San Francisco

535 Powell Street, image via Google Street View

Commercial-To-Housing Conversion Proposed for 535 Powell Street, Union Square, San Francisco

New plans have been filed for the George Perine House, a Second Empire building at 535 Powell Street in San Francisco’s Union Square neighborhood. The project would reshape the three-story commercial building with six new rental apartments. Minor exterior work would retain the building’s historic facade. USL Property Management is responsible for the application.

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Transbay Block 4 tower full view, architecture by Solomon Cordwell Buenz

Permit Progress on Transbay Block 4 Tower at 200 Main Street, SoMa, San Francisco

New permit activity shows plans are moving ahead for the 47-story skyscraper at Transbay Block 4 in SoMa, San Francisco. Representatives for the property owner, Hines, have recently filed an amendment request to increase the lot’s height limit from 450 feet to 513 feet. The building would create hundreds of below-market-rate units, apartments, condos, and townhomes overlooking the proposed Transbay Park.

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