Articles by Andrew Nelson

3945 Judah Street, rendering by Leavitt Architecture

Construction Underway for 3945 Judah Street in Outer Sunset, San Francisco

Construction is rising for a new five-story apartment at 3945 Judah Street in San Francisco’s Sunset District. The project has replaced the former Eugene’s Automotive Repair shop, with crews now working on bringing twenty apartments close to Ocean Beach and Golden Gate Park. The applicant used HOME-SF to increase the project capacity and ensure five units would be designated as affordable.

Read More

3 Transamerica proposed renovations, rendering by Foster + Partners

SFYIMBY Year in Review: December 2023

For the last twelve days of 2023, SF YIMBY will look back on each month and reflect on the biggest stories we covered. This December, YIMBY documented construction for the 16-story apartment complex in SoMa, affordable housing in Haight-Ashbury, and labs in Burlingame. Berkeley saw preliminary permits for over a thousand units across over a dozen proposals using SB330, and modified plans were shared by the developer of Cupertino’s multi-billion dollar project, The Rise. Finally, SHVO received a greenlight for the proposed adaptive reuse of Three Transamerica, working with Foster + Partners to make a rare invest in the city’s future of commercial office space this year.

Read More

530 Howard Street establishing view, rendering by Pickard Chilton

SFYIMBY Year in Review: November 2023

For the last twelve days of 2023, SF YIMBY will look back on each month and reflect on the biggest stories we covered. November saw the Builder’s Remedy used for a potential tower in Palo Alto and reduced project sizes in San Jose. Sunnyvale approved more housing next to Lawrence Station, and Berkeley upzoned the busy Southside neighborhood. YIMBY visited Sacramento to see the construction of a rising courthouse tower, and a new developer catapulted themselves into the spotlight with a potential 844-foot tall residential tower in San Francisco.

Read More

Berkeley Space Center trellis aerial view of the central courtyard, rendering by Field Operations and HOK

SFYIMBY Year in Review: October 2023

For the last twelve days of 2023, SF YIMBY will look back on each month and reflect on the biggest stories we covered. October’s highlight was the joint announcement for a future $2 billion research center by UC Berkeley and NASA in the Ames Center in Mountain View. In San Francisco, YIMBY documented affordable housing rising in SoMa and the Sunset District, while Related Companies celebrated their ribbon cutting for a nine-story affordable complex by the Balboa Park BART Station.

Read More

Stonestown aerial view, rendering courtesy Brookfield Properties

SFYIMBY Year in Review: September 2023

For the last twelve days of 2023, SF YIMBY will look back on each month and reflect on the biggest stories we covered. September saw increased residential capacity for 955 Sansome Street, Icon/Echo, and the Stonestown Galleria masterplan. Renderings were revealed for the North Berkeley BART Station redevelopment, and the San Francisco Symphony Hall revealed new elevations by Mark Cavagnero and Gehry Partners to remodel the exterior and interior. Lastly, the city’s commercial office market saw two major stories with the sale of 350 California Street and a new lease in Mission Rock.

Read More

Fetching more...