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Streamlined Review for Proposed Renzo Piano Tower Approved
February 16, 2017

As the proposed 36-story Renzo Piano tower to rise at 555 Howard Street is being designed to meet LEED Platinum standards, its processing has been fast-tracked by Planning as a “green” development.

And as the 555 Howard Street site sits within the boundaries of San Francisco’s Transit Center District Plan, for which a Programmatic Environmental Impact Report (EIR) has already been approved, the proposed tower is eligible for a streamlined environmental review, the certification of which was just approved as well.

. . . construction . . . would take around three years to complete . . . . piles down to the bedrock below is not proposed nor required.

http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2...-approved.html

Note in this more realistic rendering the apparent "spire" is gone.