[BTinSF]

Issued by :
San Francisco Redevelopment Agency
1 South Van Ness Avenue, Fifth Floor
San Francisco, CA 94103
22 October 2008

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
Transbay Redevelopment Project Area
Deadline for Submission: January 22, 2009

THE OPPORTUNITY
Propose, design and develop a high-density residential project with ground-floor retail on Block 8 in the transbay Redevelopment Project Area in downtown San Francisco. The development program for the site consists of: 1) a 550-foot residential tower and an adjacent 50-foot residential townhouse development (the “Market-Rate Project”), and 2) an adjacent 65-foot to 85-foot stand-alone, affordable housing development (the “Affordable Project”). The selected development team will be required to enter into a disposition and development agreement with the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency.

THE SITE
Block 8 is a 42,625-square-foot parcel on Folsom Street (north side between 1st and Fremont) in San Francisco’s transbay/Rincon Hill area, adjacent to the Financial District, with excellent views of San Francisco, the Bay, and the Bay Bridge. The site is two blocks south of the future site of the new transbay transit Center, scheduled for completion in 2014.

Source: http://www.sfgov.org/site/uploadedfi...81015_4web.pdf

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