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50 California Street, image by Andrew Campbell Nelson

Number 34: 50 California Street, Financial District, San Francisco

5:30 am on May 13, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

50 California Street is tied as the 34th-tallest building in the Bay Area planned or built. The 1972-built tower in San Francisco’s Financial District shares the same height as 555 Mission Street, 487 feet above street level. Originally known as the Union Bank Building, its distinctively ubiquitous modernist design from the Welton Becket architecture firm was part of a larger moment in the city’s development history of rapid economic growth and local anxieties about the ‘Manhattanization’ of the West Coast metropolis.

200 Kansas Street aerial view, design by DES Architects and Engineers

Renderings Revealed for 200 Kansas Street, SoMa, San Francisco

5:00 am on May 11, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

New renderings have been revealed as the preliminary project application has been submitted for the expansion of 200 Kansas Street in SoMa, San Francisco. Situated right on the neighborhood border with Potrero Hill, the proposal will the existing structure’s function as a child daycare center for Bright Horizons at Kansas Street while nearly tripling the laboratory footprint. DES Architects & Engineers is responsible for the design.

Freedom West Elevation, image courtesy DLR Group

Developers Filed Preliminary Project Assessment for Freedom West, San Francisco

5:30 am on May 10, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

Developers have completed and submitted the preliminary project assessment letter, or PPA, for the $2 billion Freedom West project around 710 McAllister Street in San Francisco’s Filmore District. In the letter, San Francisco’s Planning Department staff expressed support for Freedom West to build 2,305 new apartments with affordable housing across four city blocks. PPA is the initial process that evaluates moderate to large proposals before development applications are filed.

4256 El Camino Real main view, rendering courtesy of the Project Team

Project Permits Filed for 4256 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, Silicon Valley

5:00 am on May 10, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

Project building permits have been filed for constructing an ArtX hotel at 4256 El Camino Real in Palo Alto, by the city’s border with Mountain View. The application comes after the Palo Alto Architectural Review Board approved the design in early 2020. The five-story proposal will add 96 new guest rooms to the Silicon Valley market. HXH Property LLC is responsible for the development.

451 28th Street front view, rendering by Winder Gibson

Permits Approved for 451 28th Street, Pill Hill, Oakland

5:00 am on May 8, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

Development permits have been approved for the six-story residential project at 451 28th Street in Pill Hill, Oakland. The proposal will replace a vacant lot with 54 new apartments, of which three will be available for people qualifying as very low-income. San Leandro-based USGL Land LLC is responsible for the development.

3333 California Street aerial perspective looking towards downtown

Updated Plans for 3333 California Street, Laurel Heights, San Francisco

5:30 am on May 7, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

Proposed modifications to the redevelopment plan give minor alterations to the approved mixed-use project of 3333 California Street in Laurel Heights, San Francisco. The development will replace the existing UCSF Laurel Heights property with 752 new apartments, a quarter of which will be affordable housing, retail, and more. The changes expand Euclid Green’s public open space by not building one duplex townhome, modifications to the Presidio Steps, and an adjustment to the project tree count. Prado Group is the project developer.

555 Mission Street viewed from Howard Street, image by Andrew Campbell Nelson

Number 34: 555 Mission Street, SoMa, San Francisco

5:30 am on May 6, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

The curtain-wall wrapped offices at 555 Mission Street rise to a 487-foot peak, tied as the 34th tallest building in the Bay Area planned or built. The downtown project was built between 2006 and 2008 to become the tallest commercial project in the Bay Area in the 2000s. Tishman Speyer was the project developer.

Bayshore Tech Park view of the main road artery entering the campus, design by HOK and rendering by TMRW

Pre-Application Permits Filed for Bayshore Tech Park Expansion, Redwood City

5:00 am on May 5, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

Longfellow Real Estate Partners are planning to redevelop the Bayshore Tech Park office complex into a mixed-use district with 19 new structures for life sciences, offices, vehicle parking, and a 150-key hotel. Pre-application permits reveal the extent of the plan to reimagine the 84-acre property between Belmont Slough and Marine Parkway in a project dubbed Redwood LIFE. The project is split between four parcels at 800, 1400, 1600, and 3400 Bridge Parkway in Redwood City, San Mateo County. HOK is the project architect.

415 20th Street evening view along the Oakland downtown skyline, rendering from Hines

New Renderings Revealed Ahead of Planning Commission Meeting for 415 20th Street, Downtown Oakland

5:30 am on May 4, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

The Oakland Planning Commission is scheduled to vote on plans for 415 20th Street in Downtown Oakland, a 38-story office building poised to be the largest building in the Bay Area outside of San Francisco. City Staff has recommended the commission give approval, subject to conditions, in tomorrow’s 3 PM meeting. The decision will be appealable to the city council. Hines is responsible for the 622-foot proposal.

961-971 Meridian Avenue main view, rendering by Withee Malcolm Architects

Proposal Under Review for 961-971 Meridian Avenue, Willow Glen, San Jose

5:00 am on May 3, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

Development plans are moving forward for a six-story mixed-use building at 961-971 Meridian Avenue in the Willow Glen portion of San Jose, southwest of the city center. The proposal calls for an entirely affordable housing project with 233 residential units in a growing residential neighborhood. ROEM Development Corporation is the project developer and sponsor.

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