New plans have been revealed for a residential infill at 129 Laidley Street in Fairmont, San Francisco. The project will replace the existing home with a modern home three times the size while retaining the low residential density. Winder Gibson Architects will manage the design.
Mission Rock Partners has officially launched construction for the China Basin Park with a groundbreaking ceremony on San Francisco’s Mission Bay waterfront. The park is one of Mission Rock’s most highly anticipated public assets, five acres of waterfront open space shaped by community input and designed by SCAPE Landscape Architecture. Mission Rock Partners is a joint venture with the Giants, the Port of San Francisco, and Tishman Speyer.
Construction work has topped out on the Balboa Park Upper Yard affordable housing project at 2340 San Jose Avenue in San Francisco’s Outer Mission. The construction has replaced a surface parking lot and former rail yard across from a BART and Muni station with a 90-foot tall infill with over a hundred affordable housing units. Both the Mission Housing Development Corporation and Related Companies are responsible for the development.
The proposed 50 Main Street tower has shrunk by 74 feet. Hines has published new plans for the city’s potential second-tallest skyscraper, following San Francisco Planning Department recommendations. The updated plans show that 50 Main Street is now proposed to rise 992 feet tall, which does still retain its position as the city’s second-tallest building. Along with this revelation, the documents provide new insight into the Atlas Block campus. Foster + Partners is the architect for 50 Main Street.
The San Francisco Planning Commission is scheduled to review plans for a two-structure residential infill at 1721 15th Street in the Mission District’s Mission Dolores neighborhood. The project will rise six stories above 15th Street, with a rear-yard building offering four townhome-style units. Veev, a start-up based in San Mateo, is the project developer and contractor.
