Category: Buildings

75 Howard Street Community Meeting

There will be a community meeting about the proposed 75 Howard Street high-rise building and accompanying sculpture garden as public open space.  Seems like the community could use a playground instead of a kinda lifeless sculpture garden that looks like it belongs in a suburban industrial park or at a Napa winery instead of the… Keep reading

181 Fremont proposes 700′ tall mix of retail, office, and residential

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Another week, another high-rise project in the Rincon neighborhood! The 181 Fremont Street project would get built on two lots which currently contain a 2-story and a 3-story commercial building, in between the wonderful Town Hall restaurant on the corner of Howard and Fremont and the Transbay Transit Center mid-block  between Mission and Howard Streets. … Keep reading

Below Market Rate Units at Rincon Green

APPLICATIONS FOR THESE BMR UNITS ARE DUE NOVEMBER 15, 2012!! Contact Rincon Green Apartments at 415-546-9333 or click on each of the following links for an application and more information. Studio, One-Bedroom, and Two Bedroom “Below Market Rate” Rental Units available March 2013 at Rincon Green, 333 Harrison Street in the Rincon Hill neighborhood.  Please… Keep reading

New Meeting Date 11/19/2012! 41 Tehama Street Project Design Open House

I’m sharing this meeting notice from Bob Tandler, who with his wife Valli (and operating as Fritzi Realty) owns the lot at 41 Tehama Street and hopes to develop the site into a residential building with 4,500 square feet of open space adjacent to the Transbay Redevelopment Project Area’s Oscar Park that they hope to… Keep reading

Guest Opinion: Plastic Tents a Blight on Waterfront

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Please note that the following is the opinion of neighborhood advocate David Osgood. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect the opinion of Jamie Whitaker.  I do appreciate the opportunity to share others’ viewpoints on topics relevant to Rincon Hill neighborhood residents. by David Osgood Will the restaurants at Rincon Park ever stop expanding?  Epic… Keep reading

25 Essex Starts Construction

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While we wait for decisions to be made regarding which Transbay Redevelopment Area project components will continue under the management of the “successor agency” (the City and County of San Francisco) after the Redevelopment Agency is dissolved effective February 1, 2012, at least one project will be completed – the Rene Cazenave Apartments at 25… Keep reading

One Rincon Hill on Good Morning Sacramento

Our friend Ann Dykstra of the One Rincon Hill sales team got to show off One Rincon Hill’s views recently on the Sacramento CBS TV affiliate’s Good Morning Sacramento. Looking good! Keep reading

Open House for New Development at 41 Tehama Street

41 Tehama - Open house information meeting on November 30th, 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. at Courtyard Marriott on 2nd and Folsom Streets

Bob Tandler from Fritzi Realty would like to invite neighbors to the first open house regarding the 41 Tehama Street project on November 30th from 5:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. at the Courtyard Marriott at 2nd and Folsom. This project hopes to provide a nice transition to the 1.4 acre Oscar Park that will be… Keep reading

Construction Set to Begin in December on Rene Cazenave Apartments

Rene Cazenave Apartments at 25 Essex Street

Construction is ramping up again in the Rincon Hill neighborhood! First, we saw the 333 Harrison Street construction project begin this past summer. In December, we should expect to see movement in the first of the Transbay Redevelopment Area projects – the Rene Cazenave Apartments at 25 Essex Street (at Folsom Street). Unless plans have… Keep reading

284 Foot Tall Condo Building Proposed for 75 Howard Street

Photo by Jamie Whitaker

J.K. Dineen reported in the San Francisco Business Times that Paramount Group is proposing to demolish the 8-story parking garage at Howard and Steuart Street in order to build a 284-foot tall, 160-unit condominium high-rise tower. Building heights along The Embarcadero have traditionally been 45 feet tall – a characteristic that helps to keep sunshine… Keep reading

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