SFMOMA, city reach land agreement, allowing for museum expansion
February 22nd, 2010 Filed Under Development Updates, Tenant Activity, Yerba Buena, Zoning & City Hall Issues
The San Francisco Business Times
By Sarah Duxbury
February 22nd, 2010
The city and SFMOMA have reached a land agreement that is critical to the art museum’s planned expansion.
Under the agreement, announced today by Mayor Gavin Newsom’s office, the city will give SFMOMA the existing fire station on Howard Street. In exchange, the museum will build the city a state-of-the-art fire station on Folsom Street, a deal that essentially translates to a $10 million gift from museum leadership to San Francisco, the mayor’s office said. [More...]
The 222 Second Street Scoop
February 16th, 2010 Filed Under Development Updates, South of Market, Zoning & City Hall Issues
Socketsite
February 16th, 2010
While truly plugged-in people have known about the proposed development of 222 Second Street on the corner of Howard for well over two years, details for the proposed 26-story development are now online via a Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR).
As proposed, the project would be a rectilinear tower of diminishing bulk from the building base to a height of approximately 350 feet. At the fifth floor, the north façade of the building would be set back 5 feet from Howard Street and the west façade would be set back approximately 20 feet from the westerly property line. At the 17th story, the east façade would be set back 24.5 feet from Second Street, and the South façade would be set back 44.5 feet from Tehama Street. In addition, the fifth floor would include a further 5-foot recess, or “reveal,” on all four facades, [More...]
Yelp Expands Office Space at 706 Mission
February 16th, 2010 Filed Under South of Market, Tenant Activity, Yerba Buena
The CoStar Group
By Dan Bates
February 16th, 2010
