New renderings have been revealed as the preliminary project application has been submitted for the expansion of 200 Kansas Street in SoMa, San Francisco. Situated right on the neighborhood border with Potrero Hill, the proposal will the existing structure’s function as a child daycare center for Bright Horizons at Kansas Street while nearly tripling the laboratory footprint. DES Architects & Engineers is responsible for the design.
Renderings have been revealed along with a planning application for a residential project at 300 Lambert Avenue in Palo Alto, Santa Clara County. The proposal is to create 49 new condominiums with underground parking nearby the retail-rich California Avenue destination. The Hayes Group Architects are responsible for the design.
Developers have completed and submitted the preliminary project assessment letter, or PPA, for the $2 billion Freedom West project around 710 McAllister Street in San Francisco’s Filmore District. In the letter, San Francisco’s Planning Department staff expressed support for Freedom West to build 2,305 new apartments with affordable housing across four city blocks. PPA is the initial process that evaluates moderate to large proposals before development applications are filed.
Project building permits have been filed for constructing an ArtX hotel at 4256 El Camino Real in Palo Alto, by the city’s border with Mountain View. The application comes after the Palo Alto Architectural Review Board approved the design in early 2020. The five-story proposal will add 96 new guest rooms to the Silicon Valley market. HXH Property LLC is responsible for the development.
The San Francisco planning commission has approved two seven-story office buildings at 474 Bryant and 77 Stillman Street in SoMa, San Francisco. The development will feature design from the internationally acclaimed Woods Bagot architecture firm. San Francisco-based Aralon Properties is responsible for the development, operating through 474 Bryant LLC.
