The official kick-off ceremony has been held for the conversion of the historic Humboldt Bank office building at 785 Market Street in San Francisco’s urban core. Crews are now expected to start turning the 19-story century-old slab tower into 124 units of housing. Forge Development Partners is responsible for the project.
Tishman Speyer and the Giants gathered the project team and elected officials yesterday afternoon to celebrate the ribbon cutting of Verde, the 23-story residential addition in San Francisco’s Mission Rock master plan. The green tile-clad tower is the fourth and final structure in phase one of the multi-phase redevelopment of the Giant’s 28 acres of surface parking. The building offers 254 apartments alongside 59 units of affordable housing.
Construction has officially started on the Peace Plaza Renovations in San Francisco’s Japantown. The project aims to transform the open space with new vibrance and cement its status as a community landmark. Mayor London Breed and Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi were in attendance at the official groundbreaking ceremony.
Wednesday was busy for San Francisco’s senior housing non-profit Self-Help for the Elderly. In the evening, SHE had scheduled their first community outreach regarding over two hundred affordable senior homes proposed along Ocean Beach in the Sunset. During the day, Mayor London Breed announced the acquisition of 933 Clement Street in the Richmond District for SHE to convert into affordable senior housing and a community dining space.
Construction has started ahead of schedule for the eight-story affordable housing building in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury neighborhood. The new project is designed by the internationally renowned Office for Metropolitan Architecture, known as OMA, with 160 permanently affordable apartments, retail, neighborhood-serving community space, and a childcare facility at 730 Stanyan Street.
