Back in 2008, the shuttered gas station at 793 South Van Ness was approved for a 29-unit building designed by Leavitt Architecture, but that project got held up by the recession. Now there’s a new, more dense proposal in the works, designed by Ian Birchall and Associates. The new plans call for 54 units over ground-floor retail and parking (for 44 cars and 60 bikes), and the project has been rechristened 799 Van Ness, though the street number remains 793. Filings with Planning list the owner as the Toboni Group, which brought us Pacific Heights’ most underwhelming $10.95M mansion.

The long-abandoned gas station at 490 South Van Ness is on track to finally be a seven-story housing development that will be entirely and permanently below market rate. The development is set to hold at least 72 rental apartments set aside for families of three that an up to $55K or families of four earning up to $61,150.

Under construction at 480 Potrero is a six-story residential building. The building will contain 75 condos, ground-floor retail, and up to 47 parking spaces.

The dilapidated warehouse at 2600 Harrison will soon make way for a 20-unit condo building designed Kerman/Morris Architects. Features include a roof deck and parking for 15 cars.

A six-story building is proposed to rise at 2750 19th Street. The project includes 60 condos and 10,000 square feet of ground-floor retail.

The massive laundromat at 2918 Mission Street may be razed for 38 units above 7,400 square feet of commercial space. The building would contain 18 two-beds, 18 one-beds and 2 studios. Private terraces are set to be located on the second and fifth floors. .

Lennar Urban is proposing to build 160 units, 90 parking spaces, and 1,740 square feet of commercial space at 1515 South Van Ness. The units will clock in at an average of 890 square feet.

Axis Development Group wants to build 69 new housing units along with space for retail, PDR, and "small-business offices".The development would feature two buildings, the first of which would be five stories and include 29 two-bedrooms units, 10 one-bedrooms, and 24 studios above retail. The second building would be three stories and contain 6,090 square feet of PDR space and 8,200 feet of small enterprise workspace.

Plans are still preliminary, but Elbo Room may one day be demolished to make way for a five-story, nine unit condo project.

A warehouse may soon make way for a 50 foot building designed by Kotas/Pantaleoni Architects. The project will is set to contain 3 one-bedrooms and 10 two-bedrooms units.

The auto-body shop at 1900 Mission will be bulldozed and replaced with a 9 unit residential building by KSDG. The development includes 1,670 square feet of commercial space, 650 square feet of ground-floor retail, and eight parking spaces.

Developer Maximus is proposing a massive complex described by some as the "Monster in the Mission". The project consists of 290 market-rate apartments, with an additional 41 units reserved for middle-class households making between $61,000 and $145,650. An extra 49 BMR rentals will be built off-site.

At 2000-2070 Bryant, BDE Architecture and the Nick Podell Company have grand plans to construct a six-story building containing 276 units and parking for 151 cars and 145 bikes.

La Parilla Grill may soon be replaced by a five-story building with eight 2-bedroom and and twelve 1-bedroom units designed by Stanley Saitowitz.

In September of 2012, JS Sullivan Development submitted plans for a 52-foot-tall building with 42 units and ground-floor retail on the site of an abandoned gas station at 23rd and Valencia. The project has been very slowly making its way though the design phase. Construction could begin within a year.

Mission Neighborhood Centers and Mercy Housing are sponsoring an HKIT Architect-designed building dubbed la "Casa de la Misión", which will feature 32 affordable studio and 1-bedroom units situated above retail and space for MNC youth programming

An old car wash will soon be demolished to make room for a new mixed-use building designed by Handel Architects. The project contains 70 condos (38 one-bedrooms, 30 two-bedrooms, and 2 three-bedrooms), 1,600 square feet of ground-floor retail, and a massive roof terrace.

Axis Development Group is crafting plans to demolish a Folsom Street warehouse and put up a 115-unit residential building in its place. The building would be called Mission Creek, and is being designed by David Baker Architects.

The 76 Station at the corner of Valencia and 24th Streets may soon get axed in favor of a six-story condo building designed by Ian Birchall and Associates. If approved and constructed, the new building at 1298 Valencia Street will feature 35 new housing units and and 3,500 square feet of ground-floor retail space.

The Mission is set to get its largest 100 percent affordable housing development in nine years now that the Mission Housing Development Corporation and BRIDGE Housing have been given the right to develop 165 rental apartments at this location.