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Mission Rock aerial view with the now-complete China Basin Park, image by Jason O'Rear

Mision Rock Opens Waterfront Park, Starts Leasing for Verde, San Francisco

5:30 am on April 26, 2024 By Andrew Nelson

While the San Francisco Giants are settling into the new baseball season, they have been welcoming another crowd just across McCovey Cove. The team, in partnership with Tishman Speyer and other stakeholders, celebrated the official opening of China Basin Park yesterday morning, two days after announcing that leasing has started for the Studio Gang-designed residential tower, aptly named Verde. Construction is nearly over for the first phase of the city’s mixed-use Mission Rock master plan.

1965 Market Street, rendering by RG Architecture

23-Story Tower for 1965 Market Street, San Francisco

5:30 am on April 24, 2024 By Andrew Nelson

New plans have surfaced for a 23-story residential tower at 1965 Market Street in San Francisco close to the Castro. The tower is a remarkable increase from the same developer’s initial plans to add two hundred rental apartments to the historic property at the corner of Market Street and Duboce Avenue. Keller Grover Properties is the project applicant.

555 Bryant Street seen from across 4th Street, image by author

Facade Installation Starts for 555 Bryant Street in SoMa, San Francisco

5:30 am on April 22, 2024 By Andrew Nelson

Construction is moving quickly for the dense residential complex rising at 555 Bryant Street in SoMa, San Francisco. A recent site visit by YIMBY shows concrete has reached the 11th story, and crews have started facade installation. Strada Investment Group is the project developer, and Swinerton is the general contractor.

California Tower southeast approach, rendering by SmithGroup

Construction Update for California Tower in Sacramento

5:30 am on April 3, 2024 By Andrew Nelson

Construction is moving forward on California Tower, as documented by a recent site visit by YIMBY for the planned 14-story medical facility rising in the UC Davis’s Sacramento campus. The project is expected to cost over $3.7 billion to add hundreds of new inpatient beds in a new seismically-updated facility. McCarthy Building Companies is the general contractor.

Construction Underway for Aggie Square Development, Sacramento

5:30 am on April 1, 2024 By Andrew Nelson

A recent site visit by YIMBY has captured the construction progress for Aggie Square, an innovation hub rising in the UC Davis Sacramento campus. The project will create a new dense hub on campus for life sciences, education, student housing, and parking. Wexford Science & Technology and GMH Capital Partners are joint developers.

530 Howard Street establishing view, rendering by Pickard Chilton

YIMBY Interview with Paul Paradis of Bayhill Ventures

5:30 am on March 14, 2024 By Andrew Nelson

Bayhill Ventures debuted last November with eye-catching plans for a new residential skyscraper in San Francisco during a period where most significant projects are on hold across the region. Last month, Bayhill’s founder and CEO, Paul Paradis, sat down with YIMBY to discuss the ambitious plans for 530 Howard Street, his reason for starting a new firm, and his optimism for San Francisco’s next top-end office tower.

The Rise apartments and retail seen from a green space, rendering by Kohn Pedersen Fox

City Approves The Rise in Cupertino

5:30 am on February 20, 2024 By Andrew Nelson

The City of Cupertino has approved plans for The Rise, a massive mixed-use proposal for thousands of homes, retail, offices, and parking garages on the former Vallco Mall property close to Apple Park. The green-lit project is a modified version revealed in December of last year, with a new towerless design, a remarkable shift from the previous plan. Sand Hill Property Company is the project developer.

Bishop Ranch redevelopment aerial view, rendering courtesy Sunset Development

YIMBY Interview with Alex Mehran Jr. of Sunset Development.

5:30 am on February 19, 2024 By Andrew Nelson

A few weeks ago, YIMBY visited Bishop Ranch in San Ramon to learn more about plans to build thousands of new homes in the business park. The 2020-approved project has been revised to include an additional 2,6000 units on top of the former Chevron headquarters, with plans to modernize their remaining office space with added flexibility to attract and retain tenants. During our visit, YIMBY got to talk with Alex Mehran Jr, president and chief executive officer of Sunset Development Company.

California Forever conceptual neighborhood overview, rendering by SITELAB Urban Studio and CMG

YIMBY Interviews California Forever’s Head of Planning

5:30 am on February 12, 2024 By Andrew Nelson

California Forever has made its first substantial step toward building a new city on agricultural land in Solano County. Earlier this week, YIMBY spoke with California Forever’s Head of Planning, Gabriel Metcalf, to discuss the facts of their proposal and the Ballot Initiative. The company, a real estate firm established in Silicon Valley in 2017 with financing from several billionaires, hopes to convince the county voters to create a new city with up to 400,000 residents.

875 Sansome Street low-rise version, rendering by BDE Architecture

Developer Considering 8-Story or 14-Story Apartments for 875 Sansome Street, San Francisco

5:30 am on February 8, 2024 By Andrew Nelson

Two new proposals have been submitted for housing at 875 Sansome Street in San Francisco. The different applications provide a case study of how state law has changed the development landscape in the city over the last four years since increasing the state density bonus and introducing Assembly Bill 1287. N17 Development filed both projects on behalf of the property owner, Allrise Capital.

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