The Klamath Ferry Boat has been secured to Pier 9, opening the latest addition to San Francisco’s Northern Waterfront neighborhood along the Embarcadero. The nearly one-hundred-year-old decommissioned passenger ship is now open as a public gathering space and the new headquarters for the Bay Area Council.
Updated designs have been published along with new planning activity for the mass-timber tower addition at 952-960 Howard Street in SoMa, San Francisco. The proposal would build a nine-story mass-timber addition on top of a three-tower mixed-use project to create 104 new homes. oWow is the project developer and architect.
San Francisco Planning Commission is scheduled to review the proposed use of 2 Stockton Street in Union Square, San Francisco. The project proposes to build a three-story vertical addition on top of the existing four-story structure. Strada Investment Group is the project developer. Gensler is the project architect.
The San Francisco Civic Design Review Committee is scheduled to review the Japantown Peace Plaza renovations at 1610 Geary Boulevard. The plans will revamp the historic public park, first opened in the late 1960s as a gift from San Francisco’s sister city, Osaka, Japan. The SF Recreation and Park Department is the project client.
Construction has started for a seven-story affordable housing project at 78 Johnson Street as part of San Francisco’s Treasure Island megadevelopment. Star View Court will create 138 new homes at parcel C3.1, close to the nearly-complete Maceo May Apartments, offering replacement housing for existing Treasure Island residents. The project is a collaborative effort by Mercy Housing and Catholic Charities.
