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Parcel F Tower, design by Pelli Clarke Pelli with rendering by SteelBlue

Project Highlight: The Transbay Parcel F Tower at 550 Howard Street

5:30 am on October 26, 2020 By Andrew Nelson

Across the Bay Area, an array of large and significant projects have been progressing in the background, or with semi-recent news from before, we started SF YIMBY last month. 550 Howard Street in SoMa is one such project, and it’s a big one. Its construction permits were approved In mid-January of this year, clearing the way for the fourth tallest skyscraper in the Bay Area. Once complete, it will stand beside the Transbay Terminal 800 feet tall, designed by the Salesforce Tower’s same firm, Pelli Clarke Pelli.

440 Geary Street, via Google Street View

New Hotel-to-Homeless Housing Planned at 440 Geary Street, Nob Hill, San Francisco

5:00 am on October 26, 2020 By Andrew Nelson

Permits have been filed by the Episcopal Community Services in partnership with the City to convert a seven-story hotel at 440 Geary Street into a permanent housing shelter. This follows permits in September to transform the hotel at 1000 Sutter Street, both of which are funded by the same SF Homekey program. This purchase cost $29.1 million following a recent declaration for more funding by Governor Gavin Newsom.

1925 Brush Street facade, by LDP Architecture

Drawings Revealed for 1925 Brush Street, West Oakland

4:30 am on October 26, 2020 By Andrew Nelson

New renderings reveal plans for eighteen unit townhouse development on an underutilized lot at 1925 Brush Street in the Ralph Bunche neighborhood of West Oakland. The address sits just across from Downtown Oakland on the other side of I-980. Riaz Capital is responsible for the development.

Biggest Little Permits Of The Week: 1,500-Unit Project in Santa Clara To Begin Review, Art Installation at the Bayview Opera House, and More

5:30 am on October 25, 2020 By Andrew Nelson

It’s been a good week for new residential units for SF YIMBY. Looking at only the smallest permits, there was a combined 105 new apartments and additional dwelling units, i.e., ADU’s, as well as 33…

2200 Clement Street, drawing by SIA Consulting

Permits Filed for 2200 Clement Street, Richmond District, San Francisco

5:00 am on October 25, 2020 By Andrew Nelson

Permits have been filed for a new mixed-use building at 2200 Clement Street in the Richmond District of San Francisco. The project will produce five apartments and four ADUs, along with 1,750 square feet for ground-floor retail. The five larger apartments will vary between two to three bedrooms.

4635 Congress Avenue, via Google Satellite

Permits Filed for 4635 Congress Avenue, Fremont, Oakland

4:30 am on October 25, 2020 By Andrew Nelson

Permits have been filed for a new residential structure at 4635 Congress Avenue in the Oakland neighborhood of Fremont. The development will project will build around an existing two-story single-family dwelling to create a two-story three-unit apartment building. Across the 2,380 square feet, seven bedrooms will be created in sum.

1035 Howard Street birds-eye view, courtesy ECP

1035 Howard Street Approved by Historic Preservation Commission, SoMa, San Francisco

5:30 am on October 24, 2020 By Andrew Nelson

Embarcadero Capital Partners is making progress on its plans to expand 1035 Howard Street in SoMa, San Francisco. The project has received approval from the city’s Historic Preservation Commission. This comes two years after the firm took out a $34.2 million loan for the development. This adaptive reuse of the currently-vacant Art-Deco office building will help retain a charming facade for subsequent decades.

New Building at 250-252 10th Avenue, Richmond District, San Francisco

5:00 am on October 24, 2020 By Andrew Nelson

Permits have been filed for a new residential project at 250 10th Avenue in the Richmond District of San Francisco. The project will split the lot into two and add two new condominium additions to the spot. The project is pending review. Andrew McHale of Design Line Builds is listed as the building owner.

Permits Filed for New Building at 4034 20th Street, The Castro District, San Francisco

4:30 am on October 24, 2020 By Andrew Nelson

Permits have been filed to demolish the existing structure at 4034 20th Street to make way for two duplex buildings. Located between Noe Street and Sanchez Street in San Francisco’s Castro, the residential expansion is found just four blocks away from the Castro Street commercial core and one block from the Mission Dolores Park. The project is owned and designed by Michael Harris of Michael Harris Architecture.

1010 Mission Street, design by SIA Consulting

1010 Mission Street Files New Building Permits, SoMa, San Francisco

5:30 am on October 23, 2020 By Andrew Nelson

New building permits have been filed for a mixed-use infill at 1010 Mission Street in SoMa, San Francisco. The development will bring 57 new apartments and ground-floor retail onto a vacant lot currently used as surface parking along the busy downtown artery. 1010 Mission Street LLC is listed as the property owner, with SIA Consulting as the architects.

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