For the last twelve days of the year, SF YIMBY will look back on each month to reflect on the biggest stories we covered. The month started with the opening of the 5M office tower, housing, and public park. YIMBY captured aerial images of excavation work at the Potrero Power Station, and Sand Hill Property Company revealed plans for the 50-Acre massive redevelopment of the Vallco Malli in Cupertino called The Rise.
For the last twelve days of the year, SF YIMBY will look back on each month and reflect on the biggest stories we covered. We start with January, which includes movement on Google’s Downtown West in San Jose, demolition work for 30 Van Ness, and the opening of 434 Minna Street in SoMa.
New detailed renderings have been revealed for the residential skyscraper at 620 Folsom Street in SoMa, San Francisco. The 62-story plans also disclose a significant increase in height and two hundred more homes than initially proposed. Designed by Arquitectonica, the crowning five-story feature will be what we at YIMBY have already labeled “The Cube.”
The California State Court of Appeal has rejected a request by the Preservation Action Council of San Jose that would have prevented the construction of a hotel at 8 North Almaden Boulevard in Downtown San Jose. The proposal aims to replace a vacant parking lot with a 19-story Moxy Hotel immediately next to the historic Hotel De Anza, the main source of the contention. KT Urban is the project developer.
A design review meeting has been scheduled for a project proposed at 1065 South Winchester Boulevard in San Jose. The project proposal includes the development of a a six-story residential building. Cord Associates is sponsoring the development. Carpira Design Group is the project architect. Shila Yasmeh is the landscape architect, and Kier+Wright is the civil engineer. A & Z Development, a San Jose-based firm run by an individual in San Jose, is the property owner.