Ed Hadad and Tenderloin Neighborhood Development each want to build next-door apartment buildings in San Francisco’s Outer Sunset, where new housing is scarce.
Locally based Arcus Architecture + Planning, representing Hadad, filed various plans to build between 10 and 30 apartments at 1200 La Playa Street, SFGate reported, citing SFYimby. They would replace a gas station.
In a separate filing, the nonprofit Tenderloin Neighborhood Development submitted plans for 216 affordable homes for low-income seniors at 1234 Great Highway. They would replace a three-story Rodeway Inn & Suites motel.
Both projects would be built at the corner of Lincoln Way and La Playa Street, across from Golden Gate Park, near the famous Murphy Windmill and a few streets away from Ocean Beach.
Arcus told SFGATE the project was in a “very preliminary phase,” and that it hasn’t yet met with city planning staff or fire department officials to discuss the project.
Last summer, the city bought the property at 1234 Great Highway as one of five sites selected by the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development for use as affordable housing.
The plan by Tenderloin Neighborhood Development, filed in November, is under review.
The proposals come during other successful pushes to build more affordable housing in Outer Sunset.
The city’s first affordable housing site for teachers, in the Outer Sunset, is now under construction and expected to be completed this fall.
Last summer, the city’s Board of Appeals also approved the construction of a 90-unit apartment complex in the Sunset District after a three-year battle by a neighborhood group to block the development.
Reno-based CH Planning faced strong headwinds from City Hall last year with a plan to build a 506-story apartment tower at 2700 Sloat Boulevard. The developer has sued the city for rejecting the project.
— Dana Bartholomew
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