SFYIMBY Year Review

For the last twelve days of 2023, SF YIMBY will look back on each month and reflect on the biggest stories we covered. This December, YIMBY documented construction for the 16-story apartment complex in SoMa, affordable housing in Haight-Ashbury, and labs in Burlingame. Berkeley saw preliminary permits for over a thousand units across over a dozen proposals using SB330, and modified plans were shared by the developer of Cupertino’s multi-billion dollar project, The Rise. Finally, SHVO received a greenlight for the proposed adaptive reuse of Three Transamerica, working with Foster + Partners to make a rare invest in the city’s future of commercial office space this year.

For the last twelve days of 2023, SF YIMBY will look back on each month and reflect on the biggest stories we covered. November saw the Builder’s Remedy used for a potential tower in Palo Alto and reduced project sizes in San Jose. Sunnyvale approved more housing next to Lawrence Station, and Berkeley upzoned the busy Southside neighborhood. YIMBY visited Sacramento to see the construction of a rising courthouse tower, and a new developer catapulted themselves into the spotlight with a potential 844-foot tall residential tower in San Francisco.

For the last twelve days of 2023, SF YIMBY will look back on each month and reflect on the biggest stories we covered. October’s highlight was the joint announcement for a future $2 billion research center by UC Berkeley and NASA in the Ames Center in Mountain View. In San Francisco, YIMBY documented affordable housing rising in SoMa and the Sunset District, while Related Companies celebrated their ribbon cutting for a nine-story affordable complex by the Balboa Park BART Station.

For the last twelve days of 2023, SF YIMBY will look back on each month and reflect on the biggest stories we covered. September saw increased residential capacity for 955 Sansome Street, Icon/Echo, and the Stonestown Galleria masterplan. Renderings were revealed for the North Berkeley BART Station redevelopment, and the San Francisco Symphony Hall revealed new elevations by Mark Cavagnero and Gehry Partners to remodel the exterior and interior. Lastly, the city’s commercial office market saw two major stories with the sale of 350 California Street and a new lease in Mission Rock.

For the last twelve days of 2023, SF YIMBY will look back on each month share the biggest stories we covered. August started with the anticipated news that Hines officially paused plans for the 39-story office proposal in Downtown Oakland. Meanwhile, YIMBY documented the construction of several high-density residential projects in Oakland, Santa Clara, and Sunnyvale. In San Francisco, the city celebrated the highly anticipated opening of IKEA.