New building permits have been filed for a three-story apartment complex at 598 Dellbrook Avenue in Twin Peaks, San Francisco. The permit would bring nine units near the foot of Sutro Tower. Midtown Lands LLC is listed as the property owner.
Approved plans call for a 40-foot-tall structure containing 21,300 square feet, with 17,725 square feet of housing and 3,575 square feet for a basement garage. There will be nine three-bedroom apartments, with an average floor size of 1,400 square feet. Parking will be included for nine cars and nine bicycles.
598 Dellbrook Avenue site context, rendering by RG Architecture
598 Dellbrook Avenue site map, illustration by RG Architecture
RG Architecture is the project sponsor and architect. The building will be wrapped with a mix of wood shingles, panels, fiber cement, and steel siding.
The planning application was approved by the city last August. The filing utilizes Senate Bill 423 and the State Density Bonus law to streamline the approval process with increased residential capacity.
The quarter-acre property is located at the corner of Dellbrook Avenue and La Avanzeada Street. The latter street is the small road that leads up from Clarendon Avenue to the base of Sutro Tower. The iconic 1973-built radio mast is just five minutes away on foot, and the Twin Peaks Panoramic Views parking lot is just 15 minutes away on foot.
598 Dellbrook Avenue, image via Google Street View
The estimated cost and timeline for construction have yet to be shared.
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I don’t think this project should be allowed. The entirety of the Twin Peaks and Mount Sutro area should never have been developed. Imagine if this entire area had been one huge, state park with legit trails…a wild compliment to the more refined Golden Gate Park. It would have been awesome. Instead we have low density track housing known as the neighborhoods of “Forest Knolls” and “Midtown Terrace.”
We have 60+ acres in the Mount Sutro Open Space Reserve and just a bit more on the other side of the tower in Twin Peaks open space—not to mention Mount Davidson open space AND Glen Park Canyon. I’m all for open space, but we need to be more realistic.
*Nearly 250 acres of open space directly around the tower that doesn’t include all of the open space lots, pocket parks and semi-hidden/hilltop green spaces (Laguna Honda, Golden Gate Heights, Grandview, Edgehill, Douglas, Billy Goat, Walter Haas, Kite Hill, Tank Hill, etc all just surrounding Twin Peaks).