SAN FRANCISCO | 955 Sansome St | 266 FT | 24 FLOORS

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The specs:
- 184 FT | 16 FLOORS
- 102 units (1 1BR, 58 2BR, 43 3BR)
- 16 of the units will be affordable for households earning up to 80% of AMI
- 3,000 sq ft of ground level retail
- Parking will be included for 132 cars (basement stacker garage) and 140 bicycles
- Public transit access: <1 min walk to Muni bus line 12 Folsom/Pacific, and <10 min walk to Muni Metro F Market & Wharves and Muni bus lines 1 California, 8 Bayshore, 30 Stockton, 39 Coit, and 45 Union/Stockton

The site:
https://goo.gl/maps/ovcgkJz5WpKkFu4g8

Taller Plans For 955 Sansome Street, Telegraph Hill, San Francisco



BY: ANDREW NELSON 5:30 AM ON SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Increased plans have been filed for a 16-story apartment complex at 955 Sansome Street on Telegraph Hill, San Francisco. The updated plan has grown six floors above the last proposal by the same developer, this time increasing residential capacity to 102 apartments. Aralon Properties is responsible for the application.

Aralon writes in the updated project plans, “the project aspires to restore and revitalize an underutilized site while providing much-needed higher-density housing for the city. A critical portion of these residences will also be made permanently affordable.”

The 184-foot tall structure will contain 193,650 square feet, including 171,600 square feet for housing, 19,050 square feet for a basement stacker-filled garage, and 3,000 square feet for ground-level retail. Parking will be included for 132 cars and 140 bicycles. Of the vehicular parking, there will be 122 unbundled residential parking, eight for retail, and two for car-share spaces.

Residential units will be larger, aiming towards prospective couples or families by offering one single-bedroom, 58 two-bedrooms, and 43 three-bedrooms. Of the 102 apartments, 16 will be designated as affordable to households earning up to 80% of the Area Median Income. Residential amenities will include a fitness center, storage, and a third-floor rear yard. Several units will also be equipped with a private outdoor balcony.

As with the previous applications, Handel Architects is still in charge of the design. According to the project plans, “the formal aspects of the project are designed to resonate and engage in dialogue with the industrial fabric in which it is located. Robust metals, cast stone, and concrete are combined with uniquely formed exterior metal panel detailing to create a highly crafted facade which echoes the manufacturing and industrial nature of the district’s past.” Both retail and the garage will face Sansome Street, while the residential lobby is accessible from the steep Vallejo Street.

The 0.43-acre parcel is located at the corner of Sansome Street and Vallejo Street, with the rest of the property bound by Broadway and Montgomery Street. The property is three blocks from the historic Levi’s Plaza and is still occupied by Levi Strauss & Co.

955 Sansome Street was purchased in late 2019 for $13 million. Demolition will be required of the existing three-story garage with 210 parking spaces. Construction is expected to cost around $50 million, a figure not inclusive of all development costs. The timeline has yet to be established.

https://sfyimby.com/2023/09/taller-p...francisco.html

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And the renderings:













https://sfyimby.com/2023/09/taller-p...francisco.html

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This one gets another bump.

Mods, can we please update this one to: "SAN FRANCISCO | 955 Sansome St | 266 FT | 24 FL"?

The updated specs:
- 24 floors, 266 ft
- 132 units (113 2BR, 19 3BR)
- 26 of the units will be affordable for households earning up to 80% of AMI
- 14,000 sq ft of ground level retail
- Parking will be included for 140 cars (basement stacker garage) and 130 bicycles
- Public transit access: <1 min walk to Muni bus line 12 Folsom/Pacific, and <10 min walk to Muni Metro F Market & Wharves and Muni bus lines 1 California, 8 Bayshore, 30 Stockton, 39 Coit, and 45 Union/Stockton

The site:
https://goo.gl/maps/ovcgkJz5WpKkFu4g8

Tower Grows In Face Of Opposition On Telegraph Hill, San Francisco



BY: ANDREW NELSON 5:30 AM ON JANUARY 24, 2024

Some residents have never been happy with plans for 955 Sansome Street, starting with the preliminary seven-story application in 2021 for the corner lot by Telegraph Hill in San Francisco. Three iterations have gone through the planning department since then, steadily growing each time to ten floors, then sixteen, and now 24 floors tall. The project application states that the proposal “aspires to restore and revitalize an underutilized site while providing much needed higher density housing for the city.”

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Handel Architects is responsible for the design. The project’s renderings reveal a balanced infill tower with a gridded curtain-wall facade above a bronze metal-clad and granite podium. Handel shared the following two passages describing the proposed design:

The formal aspects of the project are designed to resonate and engage in dialogue with the industrial fabric in which it is located. Robust metals and cast stone are combined with uniquely formed exterior precast concrete panel detailing to create a highly crafted facade which echoes the manufacturing and industrial nature of the district’s past. Along Sansome Street, the base of the building is articulated to create a street-wall that is appropriate to the scale of Sansome Street.

The proposed massing takes cues from the successive development of the waterfront district over time. At the lower levels, the project features metal and masonry in elongated frames which is in keeping with the typical warehouses seen along Sansome Street. The massing at upper levels maintains the industrial elongated frames but in a vertical rather than horizontal orientation to provide a more residential scale, responding to the residential nature of Telegraph Hill beyond while still retaining the character of the waterfront district.

https://sfyimby.com/2024/01/tower-gr...francisco.html

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https://sfyimby.com/2024/01/tower-gr...francisco.html

[OneRinconHill]

There's no way this will be built there. As much as I'd love for it to be.

[Charmy2]

I hope it gets built, I could just imagine watching this thing rise as I ride into the city from Larkspur...

[JManc]

The people living in this house...are probably not going to be happy. lol

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Originally Posted by JManc

The people living in this house...are probably not going to be happy. lol

Definitely. But they could always move into one of the top floor units of this building if they want their old view back. I'm sure they could easily afford it too.