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Howard Terminal with the San Francisco skyline on the horizon, rendering by BKF Engineers

Future Remains Uncertain for the Oakland A’s $12 Billion Howard Terminal Development

5:30 am on July 21, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

The Oakland City Council voted to approve a financial term sheet for Howard Terminal, a mixed-use development with housing, offices, and a new baseball stadium proposed by the Oakland A’s with an estimated $12 billion price tag. However, A’s president David Kaval has repeatedly signaled that yesterday’s approval could spell the end of the team’s future in Oakland because the term sheet approved is not what the team wanted. While Mayor Libby Schaaf is hopeful about the project’s future, Kaval was noncommittal about if the team would continue to negotiate. As it stands, the development is proceeding on thin ice.

Adobe North Tower at 333 West San Fernando Street, design by Gensler

Adobe North Tower Topped Out in Downtown San Jose

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

Construction has reached the top floor as facade installation makes significant progress at 333 West San Fernando Street, in Downtown San Jose. The development is set to open the Adobe North Tower, expanding the international software company’s already significant office presence in the city center.

Concrete Rising to Street Level for 200 Park Avenue, Downtown San Jose

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

Construction is reaching a milestone for 200 Park Avenue, a major office tower rising in Downtown San Jose. Concrete has reached street level, with steel soon to rise toward the 300-foot pinnacle. Once complete, the project will add 840,000 square feet of rentable office space to the Silicon Valley market. The prolific Jay Paul Company is responsible for the development.

ZEISS Innovation Center exterior, image by Jason O'Rear courtesy Gensler

Gensler-designed ZEISS Innovation Center Completed in Dublin

5:00 am on July 2, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

The new ZEISS office center at 5300 Central Parkway in Dublin, Alameda County, is now complete. Named the ZEISS Innovation Center, the three-story office building will centralize the firm’s previous footprint split between Dublin and Pleasanton with purpose-built facilities for the company’s evolving needs. The project architect at Gensler spoke with SFYIMBY about the building and design inspiration.

450 O'Farrell Street, rendering courtesy Forge Development Partners

Planning Department Approves 450 O’Farrell Street in Tenderloin, San Francisco

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

The San Francisco planning commission has approved plans to construct a 13-story group housing complex at 450 O’Farrell Street in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood. Once complete, the building will include 316 new dwelling units, a new church facility, and ground-level space for a Christian Science Reading room. The project is sponsored by the Fifth Church of Christ, Scientist.

550 East Brokaw Road aerial view, conceptual rendering by Gensler

Construction into the 2030s expected at 550 East Brokaw Road, North San Jose

5:30 am on June 27, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

New information is coming out about the 3.8 million square foot office development planned for 550 East Brokaw in North San Jose. The Bay Area News Group has reported the estimated timeline for development, with plans for construction to last four phases into the next decade. Bay West Development is responsible for the proposal, with architectural design by Gensler.

Facade Installation Nearly Complete for 100 Stockton Street, San Francisco

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

Six months after construction topped out, crews have all but finished facade installation for the commercial redevelopment of 100 Stockton Street near San Francisco’s Union Square. The project has made adaptive reuse of a seven-story mid-century department store with expanded offices and modernized retail facilities. Morgan Stanley and Blatteis & Schnur are responsible for the development.

2 Stockton proposed extension, rendering by Gensler

Renderings Revealed For An Office Space At 2 Stockton Street, Tenderloin, San Francisco

5:00 am on June 9, 2021 By Team YIMBY

A project introducing a seven-story office space makes progress; new renderings have been published for 2 Stockton Street in Tenderloin, San Francisco. The project proposal includes the vertical expansion of an existing four-story retail building by adding two floors of office space and a small penthouse office-level inclusive of outdoor terrace space. Strada Investment Group is the project sponsor. Gensler is managing the design concept and construction.

CitizenM Hotel at 3 Facebook Way aerial view, design by Gensler

Pre-Application Permits Filed for citizenM Hotel at 3 Facebook Way, Menlo Park

5:00 am on June 1, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

Pre-application permits have been filed for a 240-room citizenM Hotel at 300 Constitution Drive, or 3 Facebook Way, in Menlo Park, San Mateo County. The five-story development will replace surface parking at the intersection of Chilco Street and Bayfront Expressway in an area dominated by Facebook offices. The proposed hotel has already received city council conditional approval in early 2020. The Netherlands-based citizenM Hotel chain is responsible for the development as the project owner.

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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