Preliminary Permits Filed For Next Phases of 1979 Mission Street, San Francisco

Preliminary permits have been filed for the second and third phases of affordable housing at 1979 Mission Street in San Francisco’s Mission District. The application was submitted soon after the developers announced the imminent construction of the first phase of housing for the storied site overlooking the 16th Street BART Station. Mission Economic Development Agency and Mission Housing Development Corporation are jointly responsible for the project.

Full build-out of 1979 Mission Street is expected to produce 382 units across three parcels. Phase one, dubbed La Maravilla, is a nine-story building with 136 units, comprising 135 permanent supportive housing units and one unit for an on-site property manager.

1979 Mission Street Parcel 2 and 3, site plan courtesy SF Planning

The tallest component of the master plan will rise 16 floors above parcel 2. The 149-foot-tall structure is expected to yield around 182,010 square feet, including 134 apartments and 1,540 square feet of retail. Parking will be included for 74 bicycles. Unit sizes will vary with 30 one-bedrooms, 60 two-bedrooms, and 44 three-bedrooms.

Parcel 3 will be another mid-rise complex, with 112 units across nine floors. The 84-foot-tall structure will yield around 139,120 square feet, with parking for 62 bicycles. Apartment sizes will range from 40 one-bedrooms, 40 two-bedrooms, and 32 three-bedrooms.

Mithun and Herman Coliver Locus Architecture are listed as joint architects. Initial plans provide little information about the potential design of either building. The two structures will form around a shared courtyard, with an I-shaped floorplate for Parcel 2, and an L-shaped floorplate for Parcel 3.

1979 Mission Street phase one pedestrian view, illustration by Herman Coliver Locus Architecture

1979 Mission Street site map, illustration by Herman Coliver Locus Architecture

The 1.32-acre property is bound by Mission Street, Capp Street, and 16th Street. The buildings will overlook the 16th Street Mission BART Station plaza. Plans to convert the corner lot into housing began in 2013, when Maximus proposed a 10-story market-rate complex, nicknamed the “Monster in the Mission” by opposing activists.

The contentious plan was eventually cancelled in early 2020, and the property was purchased by Crescent Heights in 2021, and donated to the city to satisfy affordable housing requirements as part of the developer’s plans at 10 South Van Ness Avenue. The rear parking lot is currently occupied by the temporary Tiny Homes Village, planned by the city’s Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing.

1979 Mission Street property outlined approximately according to site map, image via Google Satellite

Construction on phase one is expected to start early next year. According to recently submitted planning documents, construction on the next phase is expected to start as early as July 2027 and cost approximately $208 million, a figure that does not include all development costs.

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