Nine of the City’s top projects to watch this year

SF Gateway

The SF Gateway project is a favorite of San Francisco Building and Construction Trades Council Secretary–Treasurer Rudy Gonzalez.

After years of planning and entitlements, the project, also known as Prologis Gateway, should finally break ground in 2026. Proposed by global real estate company Prologis, the massive Bayview–Hunters Point buildout would be one of the most significant industrial developments in recent San Francisco history, replacing World War II-era warehouses across 17 acres with fresh structures.

The plan calls for more than 1.6 million square feet of modern, multi-story production, distribution, and repair space, along with ground-floor maker and retail uses, plus sustainability features such as rooftop solar.

2270 McKinnon Avenue

A five-story, 170,000-square-foot self-storage project from developer Deca Companies at 2270 McKinnon Avenue is expected to see progress this year. Plant Construction Company is serving as the general contractor for the Bayview-area project.

The building will house a 1,600-unit Extra Space Storage facility, making it one of the few purpose-built self-storage projects to move forward in San Francisco in more than two decades.

Diego Rivera Theater at City College

The long-delayed Diego Rivera Theater at City College of San Francisco is finally moving forward.

The $150 million project will create a new three-story performing arts center featuring rehearsal and recording spaces, a recital hall, a studio theater, and a 600-seat main performance hall. Funded primarily through the 2020 Proposition A bond measure and built under a project labor agreement, the renovation has been more than a decade in the making.

With a 32-month construction timeline, the new theater is expected to open in fall 2028.

1111 Sutter Street

After years of planning delays, construction is finally underway at 1111 Sutter Street in Lower Nob Hill.

The 22-story apartment tower will deliver 303 new homes between Polk and Larkin streets, including 101 on-site affordable units, along with a 4,000-square-foot public childcare center. Martin Building Company is developing the project.

The development also preserves a key historic element: a three-level concrete auto repair building from 1920 at the corner of Sutter and Larkin streets. Funded in part by the AFL–CIO Housing Investment Trust, the project will be built entirely with union labor.

730 Stanyan Street

A 100%-affordable housing project is close to welcoming tenants at 730 Stanyan Street in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood.

The eight-story mixed-use building includes 160 permanently affordable homes for low- to moderate-income families and transitional-age youth who have experienced homelessness. It also includes ground-floor community-serving and commercial spaces.

Developed as a joint venture between Chinatown Community Development Center and Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation in partnership with the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development, the project broke ground in June 2023 and is located next to Golden Gate Park.

530 Sansome Street

A long-anticipated high-rise at 530 Sansome Street received approval from the SF Board of Supervisors and is expected to break ground late this year.

Developed by Related California, the proposed 41-story, $600-million tower in the North Financial District would be San Francisco’s first true skyscraper in several years, and, at 544 feet tall, will stand as one of the City’s tallest buildings.

The 100%-union-built project will combine 360,000 square feet of office space; a five-star, 200-room hotel; and a brand-new SF Fire Department station at the adjacent 447 Battery Street site, replacing an aging firehouse.

Helen Diller Hospital

UCSF Health’s Helen Diller Hospital is one of the largest projects underway in San Francisco and part of the long-term transformation of UCSF’s Parnassus Heights campus.

Now under construction, the 15-story hospital will reshape the nearly six-block medical complex while significantly expanding patient care capacity. Once complete, the new facility will boost inpatient capacity by 37% to 682 beds, add 21 new operating rooms for a total of 40, and expand emergency services with 31 additional emergency care beds, increasing capacity by 71% to 70 beds overall.

The new hospital is scheduled to open later this decade.

Barbara and Gerson Bakar Research and Academic Building

Located at the western edge of UCSF’s Parnassus Heights campus, the Barbara and Gerson Bakar Research and Academic Building is part of the broader campus revitalization anchored by the new Helen Diller Hospital. The state-of-the-art building will house multidisciplinary research programs across various areas and serve as the future home of the UCSF School of Nursing.

The new building is set to open in early 2028.

Life Sciences Building

Construction is underway on the UCSF Clinical and Life Sciences Building, a new medical and research facility rising within the Potrero Power Station redevelopment in the Dogpatch.

Part of the 29-acre mixed-use waterfront district, the eight-story, 130-foot-tall building will deliver roughly 188,550 square feet of clinical and research space, including primary and specialty care clinics and nearly 90,000 square feet dedicated to life-sciences research. The project will also house a proton beam therapy center.

Clinical spaces are expected to open in 2028, with the proton therapy component following around 2029.

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