New plans have been filed for a nine-story residential infill at 1233-1237 Folsom Street in SoMa, San Francisco. The proposal aims to create 44 new homes and a micro tourist hotel space on a 0.1-acre plot of land. Shatara Architecture is leading the design and application.
Several sections of a construction crane have been delivered yesterday afternoon to 30 Van Ness Avenue, a recently-cleared lot in San Francisco’s Civic Center. Crews finished demolition of the five-story office building this January, and now the site is primed for excavation of the city’s tallest skyscraper in the Hub, and the second tallest in the city after the Transbay Parcel F by Hines and Urban Pacific. Australia-based multinational real estate company Lendlease is the developer and contractor of the 47-story mixed-use proposal.
Ingka Centres has filed updated plans for the future home to IKEA at 945 Market Street in SoMa, San Francisco. The project will provide a major tenant and new life to the mall under the Ingka Center’s Livat branding for their new urban shops. Gensler, the original architect, will be responsible for recladding and upgrades to the interior and exterior.
Last week, YIMBY toured Serif SF to visit the newly opening Solarium rooftop deck on top of the newest apartment addition to San Francisco’s Mid-Market neighborhood. Sales have already started, with units selling at $560,000, while the LINE Hotel is preparing to open with 232 guest rooms this September. The project is the work of L37 Partners, with architecture by Handel.
Google has leased a whole building in SoMa, San Francisco, to serve as the new offices for the company’s cloud computing division. Reporting from Laura Waxmann in the San Francisco Business Times shows that the Alphabet-owned company is expected to occupy the 300,000 square-foot building at 510 Townsend Street. The lease was signed on June 30th.
