Documents were submitted to CEQA for the preparation of an Environmental Impact Report on a planned project at 2036 Bancroft Way in Berkeley. The proposed project would involve the partial demolition of the site, including two residential structures and an office building annex, to make way for a new eight-story residential project.
For the last twelve days of 2025, SFYIMBY will reflect on the biggest stories we’ve covered each month across the region. In April, we covered the pivot from office to housing conversion of CityView Plaza in Downtown San Jose. The city revealed plans for the controversial Embarcadero Park redevelopment. Brisbane published the environmental review of the massive Baylands masterplan, which could result in thousands of apartments, several million square feet of commercial area, a new school, and public open space. Partial office-to-housing conversion was proposed for 995 Market Street, and preliminary plans surfaced for a massive thousand-unit neighborhood utilizing the builder’s remedy in Pacifica.
For the last twelve days of 2025, SFYIMBY will continue our tradition of reflecting on the biggest stories we’ve covered each month across the region. Our first major story in March was the proposed new Mansion for the affluent Fisher Family’s property in Presidio Heights. UC Berkeley announced plans to begin construction next year for a new dorm, currently the fifth-tallest building in the city’s busy pipeline. San Francisco officials held a meeting to work with Lendlease on making 30 Van Ness Avenue financially viable. Lastly, the Draft Environmental Impact Report was published for Related’s 41-story office tower at 530 Sansome Street.
BXP, formerly known as Boston Properties, has sold the empty lot at 3625 Peterson Way in Santa Clara, Santa Clara County. Palo Alto Networks purchased the lot earlier this month for $90 million, where BXP has already completed demolition of the former two-story office complex. The site has received entitlements for an office development.
For the last twelve days of 2025, SFYIMBY will continue our tradition of reflecting on the biggest stories we’ve covered each month across the region. February began with an increase in height for the California Theater tower in Downtown Berkeley. In San Francisco, preliminary permits were filed for the 22-story iteration of 2700 Sloat Boulevard, and formal permits were filed for a 23-story residential tower at 1965 Market Street. Further down the Peninsula, the Hillsdale Mall in San Mateo revealed a potential 1,400-unit redevelopment, and a 30-story senior housing tower in Redwood City was put on hold. Lastly, we toured the construction progress on Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island.
