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Old Posted Mar 27, 2012, 11:50 PM
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181 Fremont is stunning! Way to go SF! It's very similar to the Bank of China Tower in HK. So cool!
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S.F., CPMC hospital group strike deal
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012
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Picture rendering of the proposed Cathedral Hill Hospital, looking northwest from the intersection of Van Ness and Geary. Photo: SmithGroup Architects

Mayor Ed Lee has reached an agreement with California Pacific Medical Center officials over their plans to build five new medical facilities in San Francisco, including a massive new hospital on Van Ness Avenue....
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The agreement with the city, which still must be approved by the Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors, would allow CPMC to construct five new medical facilities. The centerpiece is a new 555-bed hospital on Van Ness Avenue at the site of the now-closed Cathedral Hill Hotel, as well as a nine-story office building on the same site that aren't allowed under current zoning rules.
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Old Posted Mar 29, 2012, 4:48 AM
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[QUOTE=fflint;5645474]S.F., CPMC hospital group strike deal
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012
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Nice rendering that I had not seen before. Now for the big hurdle, the Board of Supervisors, an infamous group that often seens to be petty and amature rather mature and insightful.
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Old Posted Mar 29, 2012, 6:54 AM
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this will sail through the BOS. that rendering makes me drool, like take a look at the pedestrian improvements on both geary and especially van ness. that's two lanes! not sure if it's realistic, considering that the brt is already in public hearings phase, but i love the vision of a calmed van ness.
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Old Posted Mar 29, 2012, 7:17 AM
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Yeah that new rendering is nice.

As for Van Ness, is it really liable to get "calmed" that much? It's technically part of highway 101 in addition to being a main thoroughfare, so it's quite busy. That in itself is no problem, but combined with possible future BRT, it seems there wouldn't be any space to widen the sidewalks. I guess if all streetside parking were removed, it might work without strangling the traffic flow.
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Old Posted Mar 29, 2012, 5:35 PM
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1415 Mission, an entitled parcel at Tenth and Mission, is being purchased by the Martin Building Co. Another crane in the near future?


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Martin Building Co. to buy Mission Street site
San Francisco Business Times by J.K. Dineen, Reporter
Date: Thursday, March 29, 2012, 10:27am PDT

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A lot of people around town thought Patrick McNerney was done. After all, having been the city’s most successful and dogged developer during the downturn of 2008-2010, McNerney has been taking his chips off the table.
He sold Potrero Launch -- a 196-unit Dogpatch apartment complex that is still under construction -- for $90 million to Henry Cisneros’ CityView. McNerney, who runs the Martin Building Co. is also marketing the boutique 410 Jessie Street on Mint Plaza -- the sublime 52-unit conversion of the Hales Warehouse that brokers think will bring in a very high price.
But it turns out that McNerney, who could not be reached for comment, is not ready to call it quits.
The developer is in contract to pay $18 million for 1415 Mission St. an automobile repair business at 10th and Mission streets that is entitled for a 14-story building with 165 units.
Source and article: http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfranci...y-mission.html

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Old Posted Mar 29, 2012, 6:14 PM
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Crescent Heights bought another site (325 Fremont) on Rincon Hill. They have been pretty bullish on SF lately. Hopefully, this is good news for 45 Lansing as well.

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San Francisco Business Times by J.K. Dineen, Reporter
Date: Thursday, March 29, 2012, 9:38am PDT

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It seems that 1,000 units in San Francisco is not enough for Crescent Heights. The Miami-based developer, which owns dirt at 1401 Market St. and 45 Lansing St., has pocketed yet another entitled building site.
Crescent Heights is the new owner of 325 Fremont St., a Rincon Hill site that was approved for 70 units. Doug Shaw of Pacific Union International represented the seller, Angotti & Reilly.
The price was $4.85 million, according to the Old Republic Title Co.
Crescent Heights' latest foray into San Francisco comes as the developer is under construction on 750 units at 1401 Market St., a rental project targeting the tech-fueled Mid-Market renaissance. The company also owns 45 Lansing St., which is approved for 227 units and its a few short feet from the Fremont Street site.
Source and article: http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfranci...third-san.html

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Old Posted Mar 29, 2012, 6:56 PM
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1415 Mission, an entitled parcel at Ninth and Mission, is being purchased by the Martin Building Co. Another crane in the near future?


