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50 Main Street preliminary elevation, illustration by Foster and Partners

Hines Proposes Potential 3rd Tallest Skyscraper in the Bay Area for 50 Main Street

5:30 am on September 17, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

New plans have been filed for what could become one of the tallest towers in the Bay Area. Hines has submitted the preliminary project application for a quarter-billion-dollar residential skyscraper to rise 818 feet high at 50 Main Street in SoMa, San Francisco. 50 Main Street will be part of the 200 Mission Street Campus, Hines’ mixed-use redevelopment of the former PG&E Headquarters into housing, retail, modernized offices, and a network of public open space.

Preliminary Project Assessment Filed For 1675 Howard Street, SoMa, San Francisco

5:00 am on September 17, 2021 By Team YIMBY

A preliminary project assessment (PPA) has been submitted seeking the approval of a project at 1675 Howard Street in SoMa, San Francisco. The project proposal includes the renovation of existing retail stores and establishing a new commercial facility on the site. The proposal includes two sites with the primary on Howard Street and the secondary on Harrison Street. Goree Architecture & Design is responsible for the design concepts and construction.

Tenfold Natoma Residential Care Facility for the Elders at 2621 San Juan Road, rendering courtesy LPAS

Application Filed for Tenfold Natomas at 2621 San Juan Road, Sacramento

4:30 am on September 17, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

A planning application has been filed for a 141-unit development at 2621 San Juan Road in North Natomas, Sacramento. The project, named Tenfold Natoma Residential Care Facility for the Elders (RCFE), will add new housing to a currently vacant lot at a relatively busy intersection. Alleghany Properties is responsible for the development as the property owner.

200 Mission Street, formerly 77 Beale, rendering by Pickard Chilton

Dramatic Renderings Revealed for 200 Mission Street Campus in SoMa, San Francisco

5:30 am on September 16, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

Hines has filed a preliminary project application revealing for the first time plans to dramatically redevelop the 3.5-acre former PG&E complex, including the tower at 77 Beale Street in SoMa, San Francisco. The proposal includes office modernization, a new residential building at 50 Main Street, and a public-oriented street level. Most dramatically, the 35-story tower will be reskinned with a curtain-wall design by Pickard Chilton.

10 South Van Ness Avenue, image via Crescent Heights

Number 16: 10 South Van Ness Avenue, Civic Center, San Francisco

5:00 am on September 16, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

10 South Van Ness Avenue, a proposed new skyscraper, is the 16th tallest building in the Bay Area planned or built. The 590-foot tower will add nearly a thousand new apartments to the city on top of a 1.2-acre lot in the Civic Center as part of San Francisco’s high-density planned neighborhood, The Hub. Crescent Heights is responsible for the development.

2055 Taraval Street, image by SIA Consulting

Permits Filed For a Five-Story Residence At 2055 Taraval Street In Parkside, San Francisco

4:30 am on September 16, 2021 By Team YIMBY

Development permits have been filed seeking the approval of a five-story mixed-use building at 2055 Taraval Street in Parkside, San Francisco. The project proposal includes constructing a mixed-use building with seventeen residential units and one commercial unit on the ground floor. SIA Consulting is managing the design concepts and construction of the project.

Downtown San Jose transit oriented development concept, rendering of design by Foster and Partners

VTA Survey Open for BART Station Design Feedback

5:30 am on September 15, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, i.e., VTA, is welcoming the public to provide design feedback on the four future San Jose BART Stations. In particular, VTA is looking for ideas of visual elements to integrate into each of the stations. Along with the survey, the Authority has released some of the most detailed illustrations yet of the future transit hubs. The website is part of phase two in community engagement, the Construction Education and Outreach Plan. The website will receive its final comments on Friday, September 17th.

Birdseye View of Sunnydale development, via VMWP Architects

Demolition Permits Filed for 12 Structures for Sunnydale HOPE SF, San Francisco

5:00 am on September 15, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

Demolition permits have been filed for twelve buildings along Sunnydale Avenue as part of Blocks One through Four in the Sunnydale HOPE SF redevelopment plan. The Sunnydale community was originally built during World War Two but has since become one of San Francisco’s most acutely neglected public housing neighborhoods. Mercy Housing and Related California are jointly responsible for the redevelopment that will offer replacement housing on top of nearly 1,000 new apartments.

CityView Plaza towers, aerial perspective, design by Gensler

Initial Court Decision Favors Demolition of Brutalist Bank for CityView Plaza in Downtown San Jose

5:30 am on September 14, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

A Santa Clara County Superior Court judge has ruled in favor of plans to demolish the brutalist bank structure at 199 Park Avenue in Downtown San Jose. While the verdict is not final, it is a significant step toward the construction of CityView Plaza, a 3.8-million square foot office proposal by the Jay Paul Company to revitalize the city block. If built, the development would reshape the block between Almaden Boulevard and South Market Street, central to the city’s urban core.

500 East 3rd Avenue view from 3rd and South Delaware Street, rendering by Arc Tec

Renderings Revealed for 500 East 3rd Avenue, San Mateo

5:00 am on September 14, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

Renderings have been revealed for a mixed-use five-story building at 500 East 3rd Avenue, San Mateo, San Mateo County. The structure will demolition existing structures on the block, Block 21, to add four office floors topped by dwelling units. Windy Hill Property Ventures is responsible for the development as the property owner.

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