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77 Beale Street overall massing, illustration by Pickard Chilton

SFYIMBY Year in Review: July 2025

5:30 am on December 26, 2025 By Andrew Nelson

For the last twelve days of 2025, SFYIMBY will reflect on the biggest stories we’ve covered each month across the region. In mid-July, we covered the current-tallest proposal in the Bay Area after Hines revealed new plans for 77 Beale Street. Demolition permits were filed for the old Mattress Factory on Market Street, and environmental documents were published for the Tanforan Mall redevelopment. We visited two construction sites in Berkeley, a waterfront Sausalito proposal gained approval, and Berkeley rejected landmarking a 139-year-old home.

249 Pennsylvania Avenue massing aerial view, illustration by LMS Architects

Affordable Housing Plans Surface for 249 Pennsylvania Avenue, San Francisco

5:00 am on December 26, 2025 By Andrew Nelson

Detailed plans have been published for the affordable housing project at 249 Pennsylvania Avenue on Potrero Hill, San Francisco. The nine-story proposal is looking to add 124 units to the vacant parcel, cleared in 2018 in preparation for a now-withdrawn market-rate development. Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation and Young Community Developers are listed as joint developers.

One Oak establishing view, rendering by SCB

SFYIMBY Year in Review: June 2025

5:30 am on December 25, 2025 By Andrew Nelson

For the last twelve days of 2025, SFYIMBY will reflect on the biggest stories we’ve covered each month across the region. In June, updated plans were unveiled for One Oak; renderings were released for the…

Transamerica Pyramid seen from Montgomery and Green Street, image by Andrew Campbell Nelson

SFYIMBY Year in Review: May 2025

5:30 am on December 24, 2025 By Andrew Nelson

For the last twelve days of 2025, SFYIMBY will reflect on the biggest stories we’ve covered each month across the region. Some of our biggest stories from May included grand openings and construction updates, including…

2800 Telegraph Avenue street view, rendering by Via Design Build

Updated Renderings & Plans For 2800 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley

5:00 am on December 24, 2025 By Andrew Nelson

Updated renderings and plans have been shared with YIMBY for 2800 Telegraph Avenue in South Berkeley, Alameda County. The proposal seeks to replace a single-story commercial structure with a six-story student housing complex. The developers are Avi Forman, principal of Via Design Build, and Noah Lazarus, principal of Elmwood Capital.

Cityview Plaza aerial view, rendering by SCB

SFYIMBY Year in Review: April 2025

5:30 am on December 23, 2025 By Andrew Nelson

For the last twelve days of 2025, SFYIMBY will reflect on the biggest stories we’ve covered each month across the region. In April, we covered the pivot from office to housing conversion of CityView Plaza in Downtown San Jose. The city revealed plans for the controversial Embarcadero Park redevelopment. Brisbane published the environmental review of the massive Baylands masterplan, which could result in thousands of apartments, several million square feet of commercial area, a new school, and public open space. Partial office-to-housing conversion was proposed for 995 Market Street, and preliminary plans surfaced for a massive thousand-unit neighborhood utilizing the builder’s remedy in Pacifica.

530 Sansome Street aerial view, rendering by SOM

SFYIMBY Year in Review: March 2025

5:30 am on December 22, 2025 By Andrew Nelson

For the last twelve days of 2025, SFYIMBY will continue our tradition of reflecting on the biggest stories we’ve covered each month across the region. Our first major story in March was the proposed new Mansion for the affluent Fisher Family’s property in Presidio Heights. UC Berkeley announced plans to begin construction next year for a new dorm, currently the fifth-tallest building in the city’s busy pipeline. San Francisco officials held a meeting to work with Lendlease on making 30 Van Ness Avenue financially viable. Lastly, the Draft Environmental Impact Report was published for Related’s 41-story office tower at 530 Sansome Street.

3625 Peterson Way aerial view, rendering by ARC Tech

BXP Sells Empty Lot at 3625 Peterson Way in Santa Clara

5:00 am on December 22, 2025 By Andrew Nelson

BXP, formerly known as Boston Properties, has sold the empty lot at 3625 Peterson Way in Santa Clara, Santa Clara County. Palo Alto Networks purchased the lot earlier this month for $90 million, where BXP has already completed demolition of the former two-story office complex. The site has received entitlements for an office development.

Treasure Island full build-out conceptual aerial view, rendering by Hayes Davis

SFYIMBY Year in Review: February 2025

5:30 am on December 21, 2025 By Andrew Nelson

For the last twelve days of 2025, SFYIMBY will continue our tradition of reflecting on the biggest stories we’ve covered each month across the region. February began with an increase in height for the California Theater tower in Downtown Berkeley. In San Francisco, preliminary permits were filed for the 22-story iteration of 2700 Sloat Boulevard, and formal permits were filed for a 23-story residential tower at 1965 Market Street. Further down the Peninsula, the Hillsdale Mall in San Mateo revealed a potential 1,400-unit redevelopment, and a 30-story senior housing tower in Redwood City was put on hold. Lastly, we toured the construction progress on Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island.

Oakland Roots and Soul SC Howard Terminal stadium harbor view, rendering by HOK

SFYIMBY Year In Review: January 2025

5:30 am on December 20, 2025 By Andrew Nelson

For the last twelve days of 2025, SFYIMBY will continue our tradition of reflecting on the biggest stories we’ve covered each month across the region. The year started with planning progress for two potential towers in Downtown Berkeley, as well as approval for a 15-story affordable housing tower in San Francisco’s Chinatown. In the Richmond District, an interesting proposal surfaced to expand a Burger King into a five-story mixed-use building, and further details came out about SJSU’s updated masterplan for its downtown San Jose campus. Lastly, Oakland’s home-grown soccer team announced plans to redevelop Howard Terminal with a stadium, a refreshing departure from the fraught years-long battle about the site between the city and the Athletics Major League Baseball team.

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