Articles by Andrew Nelson

For the last twelve days of 2024, SF YIMBY will look back on each month and reflect on the biggest stories we covered. Except for the rising SHoP-designed YouTube offices and the finished Verde in Mission Rock, most of our biggest stories in September were related to the planning process. In San Francisco, FORMA Development Design & Management shocked many readers with two narrow 26-story towers. The potential 30-story tower in Redwood City came as a shocking potential addition to the county seat of San Mateo County. In Berkeley, updated plans for California Theater may now reach 23 floors, while the city has approved the second-tallest tower in the city’s pipeline at 2128 Oxford Street.

For the last twelve days of 2024, SF YIMBY will look back on each month and reflect on the biggest stories we covered. The throughline of August this year has been new high-rises or increasing…

For the last twelve days of 2024, SF YIMBY will look back on each month and reflect on the biggest stories we covered. During July, we reported on the final approval for the Stonestown redevelopment, several large projects in Silicon Valley invoking the Builder’s Remedy, and increased plans for an eight-story apartment complex in the Outer Sunset. However, the most commented-on story of the month and the year for us was a 15-story apartment tower rising over College Avenue in Rockridge, Oakland.

For the last twelve days of 2024, SF YIMBY will look back on each month and reflect on the biggest stories we covered. June was a busy month. We documented the construction progress for three starchitect-led projects, including the topping out of an OMA-designed affordable housing complex across from Golden Gate Park, foundation progress for the Herzog & de Meuron-designed UCSF hospital, and an exclusive tour of the Foster + Partners renovations in the Transamerica Pyramid. On top of that, we reported on construction starting for the hotly contested low-income apartments on Irving Street, new details for the Chinatown tower, a 40-story tower across from City Hall, and a 36-acre research campus in Mountain View proposed by NASA and UC Berkeley.