Facade installation has reached the halfway point for 921 Howard Street, a topped-out 18-story affordable housing tower in SoMa, San Francisco. The 203-unit building is a significant high-density addition to the city, one block from Mission Street and across from the 5M development. The project is a joint venture with Curtis Development and the Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation.
Plans to develop a new medical office building have been proposed for a site located at 1410 South Bascom Avenue in San Jose. The project proposal includes the construction of a building offering space for medical offices. The project site is located next to Bascom Station light rail stop and spans an area of 7 acres. San Diego-based PMB and Chicago-based Harrison Street Real Estate Capital are the project developers. WRNS Studio is responsible for the design concepts.
New renderings have been revealed for a residential infill at 93 Leland Avenue in Visitacion Valley, San Francisco. The L-shaped proposal wraps around an existing building fronting Leland Avenue, retaining the existing commercial units and two homes while creating five more apartments. Daly City-based Baukunst is responsible for the design.
Building permits have been approved for a four-story mixed-use infill at 347 East 18th Street in Oakland’s Merritt neighborhood. The project, dubbed Orchid, will create ground-level retail and 27 new homes, of which three will be affordable. Arris Studio Architects is managing the application on behalf of an El Cerrito-based LLC.
Crews have started preparing for the demolition of a four-story structure ahead of construction of the 19-story apartment block at 1510 Webster Street in Downtown Oakland, Alameda County. Helped by an updated California Building Code passed in 2021, 1510 Webster is expected to be the second tallest wooden tower in the country. Oakland-based oWOW is the project developer and architect.
