Central SoMa Rising: 13-Stories Across From The Bay Club
June 16, 2015

The exploratory plans to raze the two-story office building at 552 Brannan Street and construct a 13-story building with 77 residential units over ground floor retail on the Central SoMa site have been submitted to San Francisco’s Planning Department for review.

While currently only zoned for commercial development up to 55-feet in height, the site is slated to be rezoned with the adoption of the City’s Central SoMa Plan which could allow for a 130-foot residential building to rise across from the Bay Club’s SF Tennis site (which is ripe for development as well).

As proposed, the 552 Brannan Street project would include a mix of 32 two-bedrooms and 45 one-bedroom units, with parking for 34 cars and 80 bikes below.

And as reported by the Business Times, the development is “likely four or five years away” from being completed (at the earliest), and that’s  assuming everything goes smoothly with the adoption of the neighborhood plan and height limits, and approvals for the project as proposed.

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All Stars Donuts’ Days Are Numbered, Big Plans For SoMa Site

Plans to raze the All Stars Donuts shop at 5th and Harrison, and the adjacent building which Fitmob occupies at 5th and Clara, have been submitted to San Francisco’s Planning Department for review.

And as proposed, a nine-story building with 89 condos (18 studios, 24 one-bedrooms, and 47 two-bedrooms) will rise across the 365-399 5^th Street site, with a little commercial space on the northeast corner of 5th and Harrison and an underground garage for 22 cars.

The studios have been designed to average 430 square feet apiece, the one-bedrooms 676 square feet, and the two-bedrooms average 945 square feet.  Ten of the units are slated to be Below Market Rate.

And while the Central SoMa site is currently only zoned for building up to 55-feet in height, the “Harrison/5th” development team is counting on an up-zoning of the site to 85-feet as envisioned in the City’s Central SoMa Plan in order to develop the site as proposed.

 Articles and Photos sourced from : www.socketsite.com

Modern Condos To Replace Western SoMa Parking Lots As Proposed

Modern Condos To Replace Western SoMa Parking Lots As Proposed

With the three Western SoMa parking lot parcels on the east side of 8^th Street, between Folsom and Heron, on the market for $6.5 million, plans for a modern 38-unit building designed by RG-Architecture to rise on the site have been submitted to San Francisco’s Planning Department for review.

And as proposed, the development would include a 1,200-square-foot café or retail space fronting 8th Street, but it wouldn’t include any replacement off-street parking spaces for the residences above.
The 349 8^th Street site, which is zoned for building up to 55-feet in height and directly across the street from the massive 350 8th Street development underway, fronts 8^th and Rodgers and is currently leased to a parking company with a 90-day notice to terminate.


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