Renderings have been revealed for an eight-story residential infill for 160 Freelon Street in SoMa, San Francisco. The project, also addressed as 639 Bryant Street, would replace a vacant building and surface parking with 85 units of affordable housing. Related Companies is the project developer collaborating with the City and County of San Francisco. Groundbreaking is expected in 2024.
The BART Board of Directors has voted to approve plans for the Lake Merritt Transit-Oriented Development in Downtown Oakland. The approval is a significant step towards reshaping two low-rise lots with two towers and two mid-density buildings containing affordable and market-rate housing and offices. The Board President, Rebecca Saltzman, says construction will start in 2024.
Curtainwall installation has finished for 751 Gateway Boulevard, one of a few R&D offices rising in South San Francisco’s East Side neighborhood. The project has replaced a surface parking lot while expanding the existing Gateway Campus opened by the co-owners Alexandria Real Estate Equities and Boston Properties.
The South San Francisco City Council has unanimously voted to approve Southline Specific Plan, a dense 28.5-acre campus across from San Bruno BART Station in San Mateo County. The project approval marks a significant step toward construction. Lane Partners is sponsoring the development.
Updated renderings have been published for the residential infill proposal at 67-69 Belcher Street in San Francisco’s Castro neighborhood. The plans call for 31 units with architecture by one of the city’s most prominent firms, Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects. The new illustrations show an augmentation from the previous iterations, most notably with a perforated aluminum parapet. Along the exterior, the aluminum window frames are to be colored white to match the brick veneer instead of black. Finally, the base level will now include two exposed concrete pillars instead of one.
