For the last twelve days of this year, SF YIMBY will look back on each month and share the biggest stories we covered. In February, Builder’s Remedy finally reached the Bay Area when plans for 21 units in Los Altos Hills revealed the discrepancy between what cities allowed and what some property owners wanted to build. Several towers showed permitting progress in Downtown Oakland and San Jose. Meanwhile, rare news from the North Bay came when public comment opened for what could become the largest affordable housing project built in Marin County in over 50 years.
Development Permits Filed For Town Tower, Oakland’s Tallest Residential Proposal
Town Tower at 323 22nd Street establishing view, rendering by Solomon Cordwell Buenz
February 2nd: The development permit has been filed along with new renderings for the 46-story 323 22nd Street, or Two Kaiser Plaza in Downtown Oakland. Town Tower, poised to become the tallest residential tower in Alameda County, will create 596 apartments alongside a dizzying 734-car garage. CIM Group is the project developer.
YIMBY Tours 300 Kansas Street For Official Topping-Out In San Francisco
300 Kansas Street at the corner of 16th and Vermont Street, image by Andrew Campbell Nelson
February 6th: Spear Street Capital has announced the official topping out of 300 Kansas Street in San Francisco. The unique six-story purpose-built workspace straddles the Design District and Potrero Hill neighborhoods, offering a zero-carbon R&D and advanced manufacturing facility for prospective tenants, with commanding views of San Francisco’s central business district. Webcor, the general contractor, is expected to finish the project this Summer.
Affordable Housing Rises At 600 7th Street In SoMa, San Francisco
600 7th Street establishing perspective, rendering courtesy Mercy Housing
February 6th: Construction has started for the new eight-story affordable housing project by Mercy Housing at 600 7th Street in SoMa, San Francisco. The development, named 7th and Brannan, will add 221 new apartments near the Caltrain San Francisco Station railyard and T Third Street lightrail extension connecting SoMa to Union Square and Chinatown. Over half of the apartments will be designated for formerly homeless adults and families.
YIMBY Exclusive: First Builder’s Remedy Plan For Bay Area Revealed In Los Altos Hills
11511 Summit Wood Road aerial view, rendering by OpenScope Studio
February 7th: New preliminary plans have been revealed for a twenty-unit project at 11511 Summit Wood Road in Los Altos Hills, Santa Clara County. The residential proposal is the first seen in the Bay Area to use the highly anticipated Builder’s Remedy, a Zoning Holiday provision enforced by the State for cities with non-compliant housing elements. Sasha Zbrozek is the property owner and applicant.
Construction Tops Out For 1450 Owens Street In Mission Bay, San Francisco
1450 Owens Street seen from across the street, image by Andrew Campbell Nelson
February 9th: Crews have topped out on the seven-story life sciences development at 1450 Owens Street in San Francisco’s Mission Bay. The steel frame stands 109 feet above street level, rising over I-280, while the site’s ground floor is visible to passing Caltrain riders. Truebeck is the general contractor, and Alexandria Real Estate Equities is the project developer.
Meeting Today For Senior Affordable Housing Tower In Downtown San Jose
19 North 2nd Street aerial view, rendering by Anderson Architects
February 22nd: Plans for a 22-story mixed-use tower are scheduled to be reviewed tonight by the San Jose Planning Commission. The proposal for 19 North 2nd Street will create 220 affordable apartments for senior residents in Downtown San Jose, making adaptive reuse of a nearly century-old facade for the podium. ROYGBIV Real Estate Development is responsible for the application.
Preliminary Illustrations For 39-Story Tower At 2044 Franklin Street, Downtown Oakland
2044 Franklin Street, illustration via VGO2 LLC
February 23rd: Preliminary drawings have been published for the 39-story residential proposal at 2044 Franklin Street in Downtown Oakland, Alameda County. The application shows a rough estimate of how a new residential tower could fit within the city’s urban core, creating an estimated 425 apartments above commercial space. The application was filed by Village Glen Oakland 2, LLC, linked to R2 Building.
Public Comment Starts For Affordable Housing In San Quentin, Marin County
Oak Hill Apartments view from the San Francisco Bay, rendering by SVA Architects
February 28th: The Draft Environmental Impact Report is under review that would increase the housing stock of the unincorporated community of San Quentin fivefold. Education Housing Partners and Eden Housing have proposed Oak Hill Apartments, an entirely affordable complex with 250 new apartments across two structures on the hilly 8.3-acre property. The proposal, located around 101 Sir Francis Drive Boulevard, is the largest affordable project in Marin County in roughly 50 years.
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