The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office has acquired the recently-completed seven-story building at 345 4th Street in SoMa, San Francisco. The nearly $53 million sale will facilitate TECO-SF’s move out of their current Downtown location by the Transamerica Pyramid and Chinatown at 555 Montgomery Street. 4th & Harrison SF, LLC, linked with the Newport Beach-based Tarsadia Investments, is listed as the project sponsor.
New renderings have been published along with permit progress for construction at 3150 California Street for San Francisco University High School. The illustrations show what will be the fifth addition to the private college-prep institution’s campus in Pacific Heights, a three-story structure centered with a central gym, science classrooms, and outdoor space. Monitoring Conditions and Mitigation Measures for construction have been published.
The San Francisco Planning Commission is scheduled to review plans for The Village SF, a proposed six-story housing and community center for Native Americans at 80 Julian Avenue in San Francisco’s Mission District. The meeting comes two weeks after former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi secured $750,000 from the Inflation Reduction Act for the project’s development. Friendship House Association of American Indians is the property owner.
New plans have been filed to expand and renovate the Synagogue at 2 Lake Street near Presidio Terrace, San Francisco. The project would address seismic concerns and expand the religious facility for the Congregation Emanu-El, whose distinctive dome overlooks the affluent gated neighborhood. The project is being sponsored by the Congregation of Emanu-El and Equity Community Builders.
Construction is moving quickly for the new Science & Engineering Innovation Center on the San Francisco State University Campus. The SEIC building will bring new facilities with state-of-the-art equipment for future students while housing the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry and the School of Engineering. The building is expected to open by early 2024.
