Articles by Andrew Nelson

4200 Geary Boulevard, rendering courtesy TNDC

SFYIMBY Year in Review: March 2024

For the last twelve days of 2024, SF YIMBY will look back on each month and reflect on the biggest stories we covered. In March, preliminary plans surfaced for several big projects, new details emerged for the High Speed Rail’s Central Valley Stations, and construction topped out for affordable housing in the Richmond District. We interviewed with the developer behind the proposed 72-story residential skyscraper in SoMa, and plans increased for the ill-fated tower next to Telegraph Hill, backed by a politically active billionaire.

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California Forever conceptual neighborhood overview, rendering by SITELAB Urban Studio and CMG

SFYIMBY Year in Review: February 2024

For the last twelve days of 2024, SF YIMBY will look back on each month and reflect on the biggest stories we covered. February saw us finally cover the tech utopia in Solano County when the planners made their first substantial step towards realizing the project upon filing a ballot initiative. The developer would eventually withdraw the initiative after facing overwhelming disapproval.

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955 Sansome Street view in the skyline, rendering by Handel Architects

SFYIMBY Year in Review: January 2024

For the last twelve days of 2024, SF YIMBY will look back on each month and reflect on the biggest stories we covered. We started January with an update on one of the biggest construction projects in the region, the multi-billion dollar expansion at the UCSF Parnassus Heights campus. Next to Telegraph Hill, plans increased for the much-discussed 955 Sansome Street apartment tower, and we broke the story about preliminary permits for the billionaire-backed tower at 1088 Sansome Street. N17 filed plans for two new skyscrapers overlooking the freeway in SoMa, and the first details were revealed for a 15-story affordable infill in Chinatown.

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2700 Sloat Boulevard seen from Wawona Street, rendering by Solomon Cordwell Buenz

22-Story Plans for 2700 Sloat Boulevard in Sunset District, San Francisco

Once again, plans are shifting dramatically for the potential redevelopment of the Sloat Garden Center in San Francisco’s Sunset District. After over a year of seeking approval for a 50-story tower at 2700 Sloat Boulevard, the previous developer withdrew plans in May of this year. The new joint venture has submitted plans to create over four hundred apartments in a 22-story tower.

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