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Isle House seen from the Maceo May paseo, image by Andrew Campbell Nelson

YIMBY Tours Isle House Apartments on Treasure Island, San Francisco

Late last month, YIMBY was invited to tour Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island in San Francisco. Construction is pushing ahead on the first of several phases that will transform the two islands into a mixed-use neighborhood with roughly eight thousand apartments, retail, and public parks, and among the latest buildings to open includes the 22-story Isle House designed by David Baker Architects.

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2700 Sloat Boulevard pedestrian view from across Sloat, rendering by Solomon Cordwell Buenz

Permit Progress for 2700 Sloat Boulevard, Sunset District, San Francisco

New preliminary permits have been filed for the proposed 22-story tower at 2700 Sloat Boulevard in San Francisco’s Sunset District. The filing comes nearly two months after the first planning application for the 22-story iteration was submitted to the city’s planning department and nearly nine months after the sensational 50-story skyscraper was withdrawn. Housing America Partner and San Francisco Housing Development Corporation are jointly responsible for the project.

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Hillsdale Mall Redevelopment aerial overview, illustration by HOK and Gehl Studio

Preliminary Plans Surface To Redevelop The Hillsdale Mall, San Mateo

Preliminary plans were published late last week for a potential redevelopment of the Hillsdale indoor mall in San Mateo, San Mateo County. Initial details include the demolition of nearly three-quarters of the shopping center’s facilities, leaving just the North Block untouched as the remaining acres are transformed into nearly fourteen hundred units of housing, retail, and multi-level garages. Sares Regis Group is responsible for the application.

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