A project consisting of a 300' tower, three 50'-85' midrises and some 40' townhomes has been selected for blocks 6/7 of the Transbay redevelopment area in downtown SF.
http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2...mont.html#more
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As we first reported yesterday, the winning proposal to develop Transbay Block 6/7, from Folsom Street to Clementina Alley and Fremont to Beale, includes a 300-foot tower on the corner of Folsom and Fremont, 40-foot townhomes along Clementina, and three 50 to 85-foot mid-rise buildings on Fremont, Beal, and Folsom.
In total, 545 residential units (a mix of market-rate and subsidized), 10,000 square feet of ground floor retail and 136 undergrounding parking spaces will be built on the site with multiple green roof gardens and decks above, parks and a mid-block paseo below.
Designed by Solomon Cordwell Buenz, the tower will leverage prevailing winds to naturally ventilate and cool the tower without air conditioning.
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some more details on the units:
http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2...emont_and.html
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In total, 545 residential units will rise on the site: 348 market-rate units, 61 below market rate, and 136 subsidized affordable units which will be developed by Mercy Housing California. The average unit size will be 715 square feet. And in terms of parking, 136 spaces in total, a ratio of .25 spaces per unit, less than half the ratio of any other proposal.
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The "sky gardens":
It'll even have fancy smart-phone controlled window blinds:
The site as it looks currently:
I think this thing is pretty good looking. Definitely one of the more attractive glass boxes I've seen.