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2116 Brush Street new design, design by Lowney Architects

Moderate Increased Density for Villa Oakland at 2116 Brush Street, West Oakland

5:00 am on April 17, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

New permits have been filed to revise plans for 2116 Brush Street in Ralph Bunche, West Oakland. The mixed-use proposal will now create 105 apartments, up from earlier plans to build 95 units as per our last coverage. Residents will find themselves just across from Interstate 980. The 19th Street BART Station is less than fifteen minutes away by foot. Oakbrook Partners is responsible for the development, dubbed Villa Oakland.

395 3rd Street with a massing for 95 Hawthorne to the left and the three-structure One Vassar project to the right, massing by Solomon Cordwell Buenz

Strada Reveals $200 Million Plan for 395 3rd Street, SoMA, San Francisco

5:30 am on April 16, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

Strada has filed a preliminary project assessment permit for a 347-foot tall mixed-use tower with affordable housing at 395 3rd Street in SoMa, San Francisco. The application comes as breaking news for a previously unreported project. If approved as is, Strada would add 559 new units to the city’s housing market. According to planning documents, construction is estimated to cost $200 million.

459 Wayne Avenue approach from Lakeshore Avenue, rendering by Larson Shores Architecture

Renderings Revealed for 459 Wayne Avenue, Cleveland Heights, Oakland

4:30 am on April 16, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

New renderings have been revealed for a four-story residential development at 459 Wayne Avenue in the Cleveland Heights neighborhood in Oakland. The renderings were published with recently filed development permits. The louver-clad design by Larson Shores Architects is one of the most interesting new architectural additions proposed for the mixed-density neighborhood.

45 Fremont Street viewed from across Market Street with buses in the foreground, image by Andrew Campbell Nelson

Number 37: 45 Fremont Street, SoMa, San Francisco

5:30 am on April 15, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

The 476-foot tall office building at 45 Fremont Street is tied as the 37th tallest building in the Bay Area planned or built. The low-profile tower was completed in 1978 by Shorenstein Properties, one of the city’s most prominent landlords, and involved with three other properties already featured on the SFYIMBY Tallest 52 Towers countdown.

797 South Almaden, rendering via the East Bay Times

Development Under Review For 797 South Almaden Avenue, Central San Jose

4:30 am on April 15, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

Development permits are under review for an affordable housing project at 797 South Almaden Avenue by Downtown San Jose in the Washington-Guadalupe neighborhood. The six-story project is being developed by the Berkeley-based Resource for Community…

Lake Merritt BART Development aerial via, rendering via PYATOK

Preliminary Plans Revealed for Lake Merritt BART Development, Downtown Oakland

5:30 am on April 14, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

The City of Oakland’s Design Review Commission is scheduled today to review plans for a substantial twin-block development surrounding the Lake Merritt BART Station in Downtown Oakland. The two blocks at 51 9th Street and 107 8th Street will create half a million square feet of new office space, retail, community amenities and contribute hundreds of new apartments to the Oakland housing market. Strada Investment Group and the East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation are jointly responsible for the development.

730 Stanyan Street aerial view, design by OMA

$60 Million Building Permits Filed for 730 Stanyan Street, Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco

5:00 am on April 14, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

New building permits have been filed for the six-story residential development at 730 Stanyan Street in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood in San Francisco. The project will create 120 affordable units for low and middle-income households, focusing on providing housing to the unhoused. The internationally acclaimed OMA is responsible for the building design.

1900 Broadway refined design, rendering via Solomon Cordwell Buenz

Excavation Underway for Stak Site at 1900 Broadway in Downtown Oakland

5:30 am on April 13, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

Excavation is well underway at 1900 Broadway, the site for a 36-story tower dubbed the Stak Site in Downtown Oakland. Behring Co is developing the project. At full buildout, 1900 Broadway and the adjoined Tapscott Building will add retail and 452 new apartments to the Bay Area housing market.

5622 Martin Luther King Jr, rendering by Gunkel Architecture

Renderings Revealed for 5622 Martin Luther King Jr Way, North Oakland

4:30 am on April 13, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

New permits have been filed for a five-story mixed-use building with affordable housing at 5622 Martin Luther King Jr way in North Oakland. The project will add a low-rise residential development while retaining the existing businesses on-site in an area dominated by sprawling single-family housing and three-story apartments. It’s All Good Bakery is responsible for the development as the property owner.

1338-1370 Mission Street estimated form generated by SFYIMBY, image via Google Satellite

Preliminary Permits Filed For 30-Story Tower at 1338-1370 Mission Street, SoMa, San Francisco

5:30 am on April 12, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

Preliminary project assessment permits have been filed for a 30-story mixed-use tower at 1338-1370 Mission Street in SoMa, San Francisco. The early draft proposes to add 287 new apartments and a small ground-level retail hub to the housing market. The developer will sell a portion of the units below market rate to use California’s State Density Bonus program. While the project team has not yet been revealed, they are operating through Mission Street Management LLC.

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