New building permits have been filed to construct an eight-story residential building at 600 7th Street, an undeveloped lot near SoMa’s Design District. The project is being developed by Mercy Housing California, with plans for all 208 units to be 100% affordable supportive housing.
New building permits have been filed for a residential building at 237 Sanchez Street, by the Castro in Mission District, San Francisco. The development would demolish a single-family dwelling in the city to replace it with a four-story five-unit apartment infill.
Across the Bay Area, an array of large and significant projects have been progressing in the background, or with semi-recent news from before, we started SF YIMBY last month. 550 Howard Street in SoMa is one such project, and it’s a big one. Its construction permits were approved In mid-January of this year, clearing the way for the fourth tallest skyscraper in the Bay Area. Once complete, it will stand beside the Transbay Terminal 800 feet tall, designed by the Salesforce Tower’s same firm, Pelli Clarke Pelli.
Permits have been filed by the Episcopal Community Services in partnership with the City to convert a seven-story hotel at 440 Geary Street into a permanent housing shelter. This follows permits in September to transform the hotel at 1000 Sutter Street, both of which are funded by the same SF Homekey program. This purchase cost $29.1 million following a recent declaration for more funding by Governor Gavin Newsom.
Embarcadero Capital Partners is making progress on its plans to expand 1035 Howard Street in SoMa, San Francisco. The project has received approval from the city’s Historic Preservation Commission. This comes two years after the firm took out a $34.2 million loan for the development. This adaptive reuse of the currently-vacant Art-Deco office building will help retain a charming facade for subsequent decades.
