SFYIMBY Year Review

For the last twelve days of the year, SF YIMBY will look back on each month to reflect on the biggest stories we covered. In September, we saw the official groundbreaking of 30 Van Ness, a tour of the Bristol on Yerba Buena Island, and the topping out of new labs in San Mateo County. The highlight of the month, possibly the year, was when YIMBY broke the story of new renderings for The Cube at 620 Folsom Street and the Foster-designed Redwood supertall at 50 Main Street.

For the last twelve days of the year, SF YIMBY will look back on each month to reflect on the biggest stories we covered. August was a particularly busy month, starting with the approval of Transbay Block 4. Demolition permits were filed for Oakland’s potential tallest tower, and new renderings were found for various projects across the Bay Area, including the reimagined Tishman Speyer proposal for 655 4th Street in SoMa. In Oakland, construction reached halfway for 1900 Broadway. In Santa Clara, Related secured two-thirds of a billion dollars to start construction on a 700-unit apartment tower in Tasman East.

For the last twelve days of the year, SF YIMBY will look back on each month to reflect on the biggest stories we covered. In July, San Francisco saw the opening of the $118 million Presidio Tunnel Tops park, replacing surface parking and covering up an overpass with 14 acres of landscaped open space. Meanwhile, in the Civic Center and on Treasure Island, crane installation signaled the start of work on two new towers that will contribute to the city’s slow-growing skyline. In San Jose, crews finished the facade installation for the Adobe North Tower.

For the last twelve days of the year, SF YIMBY will look back on each month to reflect on the biggest stories we covered. For June, we saw the shortening of 50 Main Street, new renderings revealed for several towers, construction starting on a San Francisco park and Berkeley apartments, topping out of 200 Park Avenue in San Jose, and demolition permits for 10 South Van Ness.

For the last twelve days of the year, SF YIMBY will look back on each month to reflect on the biggest stories we covered. In May, crews demolished the infamous ‘historic laundromat’ at 2918 Mission Street, clearing the way for a new eight-story infill. Demolition permits were filed for 555 Bryant Street, new renderings were revealed for One Oak, and SOM shared a construction update for the new net-zero San Mateo County Office Building in Redwood City.