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777 Sutter Street south and east elevations, illustration by FORMA

SFYIMBY Year in Review: September 2024

5:30 am on December 28, 2024 By Andrew Nelson

For the last twelve days of 2024, SF YIMBY will look back on each month and reflect on the biggest stories we covered. Except for the rising SHoP-designed YouTube offices and the finished Verde in Mission Rock, most of our biggest stories in September were related to the planning process. In San Francisco, FORMA Development Design & Management shocked many readers with two narrow 26-story towers. The potential 30-story tower in Redwood City came as a shocking potential addition to the county seat of San Mateo County. In Berkeley, updated plans for California Theater may now reach 23 floors, while the city has approved the second-tallest tower in the city’s pipeline at 2128 Oxford Street.

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Oceanwide Center, design by Foster + Partners with Heller Manus Architects

Oceanwide Center Still Hole In Ground

5:30 am on November 28, 2024 By Andrew Nelson

In honor of New York YIMBY’s Turkey Week tradition of spotlighting stalled projects, we’d like to highlight the one big project that comes to mind for San Francisco. Oceanwide Center was meant to produce the second-tallest skyscraper in the city, with a unique geometric structure designed by Foster + Partners. Today, the property at First and Mission remains an unfinished hole in the ground, collecting dust and water.

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772 Pacific Avenue preliminary massing, rendering by HCLA and Stan Teng Architectural Studio

Meeting Thursday For Proposed 15-Story ‘New Asia Senior Housing’ Tower in Chinatown

5:30 am on September 17, 2024 By Andrew Nelson

The San Francisco Planning Commission is scheduled to review plans this Thursday for the 15-story affordable housing tower at 772 Pacific Avenue in Chinatown, San Francisco. The commission will vote on an ordinance sponsored by Supervisor Peskin to establish a Special Use District for the new housing. Chinatown Community Development Center is responsible for the application.

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