Articles by Andrew Nelson

Park Habitat at 180 Park Avenue, rendering by Hayes Davidson and Westbank

Renderings Released for Westbank’s Park Habitat at 180 Park Avenue, Downtown San Jose

5:30 am on February 8, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

New renderings have been released for Westbank’s mixed-use building, Park Habitat at 180 Park Avenue, Downtown San Jose. The illustrations came with the Westbank Campus Website launch, which provides a manifesto to connect the Canadian firm’s five Silicon Valley proposals with their innovative approaches that address climate change and encourage community through urban design. Each of the five projects has a unique goal. With Park Habitat, Westbank worked with Kengo Kuma & Associates to design a building that brings together offices and natural spaces in the city center.

2000 North Shoreline Boulevard aerial view, rendering via BIG and Heatherwick Studios

Google’s Futuristic Charleston East Building at 2000 North Shoreline Boulevard Nearly Finished, Mountain View

5:00 am on February 8, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

Construction is underway for the unusually shaped office building at 2000 North Shoreline Boulevard, nearby the waterfront in Mountain View, Santa Clara County. The project is a low-slung structure designed by high-profile architects; it is a collaboration between Bjarke Ingels Group and Heatherwick Studios. Google is responsible as the developer and future tenant. Uniquely and in many ways true, Heatherwick Studios describe the project “as Google’s first bespoke office building.”

1050 Saint Elizabeth Drive, image via Google Street View

Permits Filed for 1050 Saint Elizabeth Drive, Willow Glen, San Jose

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

Preliminary review and development permits have been filed for a new 5-story market-rate development at 1050 Saint Elizabeth Drive on Willow Glen, an expansive neighborhood south of downtown San Jose. The project would bring new residential offerings to the Somerset Senior Living facility. Evershine XVII LP is responsible for the development of the property owner, with KCR Development responsible for funding.

217 Hugo Street, design by Ice Design Inc

Renderings Revealed for 217 Hugo Street, Sunset District, San Francisco

4:30 am on February 7, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

Renderings have been revealed for a four-story residential development at 217 Hugo Street in the Sunset District’s Inner Sunset, San Francisco. Construction will bring two new units to the low-density area sandwiched between the Golden Gate Park and Twin Peaks. ICE Design Inc. is responsible for the architecture.

955 Sansome Street massing study, illustration courtesy Aralon Properties

Preliminary Permits Filed for 955 Sansome Street, Telegraph Hill, San Francisco

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

Preliminary project assessment permits have been filed to review a seven-story mixed-use development of 955 Sansome Street, located on the Financial District’s border in Telegraph Hill, San Francisco. The proposal will bring offices and an L-shaped footprint for apartments around a fourth-story courtyard. Aralon Properties is sponsoring the development as the property owner, operating through 955 Sansome LLC.

Somerset-style single family dwelling, similar to 2823 Delamar Drive, courtesy Toll Brothers

Permits Issued For Nineteen Buildings at The Knolls at Tassajara Hills, Dublin, Alameda County

5:00 am on February 6, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

Just over three months after permits were originally filed, the city of Dublin has approved the construction for a new batch of single-family houses in the Knolls at Tassajara Hills in Dublin, Alameda County. Nineteen permits were approved and issued along Delamar Drive and Lembert Hills Drive. Toll Brothers is responsible for the 258-unit development.

468 Turk Street new design, rendering by Macy Architecture

Renderings Revealed for 468 Turk Street, Tenderloin, San Francisco

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

New renderings have been revealed for a nine-story group housing development at 468 Turk Street in the Tenderloin, San Francisco. The 102-foot structure will yield 36,860 square feet, of which 22,190 square feet is dedicated to residential use, and 3,200 square feet for shared living spaces. 2,230 square feet of open space will be available for residents at the basement level and the roof. Turk Street LLC is responsible for the development, with Maddern Construction hired as the contractor.

1049 Market Street, image via Google Satellite

Plans Filed for Contentious 1049 Market Street, SoMa, San Francisco

4:30 am on February 5, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

New plans have been published for the mixed-use rehabilitation of 1049 Market Street in SoMa, San Francisco. The six-story property has been at the center of a long struggle between the building owner, the residents,…

140 New Montgomery Street from Howard Street, image by Andrew Campbell Nelson

Number 48: 140 New Montgomery Street, SoMa, San Francisco

5:30 am on February 4, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

140 New Montgomery Street, first called the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Building, is tied as the 48th tallest tower in SFYIMBY’s countdown of the 52 tallest buildings planned or built in the Bay Area. The PT&T Building is arguably the most influential skyscraper in this city among its contemporaries, as it was the first to bring to life Eliel Saarinen’s conceptual Tribune Tower design. The tower opened in 1925 to be the tallest skyscraper in the city, rising 435 feet tall. The verticality and slight setbacks were novel for the Bay, and the style would be replicated. Timothy L. Pfleuger is the architect responsible.

Google Middlefield Park plan, image courtesy Google

Plans Reviewed for Massive Google Middlefield Park, Mountain View, Santa Clara County

5:00 am on February 4, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

Development plans are under review for a mixed-use Google Middlefield Park master plan in Mountain View, Santa Clara County. Google’s proposal brings up to 1,950 apartments, retail, 10.5 acres of parkland, and over a million square feet of offices with transit-oriented planning. The development possible after the city adopted its East Whisman Precise Plan in 2019. Google is working with Lendlease to develop the project and is expecting completion as late as 2040.

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