SAN FRANCISCO | 706 Mission St. (Mexican Museum + Condo tower) | 47 FLOORS | 550 FT

[1977]

Originally Posted by peanut gallery

That tangent aside, it's funny you posted those here 1977 because just yesterday I was looking over this thread again. I had noticed this article about the historic low inventory of available residential in San Francisco, which I thought might spur some of the larger proposals to get off the ground. If I recall correctly, several of the Rincon Hill developments are further along but for some reason this is the one I thought about first.

PG...Yeah, we were on the same page. It had been awhile since I had heard or seen anything about it so I did a quick search and found those updated renderings. I'd love to see some more or at least one that had included the whole tower.

[minesweeper]

The latest on this project is that hearing to certify the Environmental Impact Report is scheduled for March 21, 2013. Here is the Draft EIR: http://sfmea.sfplanning.org/2008.1084E_RTC1.pdf

Even if it is approved, the developers still have to get the height limit raised from the current 400 feet to 550 feet for the project to proceed as planned.

[fimiak]

I read through some of the comments about shadows in that pdf and couldn't help myself from leaving one of my own. Those people really have some sort of screws loose if shadows are that big of a concern to them. How can any official take complaints about shadows seriously when the city is having 2.6% pop. growth and ridiculously high housing prices and a positive job market. It boggles my mind.

[NOPA]

Originally Posted by fimiak

I read through some of the comments about shadows in that pdf and couldn't help myself from leaving one of my own. Those people really have some sort of screws loose if shadows are that big of a concern to them. How can any official take complaints about shadows seriously when the city is having 2.6% pop. growth and ridiculously high housing prices and a positive job market. It boggles my mind.

Well the city officials are complete trolls/scumbags so I'm not surprised at all. But honestly, if a shadow is that big of a deal then maybe city life isn't for you.

[spyguy]

[tech12]

Nice, those are the best renders yet. Where are they from?

And assuming this gets all the needed approvals, construction won't start until late next year:

Millennium Partners' 706 Mission: still 18 months from construction
J.K. Dineen
San Francisco Business Times

Millennium Partners still has a long way to go at 706 Mission St.

Last week the developer reached an important milestone when the Planning Commission certified the environmental impact report for the project, which will include between 160 and 185 luxury condos and a home for the Mexican Museum on the bottom four floors.

But it’s only the first in a series of needed approvals. Next up the project will go to the Historic Preservation Commission, which will weigh in on plans to restore the 1903 Aronson Building. The historic building, home of Rochester Big & Tall, will be connected to a new adjacent 47-story tower. The project will then go back to the Planning Commission and the San Francisco Recreation and Park Commission for zoning approvals, as Millennium is proposing to exceed current zoning by 150 feet. Then it goes to the Board of Supervisors and the Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency of the City and County of San Francisco.

Millennium Partners’ Sean Jeffries estimates that the additional bureaucratic hurdles will take another three to five months. He hopes to be under construction in August or September of 2014 — more than eight years after Millennium Partners tied the property up. “It's more slow-moving than we would like but we think it’s an important project for the city and that in the end, all the scrutiny will be good for the project and the Yerba Buena neighborhood.”

more: http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfranci....html?page=all

[1977]

Thanks for the renderings spyguy! I really like how this building looks from the east,

[mahanakorn]

The final image in Spy Guy's post #65 above shows the NW side of the Aronson Bldg (from 3rd street, currently a forlorn, blank wall) with windows. Does anyone know if that's part of the 706 Mission / Aronson remodel plan? If so, what an improvement!

[fflint]

Originally Posted by mahanakorn

The final image in Spy Guy's post #65 above shows the NW side of the Aronson Bldg (from 3rd street, currently a forlorn, blank wall) with windows. Does anyone know if that's part of the 706 Mission / Aronson remodel plan? If so, what an improvement!

It appears so, and agreed--a definite improvement.

[timbad]

Originally Posted by mahanakorn

The final image in Spy Guy's post #65 above shows the NW side of the Aronson Bldg (from 3rd street, currently a forlorn, blank wall) with windows. Does anyone know if that's part of the 706 Mission / Aronson remodel plan? If so, what an improvement!

seems so, and just a reminder that window design had been a bit funkier at one point

[mahanakorn]

Originally Posted by timbad

seems so, and just a reminder that window design had been a bit funkier at one point

Woo! Forgot about that one. Funk is fun, but the Aronson is such a nicely proportioned building, I'm glad they're going with something more traditional.

[minesweeper]

Last night, an appeal of the EIR certification was heard before the Board of Supervisors. According to Sup. Eric Mar, the Board unanimously affirmed the EIR:

Eric Mar
‏@ericmar415

#SF Board just voted unanimously to affirm the EIR of the Mexican Museum project near Yerba Buena Ctr…
http://instagram.com/p/ZCNgWWnUb3/

Long way to go with this one, but it's one more hurdle crossed.

[rocketman_95046]

Originally Posted by minesweeper

Last night, an appeal of the EIR certification was heard before the Board of Supervisors. According to Sup. Eric Mar, the Board unanimously affirmed the EIR:



Long way to go with this one, but it's one more hurdle crossed.

That was a HUGE hurdle.