This 1.2-million-square-foot development, located on a 2.5-acre site on the corner of Mission Street and South Van Ness Avenue where the old Goodwill used to sit, will rise 39 stories. The mixed-use development will come with 550 luxury apartments tower as well as a separate 460,000-square-foot office building that will be the new home of the San Francisco Planning and Public Works Departments. Twenty percent of the residential units will be “affordable” for low-income households. 

Completion anticipated for March 2020.

Expansive Mid-Market construction, still in the beginning stages of construction, Serif will come with new housing, a hotel, retail, and a dedicated non-profit space. The project, led by developers L37, almost fell victim to erroneous reports of a secret tunnel used by gay bar patrons in the 1930s to hide from police raids. (The myth was pushed by political forces opposing growth on Market Street.) Fortunately, plans for the irregularly-shaped site on the corner of Market and Turk Streets has moved forward.

Until the building rises, you can still see the hidden Williams Hardware and Stove Co. signage, revealed after demolition and excavation.

The long-delayed 5M development broke ground in June. The four-acre project, located at the border of MidMarket and SoMa, will include a 288-unit residential building on Mission, which includes 57 below market rate units (all at 50 percent of average median income); a 400-unit residential building on Natoma; and a 630,000-square foot office building on Howard.

The Dempster Building and the Camelline Building, two historic resources, will be repurposed and used in the project, which will include an open space for the public, retail, and dining.

The city’s newest hotel is are of mega corporation Virgin, which opened this spring. Rising 12 stories, the swank lodgings come with a 4,000-square-foot indoor-outdoor rooftop bar, a restaurant, and a cafe. The 200-room hotel is located next to a Central Subway station, currently in the works, as well as the Moscone Center, which just underwent a $551-million expansion.

Chinese developer Oceanwide made the sudden decision to stop construction on the 54-story tower in, which was slated to house a Waldorf Astoria hotel and 156 condos. The project remains on hold indefinitely.

Gutted and prepped for renovation, this 1960s-era building in SoMa, located of 633 Folsom, is undergoing a complete remake. A series of new windows have been affixed to its onetime midcentury facade, resulting in a fish-scale effect.

According to Socketsite, an additional 90,000 square feet of office space will be added to the original 175,000-square-foot building, “along with 4,000 square feet of new retail space (for a total of 5,000) and 1,800 square feet of public open space in the form of a terrace along Folsom.”

What one was a parking garage, now demolished, will turn into a 20-story, luxury residential high-rise at the tip of the East Cut neighborhood, care of architects at Skidmore, Owing, and Merrill. The 120-condominium tower will come with a sun terrace, 24-hour valet, and a private fitness center and spa. Units will range from three- to one-bedroom floor plans. Of course, there will be penthouse residences that will range in size from 900 to 3,100 square feet.

The building will also offer a 4,500-square-foot retail space. The building is slated for completion by 2021.

This is Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill’s big (that is to say, 43 floors and 440 feet) contribution to the new skyline, with its unmistakable shuffled exterior and rising crown, topped out in January. The developer says that the foundation pour used up 8,218 cubic yards of concrete, enough for about 32 miles of San Francisco sidewalk.

Flanked by two lower podium buildings, the 42-story mixed-use tower will offer 456 market-rate units, 114 affordable units, and amenities like elevated gardens and a greenhouse. There will also be ground-level retail spaces and a series of passageways that, according to SOM, “will enhance the public realm and bring activity to the high-density neighborhood.”

At over 600 feet and 43 stories, this ascending addition on Transbay Block 5 (designed by Goettsch Partners) means business. With 755,900 square feet in pocket, Facebook leased the entire building, which makes it the city’s third largest third largest tech tenant.

The looming tower is most noteworthy for its 14 sky decks and 50,000-plus square feet of outdoor space. It also has a privately-owned public park (POPOS) next door, which opened in December.

A 250-foot, 25-story residential tower, designed by Handel Architects with 118 units (48 two-bedrooms, 47 one-bedrooms and 23 studios), is slated to go up at this space located directly across from the brutalist PG&E substation. The project broke ground in April 2017, but the pictured ground-breaking marker is the only progress visible at the empty lot.

This corkscrewing Studio Gang-designed spire, filling in the last of the East Cut freeway parcels, topped out in April. Architect Jeanne Gang, whose other designs often emphasize rippling, wavy motifs, says that the twisted trademark look “evolves the classic bay window, a familiar feature of San Francisco’s early houses, reimagining it in a high-rise context” and that the aim was to “make every residence a corner unit.”

The 40-story, 392-unit high-rise will feature luxury homes, a smattering of affordable units, and retail space on the ground level. The building will open for move-in in early 2020.