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1900 Broadway seen from near 17th Street, image by Andrew Campbell Nelson

SFYIMBY Year In Review: March 2023

By Andrew Nelson

For the last twelve days of the year, SF YIMBY will look back on each month and share the biggest stories we covered. March was the month of construction updates across the East Bay, San Francisco, and San Mateo County. Crews started on the new CCA campus in San Francisco, a new Life Sciences complex started to rise across from the Millbrae Station, and several urban infills were spotted rising in Berkeley. In Downtown Oakland, YIMBY visited the peak of Behring Co’s 39-story apartment tower.

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3 Transamerica proposed renovations, rendering by Foster + Partners

Unanimous Approval for Three Transamerica Redevelopment

By Andrew Nelson

The San Francisco Parks Department and Planning Commission have unanimously approved the Three Transamerica redevelopment in San Francisco’s Financial District. Three Transamerica, or 545 Sansome Street, is the second phase of SHVO’s billion-dollar investment in the historic office complex with design by Foster + Partners. Its adaptive reuse will create a new gateway for the city’s most iconic skyscraper.

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933 Clement Street, image by Google Street View

The City Acquires 933 Clement Street, Richmond District

By Andrew Nelson

Wednesday was busy for San Francisco’s senior housing non-profit Self-Help for the Elderly. In the evening, SHE had scheduled their first community outreach regarding over two hundred affordable senior homes proposed along Ocean Beach in the Sunset. During the day, Mayor London Breed announced the acquisition of 933 Clement Street in the Richmond District for SHE to convert into affordable senior housing and a community dining space.

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1234 Great Highway, image by Google Satellite

Meeting Today on Affordable Senior Housing at 1234 Great Highway, Sunset District

By Andrew Nelson

The developers behind a proposed senior affordable housing project along the Great Highway are holding a public meeting tonight at the South Sunset Community Center. The event will be held tonight, November 8th, between 6-8PM at 2601 40th Avenue in San Francisco. Speaking with YIMBY, a representative for the Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation shared that the proposal is “very early in the development process,” with more community meeting opportunities expected to occur early next year. TNDC and Self-Help for the Elderly are jointly responsible for the plan.

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333 12th Street exterior view during the day, image courtesy Panoramic

City Opens Permanently Affordable Housing at City Gardens, SoMa

By Andrew Nelson

The City of San Francisco has officially opened the 2021-built apartment complex as a permanently affordable supportive housing facility at 333 12th Street in SoMa. The project was developed by Panoramic Interests and grabbed headlines as the first in San Francisco to utilize the State Density Bonus program. The city purchased the development last summer, less than a year after opening.

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