S.F. OKs plan for 6,000 housing units
From today’s SFGate,
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved two plans Tuesday that would add high-rises and thousands of residents to the upper Market Street area.
The first plan is a sweeping rezoning of the so-called Market-Octavia area, which stretches up both sides of Market Street from Ninth Street to Noe Street. The effort is nearly eight years in the making and was inspired by the demolition of the Central Freeway and its ramps extending north and west from Market Street following the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.
The city Planning Department sought to remake the area with an emphasis on walking and public transportation by concentrating new housing close to major transit stops. The zoning allows developers to construct buildings that pack more residential units into a project, including boosting tower heights from 20 stories to 40 stories on some parcels near the intersection of Van Ness Avenue and Market Street.
Officials estimate the plan could mean an additional 6,000 housing units in the Market-Octavia area. [more...]
S.F. OKs plan for 6,000 housing units [SFGate]
Progress on Octavia Boulevard housing? [SFHomeBlog]
RFPs issued for Octavia Boulevard housing parcels [SFHomeBlog]
Market-Octavia plan mired in red tape [SFHomeBlog]
