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249 Pennsylvania Avenue outdated four story proposal, rendering courtesy project website

Expanded Permits Filed for 249 Pennsylvania Avenue, Potrero Hill, San Francisco

5:00 am on May 17, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

New preliminary project assessment permits have been filed for an expanded seven-story residential development on 249 Pennsylvania Avenue in Potrero Hill, San Francisco. The plan will create 95 new units, adding significantly more to the housing stock than the previously approved 57-unit four-story proposal. William Spencer Company, based in Brisbane, California, is responsible for the development as the property owner.

2525 Van Ness Avenue vertical elevation, image via Handel Architects

New Visuals for 2525 Van Ness Avenue, Cow Hollow, San Francisco

5:30 am on May 16, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

New visuals have been revealed along with updated plans for a residential project at 2525 Van Ness Avenue in Cow Hollow, San Francisco. The proposal will add 28 new residential units across the seven-story structure into the city’s housing market. March Capital Management is responsible for the development and has shared with SFYIMBY that Boubouffe LLC is the property owner.

Permits Filed For 923 Market Street In SoMa, San Francisco

5:00 am on May 15, 2021 By Team YIMBY

Permits have been filed seeking the approval of facade remodel and construction proposed for the building at 923 Market Street in SoMa, San Francisco. The project proposal includes the addition of a new front facade on the first and second floors along with remodeling of the rear facade on the second floor. The proposed changes will transition the building use from office to residential. Goldman Architects is managing the design concepts and construction.

50 California Street, image by Andrew Campbell Nelson

Number 34: 50 California Street, Financial District, San Francisco

5:30 am on May 13, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

50 California Street is tied as the 34th-tallest building in the Bay Area planned or built. The 1972-built tower in San Francisco’s Financial District shares the same height as 555 Mission Street, 487 feet above street level. Originally known as the Union Bank Building, its distinctively ubiquitous modernist design from the Welton Becket architecture firm was part of a larger moment in the city’s development history of rapid economic growth and local anxieties about the ‘Manhattanization’ of the West Coast metropolis.

4199 Mission Street south-side elevation, illustration by Gary Gee Architects

Plans Revealed for Apartments at 4199 Mission Street, Excelsior, San Francisco

5:00 am on May 13, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

New plans have been revealed for a forty-unit residential building with affordable housing at 4199 Mission Street, on the border between Excelsior and the Outer Mission in San Francisco. The 65-foot tall structure will yield 54,120 square feet, with 43,700 square feet for residential use and 4,390 square feet for vehicular parking. Gary Gee Architects is responsible for the design.

Art Gensler portrait, image courtesy of Gensler

Celebrating the Legacy of Art Gensler, A Global Architect with A Large Local Footprint

5:30 am on May 12, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

Art Gensler, the founder and namesake for the global architecture firm, passed away in Marin County on May 10th, 2021, at age 85. The San Francisco-based architect founded Gensler with his wife Drue Gensler and their associate, James Follett, in 1965. Over the decades, Gensler has grown to be consistently ranked among the largest studios in the world since the 0s and has worked on many projects that have shaped the Bay Area’s built environment.

200 Kansas Street aerial view, design by DES Architects and Engineers

Renderings Revealed for 200 Kansas Street, SoMa, San Francisco

5:00 am on May 11, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

New renderings have been revealed as the preliminary project application has been submitted for the expansion of 200 Kansas Street in SoMa, San Francisco. Situated right on the neighborhood border with Potrero Hill, the proposal will the existing structure’s function as a child daycare center for Bright Horizons at Kansas Street while nearly tripling the laboratory footprint. DES Architects & Engineers is responsible for the design.

Freedom West Elevation, image courtesy DLR Group

Developers Filed Preliminary Project Assessment for Freedom West, San Francisco

5:30 am on May 10, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

Developers have completed and submitted the preliminary project assessment letter, or PPA, for the $2 billion Freedom West project around 710 McAllister Street in San Francisco’s Filmore District. In the letter, San Francisco’s Planning Department staff expressed support for Freedom West to build 2,305 new apartments with affordable housing across four city blocks. PPA is the initial process that evaluates moderate to large proposals before development applications are filed.

New Affordable Housing Reaches Completion At 1150 3rd Street, Mission Bay, San Francisco

5:00 am on May 9, 2021 By Team YIMBY

A new apartment complex has reached its successful completion at 1150 3rd Street in Mission Bay. The affordable housing complex is given its name in honor of the late former mayor, Edwin M. Lee, and will offer housing to unhoused veterans and low-income families. OCII, Chinatown Community Development Center, and Swords to Plowshares, a veteran-focused nonprofit worked together to develop the property. Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects, Saida + Sullivan Design Partners are the architects responsible for design and construction.

159 Laidley Street facade, rendering by Winder Gibson Architects

Revised Plans Filed for 159 Laidley Street, Glen Park, San Francisco

4:30 am on May 9, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

Revised planning documents have been filed for a new single-family house at 159 Laidley Street south of Billy Goat Hill in Glen Park, San Francisco. The project will replace an existing single-family home with a new single-family residence nearly twice the size. Winder Gibson Architects is responsible for the design.

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