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Source and article: http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfranci...y-mission.html
It would be great if Patrick McNerney had the existing HellerManus design updated like developers of other properties have done with their boring work.
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Old Posted Mar 29, 2012, 7:02 PM
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Crescent Heights bought another site (325 Fremont) on Rincon Hill. They have been pretty bullish on SF lately. Hopefully, this is good news for 45 Lansing as well. Source and article: http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfranci...third-san.html An old rendering:
Source: www.pacunion.com
The remainder of the SF Business Times article is encouraging that we'll see this move forward soon:

The Fremont Street site is one of a handful of Rincon Hill sites that were entitled during before the neighborhood plan was adopted in 2005. That means that it will be a lot shorter than many of the Rincon Hill buildings -- but it also exempts the builder from some of the hefty impact fees that come with the higher density. Crescent Heights could take it back through planning to add height and density, but that is unlikely. “It seems like they are going to built it as entitled,” said Shaw.
The property has been sporadically marketed since the last real estate cycle and was in contract for a year in 2007 before falling out. “70 units is an in between number -- it’s a little small for big REITs and a little big for local builders," Shaw said.
But once Crescent Heights entered the picture, the deal progressed very quickly. Shaw said that he has rarely come across a developer as competent, prepared, and professional as Crescent Heights.
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Crescent Heights bought another site (325 Fremont) on Rincon Hill. They have been pretty bullish on SF lately. Hopefully, this is good news for 45 Lansing as well.


Source and article: http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfranci...third-san.html

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Source: www.pacunion.com
I hope they update it, that is a hideous monster!
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Old Posted Mar 29, 2012, 9:40 PM
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I hope they update it, that is a hideous monster!
It's only about 20 stories tall, so I wouldn't call it a monster, but San Francisco desperately needs more avant guard architecture.
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It's only about 20 stories tall, so I wouldn't call it a monster, but San Francisco desperately needs more avant guard architecture.
Avant garde? Only to a San Franciscan...
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Old Posted Mar 29, 2012, 11:20 PM
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Avant garde? Only to a San Franciscan...
He's saying we need more avant garde architecture, not that the tower in that rendering is avant garde.
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Old Posted Mar 29, 2012, 11:33 PM
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He's saying we need more avant garde architecture, not that the tower in that rendering is avant garde.
Aaah, that makes me feel more comfortable 😜
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1415 Mission, an entitled parcel at Tenth and Mission, is being purchased by the Martin Building Co


1977 - Cool. Another construction crane to view from my window! I now know why the site development was stalled.
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I'm sure Crescent Heights will update 325 Fremont and can only hope McNerny will do the same.
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He's saying we need more avant garde architecture, not that the tower in that rendering is avant garde.
Thanks--that's exactly what I meant!
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AvalonBay is planning on breaking ground on 55 Ninth this June. Wow, mid-Market/Civic Center is going to have cranes everywhere!

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This is not the first time AvalonBay has been a pioneer in San Francisco. The group was the first market-rate developer to invest in Mission Bay, eventually building 800 units in three projects there. Elsewhere, AvalonBay plans to break ground on 55 Ninth St. in June, a 273-unit development near the new Twitter headquarters in Mid-Market. AvalonBay is also working on the entitlements to build 180 units on Parcel P in Hayes Valley, the largest of the city-owned sites along Octavia Boulevard freed up when the Central Freeway was knocked down.
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Old Posted Mar 30, 2012, 8:55 PM
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I think we might soon hit the tipping point where mid-Market actually improves significantly as a neighborhood. In five years, we could pretty easily have 10,000 more people living and working in the area
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as a resident in the nether region between mid-market and upper market, this is very welcome news.

if you take a look at the general market-octavia plan on sf planning's website, it seems that the van ness corridor between market and mission, as well as the first block of 12th st, are generally slated to get taller, though there are no signs the current occupants are leaving.

assuming that development actually happens, that area of market between 10th and the freeway on/off ramp at octavia could actually start turning into a neighborhood, rather than just pass through.
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