Articles by Andrew Nelson

SFMTA Central Subway Chinatown entrance, rendering courtesy Kwan Henmi

San Francisco Central Subway To Reach Construction Milestone Ahead of 2022 Opening

4:30 am on March 8, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

The San Francisco Examiner has reported that the SFMTA Board of Directors expects major infrastructure work to be completed by March 31st for the city’s new Central Subway Project. The project is a 1.7-mile extension of the Muni Metro light rail’s T Third Line, adding four new light rail stations from SoMa to Chinatown, three of which will be underground. The existing light rail system has seven lines stopping at 120 different locations. The Central Subway Project has been in the works since the Federal Transit Administration approved preliminary engineering in 2002. The four stations are expected to begin operation in the Spring of 2022.

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Element Hotel by Marriott, 1130 Champions Drive, rendering from Nexus

Construction Topped Out for Element Hotel by Marriott, 1130 Champions Drive, Newhall, San Jose

5:00 am on March 7, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

Construction has topped out for the U-shaped five-story Element Hotel by Marriott, confirmed by a recent site visit to the property at 1130 Champions Drive in Newhall, San Jose. The new building will span 115,000 square feet, producing 175 guest rooms immediately opposite the San Jose Earthquakes soccer stadium and the city’s international airport. The project, led by Nexus Development, is part of a much larger mixed-use plan, the Coleman Highline.

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345 4th Street at night, rendering by Stanton Architecture

Facade Installation Underway for 345 4th Street, SoMa, San Francisco

5:30 am on March 6, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

Facade installation is nearly complete for a new seven-story mixed-use office building at 345 4th Street in SoMa, San Francisco. A recent site-visit by SFYIMBY shows that the curtain wall installation has reached the sixth floor, is fully installed along 4th Street, and nearly finishing along Tandang Sora Street. Stanton Architecture is responsible for the design and is listed as the property owners operating through 4th & Harrison SF, LLC.

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Downtown West, Google's proposal within the Diridon Station Area Plan, rendering via Sitelab

Amendment Expands San Jose’s Diridon Station Area Plan

5:30 am on March 5, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

The City of San Jose has published a 267-page addendum to the Final Environmental Impact Report of the Diridon Station Area Plan, showing an increase in allowed office space and hotel rooms in downtown San Jose. The Diridon Station Area Plan, or DSAP, is a purposeful rezoning of 262 acres adopted by San Jose in 2014 to build closer to public transit. The plan aims to extend the city’s Central Business District to reach the train station in response to 2008’s successful Proposition 1A to start the High-Speed Rail project from southern to northern California, including the anticipated link with Diridon Station.

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