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249 Pennsylvania Avenue outdated four story proposal, rendering courtesy project website

Expanded Permits Filed for 249 Pennsylvania Avenue, Potrero Hill, San Francisco

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

New preliminary project assessment permits have been filed for an expanded seven-story residential development on 249 Pennsylvania Avenue in Potrero Hill, San Francisco. The plan will create 95 new units, adding significantly more to the housing stock than the previously approved 57-unit four-story proposal. William Spencer Company, based in Brisbane, California, is responsible for the development as the property owner.

2525 Van Ness Avenue vertical elevation, image via Handel Architects

New Visuals for 2525 Van Ness Avenue, Cow Hollow, San Francisco

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

New visuals have been revealed along with updated plans for a residential project at 2525 Van Ness Avenue in Cow Hollow, San Francisco. The proposal will add 28 new residential units across the seven-story structure into the city’s housing market. March Capital Management is responsible for the development and has shared with SFYIMBY that Boubouffe LLC is the property owner.

Hawthorn Apartments at 321 Bercut Drive in its existing condition, image via Google Satellite

Permits Filed for Hotel-to-Housing Conversion of 321 Bercut Drive, Southern Pacific/Richards, Sacramento

5:00 am on May 16, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

Permits have been filed to convert the existing Hawthorn hotel at 321 Bercut Drive in Sacramento’s Southern Pacific/Richards neighborhood. The project will convert 272 guest rooms to make 281 residential units in a lesser-developer corner of the state capitol overlooking the American River. The Ezralow Company is responsible for the development via Bercut-Railyard LLC.

Westport Cupertino at 21267 Stevens Creek Boulevard apartment building, design by C2K Architecture

Plans Finalizing for Westport Cupertino Housing Project in Cupertino, Santa Clara County

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

The proposal for 21267 Stevens Creek Boulevard expects to add 267 new apartments into the Silicon Valley housing market in Cupertino, Santa Clara County. Recent reporting by the Bay Area News Group has revealed that the project expects to break ground by the Fall of this year and would replace a retail center with new market-rate and affordable housing for seniors living in the hometown to the Foster + Partners-designed Apple headquarters. KT Urban and The Pacific Companies is responsible for the development.

Park Habitat at 180 Park Avenue seen from San Carlos Street, development by Westbank and Urban Community

New Imagery Revealed for Park Habitat at 180 Park Avenue, Downtown San Jose

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

New renderings have been revealed from a public meeting for 180 Park Avenue, i.e., Park Habitat, an innovatively designed 20-story office and expansion for the Tech Interactive museum building proposed for Downtown San Jose. Park Habitat is one of five projects from the joint venture between Vancouver-based Westbank and Gary Dillabough of Urban Community. Each project would add new density to the capital of Silicon Valley with innovative designs and sustainable architecture.

385 South Winchester Boulevard, image via Google Street View with Santana West in the left background

Preliminary Permits Filed for 385 South Winchester Boulevard, Santana Row, San Jose

4:30 am on May 14, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

Preliminary permits have been filed for a proposed development at 385 South Winchester Boulevard inside San Jose’s Santana Row/Valley Fair Urban Village boundaries. The permits show two different uses are under consideration for the site. The first option is to build commercial offices, and the second option is to produce residential housing. Ian Birchall + Associates is listed as involved with the project.

50 California Street, image by Andrew Campbell Nelson

Number 34: 50 California Street, Financial District, San Francisco

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

50 California Street is tied as the 34th-tallest building in the Bay Area planned or built. The 1972-built tower in San Francisco’s Financial District shares the same height as 555 Mission Street, 487 feet above street level. Originally known as the Union Bank Building, its distinctively ubiquitous modernist design from the Welton Becket architecture firm was part of a larger moment in the city’s development history of rapid economic growth and local anxieties about the ‘Manhattanization’ of the West Coast metropolis.

4199 Mission Street south-side elevation, illustration by Gary Gee Architects

Plans Revealed for Apartments at 4199 Mission Street, Excelsior, San Francisco

5:00 am on May 13, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

New plans have been revealed for a forty-unit residential building with affordable housing at 4199 Mission Street, on the border between Excelsior and the Outer Mission in San Francisco. The 65-foot tall structure will yield 54,120 square feet, with 43,700 square feet for residential use and 4,390 square feet for vehicular parking. Gary Gee Architects is responsible for the design.

8156 Skyline Boulevard full-build view, rendering by John Clark Architect

Renderings Revealed for 8156 Skyline Boulevard Single-Family House in the Oakland Hills

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

Permits have been filed to build a new single-family dwelling at 8156 Skyline Boulevard, a vacant parcel on the Oakland Hills by Montclair. The hills have been a historically valuable destination for suburban development with remarkable views across the Bay despite the risks posed by wildfires. John Clark Architects is responsible for the design.

Art Gensler portrait, image courtesy of Gensler

Celebrating the Legacy of Art Gensler, A Global Architect with A Large Local Footprint

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

Art Gensler, the founder and namesake for the global architecture firm, passed away in Marin County on May 10th, 2021, at age 85. The San Francisco-based architect founded Gensler with his wife Drue Gensler and their associate, James Follett, in 1965. Over the decades, Gensler has grown to be consistently ranked among the largest studios in the world since the 0s and has worked on many projects that have shaped the Bay Area’s built environment.

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