yield around 22,600 square feet, including 25 dwelling units and no ground-floor commercial space. Previous plans called for a small ground-floor retail space. Apartment sizes will vary with two studios, 12 one-bedrooms, and 11 two-bedrooms. Parking will be included for 27 bicycles and no vehicles.
The narrow parcel is located along Fell Street between Franklin Street and Van Ness Avenue. The property is half a block from the unfinished foundation of 30 Van Ness Avenue. Looking towards the city’s pipeline, the project is rising in the shadow of several unbuilt towers once buoyed by the Market & Octavia Area Plan Amendment, formerly known as The Hub.
159 Fell Street aerial view, rendering by Winder Gibson Architects
Pre-demolition image of 159 Fell Street, image via Google Street View
With construction now underway, the structure is likely to top out later this year, with occupation expected 18 months after groundbreaking.
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Single story commercial building > housing for 40 people. San Francisco could do this for at least 100 years straight, there are that many lots available like this.
These automotive uses are in particular trouble. Uber/Lyft. Waymo. Zoox. E-bikes. E-scooters. Electric cars as personal vehicles. MUNI (not going anywhere). The demand for a personal gas vehicle, and all of the maintenance it requires, has never been lower.
& yet there are large (& busy) one-story auto shops everywhere — several huge deep ones in NOPA. (I live Alamo Sq.). Perhaps development sites in future.
I hope the new residents of this building are ok with the noise from Rickshaw Stop next door.