1510 Webster Street at dusk, rendering by oWow

Foundation Pour at 1510 Webster Street in Downtown Oakland

Crews have finished the concrete foundation pour at 1510 Webster Street in Downtown Oakland for the future 19-story mass timber tower. The project has been designed and developed by Oakland-based oWOW and will eventually become the tallest mass timber building on the West Coast and the second tallest in the country. Once complete, the development will create 222 new homes above commercial and retail space.

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1979 Mission Street property outlined approximately according to site map, image via Google Satellite

Tiny Homes Village Proposed for 1979 Mission Street in Mission District, San Francisco

A new proposal for a tiny home village has been filed for 1979 Mission Street in the Mission District of San Francisco. The plans would install as many as 70 prefabricated units and related amenities on the 1.32-acre property. The city’s Department of Homelessness & Supportive Housing is responsible for the application. Reached for comment, city staff shared with YIMBY, “The proposal does not include demolition of the existing buildings.”

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Gladstone Expansion, illustration by DGA

Gladstone Expansion Announced for 1650 Owens Street in Mission Bay, San Francisco

Gladstone has announced plans for a new expansion of their current location at 1650 Owens Street in Mission Bay, San Francisco. The nonprofit life sciences research organization has plans to increase its floorplan capacity by over a third, creating new laboratories and room for around two hundred new employees. Construction is expected to begin late next year.

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