For the last twelve days of 2025, SFYIMBY will continue our tradition of reflecting on the biggest stories we’ve covered each month across the region. September brought yet another pivot for the struggling proposal at 2700 Sloat Boulevard. Amoeba Music is looking to add housing above its Berkeley store, and Daly City saw the first new apartment community to start construction in over a decade. NVIDIA filed permits for an expansion to its Santa Clara headquarters, and an affordable housing project in San Jose broke ground.

For the last twelve days of 2025, SFYIMBY will reflect on the biggest stories we’ve covered each month across the region. August of this year started with news that the Eames Institute would take over the former Birkenstock Campus in Novato, with Herzog & de Meuron overseeing the adaptive reuse. In Berkeley, the Adeline Alliance Team was selected to oversee the redevelopment of the Ashby BART Station. We also covered construction progress across the region, including two groundbreaking events in San Francisco, rising housing in Jack London Square, and demolition progress for CityView Plaza in Downtown San Jose.

For the last twelve days of 2025, SFYIMBY will reflect on the biggest stories we’ve covered each month across the region. In mid-July, we covered the current-tallest proposal in the Bay Area after Hines revealed new plans for 77 Beale Street. Demolition permits were filed for the old Mattress Factory on Market Street, and environmental documents were published for the Tanforan Mall redevelopment. We visited two construction sites in Berkeley, a waterfront Sausalito proposal gained approval, and Berkeley rejected landmarking a 139-year-old home.