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Developer pushes for more micro-units in the Tenderloin
By Fiona Kelliher – Real estate reporter, San Francisco Business Times
4 hours ago

A developer has placed its third bet on small units in the Tenderloin neighborhood.

San Francisco-based Forge Land Co., which is behind the 98-unit project at 145 Leavenworth St. and the 136-unit project at 361 Turk St., has submitted a pre-application for another 138 units at 819 Ellis St. between Polk Street and Van Ness Avenue.

The proposal calls for demolishing a three-story garage building now occupying the site and building out 138 "micro" rental units, plus about 1,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial space and a 700-square-foot bamboo garden.

In the same vein as Forge’s other Tenderloin projects, the units will be extra compact to allow for a cheaper buildout and lower rents. That means that the smaller apartments will feature around 250 square feet, according to the submitted plans. Units at 145 Leavenworth St. and 361 Turk St. will likewise range from about 250 to 440 square feet . . . .

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