Potrero Hill Block B Along Arkansas Street, design by HKIT Architects and Y.A. Studio

Construction Imminent for Phase Two of Potrero HOPE SF Development, Potrero Hill, San Francisco

Construction is expected to start soon for phase two of Potrero HOPE SF, a development plan to replace 619 affordable units with 1,700 new residences, of which 819 will be sold below-market-rate. The developers have already finished phase one, and they tell SFYIMBY construction will start this month on phase two, including 1801 25th Street in Potrero Hill, San Francisco. BRIDGE Housing is developing the project, with the San Francisco Housing Authority as the property owner.

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Park Habitat at 180 Park Avenue, rendering by Hayes Davidson and Westbank

Renderings Released for Westbank’s Park Habitat at 180 Park Avenue, Downtown San Jose

New renderings have been released for Westbank’s mixed-use building, Park Habitat at 180 Park Avenue, Downtown San Jose. The illustrations came with the Westbank Campus Website launch, which provides a manifesto to connect the Canadian firm’s five Silicon Valley proposals with their innovative approaches that address climate change and encourage community through urban design. Each of the five projects has a unique goal. With Park Habitat, Westbank worked with Kengo Kuma & Associates to design a building that brings together offices and natural spaces in the city center.

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2000 North Shoreline Boulevard aerial view, rendering via BIG and Heatherwick Studios

Google’s Futuristic Charleston East Building at 2000 North Shoreline Boulevard Nearly Finished, Mountain View

Construction is underway for the unusually shaped office building at 2000 North Shoreline Boulevard, nearby the waterfront in Mountain View, Santa Clara County. The project is a low-slung structure designed by high-profile architects; it is a collaboration between Bjarke Ingels Group and Heatherwick Studios. Google is responsible as the developer and future tenant. Uniquely and in many ways true, Heatherwick Studios describe the project “as Google’s first bespoke office building.”

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