12 Mint Plaza, rendering by Prime Design

Preliminary Project Assessment Filed for 12 Mint Plaza, SoMa, San Francisco

City Staff from the San Francisco Planning Department have published a preliminary project assessment, providing some feedback and a cautiously optimistic outlook for the fate of the skinny pod hotel proposed for 12 Mint Plaza in SoMa, San Francisco. The project will be built on a 0.04- parcel between two existing buildings of similar height. Elsey Partners is responsible for the development.

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198 McAllister Street Academic Village view from McAllister and Hyde Street, rendering courtesy UC Hastings Law, architecture by Perkins&Will

Excavation Underway for 198 McAllister Street, Civic Center, San Francisco

Construction work is humming along for 198 McAllister Street, phase two for the UC Hastings Academic Village plan in the San Francisco Civic Center neighborhood. The development is a joint venture between UC Hastings College of the Law and Greystar Real Estate Partners. Once complete, the 14-story building will contribute 667 dorm beds for graduate students at UC Hastings and neighboring schools above three floors of academic facilities.

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