Preliminary Application For 36-Story Apartments at 329 Bryant Street, San Francisco

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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