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Transbay Block 2 East aerial view over the proposed park, rendering by Kennerly Architecture & Planning

New Illustrations for Transbay Block 2 In SoMa, San Francisco

5:30 am on November 24, 2022 By Andrew Nelson

New renderings have been published for the two affordable housing projects at 200 Folsom Street in the East Cut, San Francisco. Amended plans for Transbay Block 2 are scheduled for a public review by the city’s Planning Commission for next week on December 1st. As well, new building permits have now been filed for the 17-story Transbay Block 2 East, being developed by Mercy Housing. Transbay Block 2 West is being developed by the Chinatown Community Development Center.

Transbay Block 3 public park, image via SF Recreation and Parks

Public Meeting Soon for Transbay Block 3 Park in SoMa, San Francisco

5:00 am on October 14, 2022 By Andrew Nelson

The San Francisco Civic Design Review Committee is scheduled to review plans for the Transbay Block 3 park during a public meeting next Monday. The plan will create a new one-acre landscaped destination between two dense housing plans on the former temporary Transbay Bus Terminal in SoMa. The San Francisco Public Works department is the landscape architect.

One Rincon Hill with The Harrison in the background, image by Andrew Campbell Nelson

Number 9: One Rincon Hill at 425 1st Street, SoMa, San Francisco

5:30 am on November 4, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

The ninth tallest tower in the Bay Area planned or built is One Rincon Hill, one of the tallest fully residential buildings west of the Mississippi River. Finished in 2008, the 641-foot tower led the procession of construction that now defines Rincon Hill and the southern portion of San Francisco’s SoMa skyline overlooking the Bay Bridge. Solomon Cordwell Buenz is the project architect.

Number 11: The Avery at 450 Folsom Street, SoMa, San Francisco

5:30 am on October 21, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

The eleventh tallest skyscraper in the Bay Area planned or built is Related Companies The Avery, a 618-foot tall residential tower at 450 Folsom Street in SoMa, San Francisco. The project is located on Block 8 of the Transbay development district and inside the highly redeveloped East Cut neighborhood. Rem Koolhaas’ Office of Metropolitan Architecture is responsible for the tapered design.

250 Howard Street, image by Andrew Campbell Nelson

Number 12: Park Tower at Transbay, 250 Howard Street, SoMa, San Francisco

5:30 am on October 14, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

The 12th tallest building in the Bay Area planned or built in the Park Tower at Transbay office building, located at 250 Howard Street in SoMa, San Francisco. The 605-foot tall project rises from Block 5 in the transformative San Francisco Transbay development plan. Goettsch Partners in collaboration with Solomon Cordwell Buenz, is responsible for the sky deck-covered skyscraper design.

The Harrison viewed from beside Jasper, image by Andrew Campbell Nelson

Number 23: The Harrison on Rincon Hill, SoMa, San Francisco

5:30 am on July 29, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

The Harrison at 401 Harrison Street is the 23rd tallest skyscraper in the Bay Area planned or built with a rooftop height of 541 feet above street level. The project is the shorter of the two-towered Rincon Hill complex that has redefined the city’s skyline in SoMa, San Francisco. The project has come to define the ascension of Rincon Hill and the East Cut as an extension of high-rise residential development to accommodate the tech boom of the 21st century.

633 Folsom Street Expansion and Reclad Nearly Complete, SoMa, San Francisco

5:30 am on October 15, 2020 By Andrew Nelson

Recent images show that the recladding and five-story expansion of the office building at 633 Folsom Street, SoMa is nearly complete. The new design is by Gensler, an international architecture firm, with development by the building owner, Swig Company. A future tenant has already been secured by CBRE, Asana, a tech company owned by Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz. Occupancy is expected soon.

One Steuart Lane, image by Andrew Campbell Nelson

SOM-Designed One Steuart Lane Tops Out, SoMa, San Francisco

5:30 am on September 22, 2020 By Andrew Nelson

The SOM-designed One Steuart Street has reached its 220-foot pinnacle, looking over the Embarcadero. Located in the East Cut portion of SoMa, the new residential tower plans to offer unique listings for the ultra-wealthy who might otherwise look for single-family houses in the city’s outskirts. Now that construction has topped out, the project is fast approaching completion and occupancy.

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