67-story tower with 1,019 apartments could become third-tallest building in San Francisco

[Auggie]

What could go wrong? Oh yeah, an earthquake ...

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San Francisco Chronicle / Jan 1, 2026

A long-stalled San Francisco tower planned at 10 S. Van Ness Ave. has received city approval to rise to 820 feet, potentially making it the city’s third-tallest building.

Planning Department officials signed off on developer Crescent Heights’ revised plan with 1,019 apartments on Dec. 17. The 67-story project benefited from Senate Bill 423, which fast-tracks approval for projects near transit and with affordable housing, plus California’s density bonus law.

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The tower calls for 363 rental units, including 89 affordable homes, at the podium base of the project, topped by 656 condos in the tower portion. It’s taller and denser than previous plans for the site, which go back a decade. The site was previously a Honda dealership.

As part of its affordable housing obligation, the company bought a property next to BART’s 16th Street Station in the Mission and donated the land to the city for affordable housing. That site was previously the target of a market-rate housing project vehemently opposed by local groups, who called it the “Monster in the Mission.”

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Should it be built, the project would be the third-tallest building in the city, behind only Salesforce Tower and Transamerica Pyramid.

[quaint]

1. "363 rental units, including 89 affordable homes"

Be still my heart. Give me an Fu...
They get to build a monstrosity fast tracked 'cause 89 apartments will be affordable.

[marble falls]

3. The help need to be close at hand, ya know.

[Pinback]

4. "Affordable" -- I wonder how much the rents will be

I’m guessing they’ll be more like “less exorbitant.”

[snot]

8. Not only that,

most of these deals only require the developer to offer reduced rental rates for a few years. A lot of municipal contracts also fail to spell out how compliance with such requirements will be monitored, or meaningful penalties if they're violated.

[Lovie777]

2. Earthquake prone?....................

San Francisco like Los Angeles with earthquakes.

[Tetrachloride]

5. This will give first responders something to look forward to.

what we need are aliens

movie time

[kimbutgar]

6. When I look at that I think what could go wrong in an earthquake?

And there’s a building further down market street in that area called the millennium tower where it is sinking sideways. A lot of rich people moved in and can’t sell their units.

[Auggie]

7. This looks like one of those purposely oversized projects

Another DUer — maybe quaint — recently surmised that developments are presented over-sized so smaller re-designs would be met more favorably. I agree with that theory.

[quaint]

9. Thread about the Safeway Tower

I think I agreed with you.