Gould Evans Submits Design for 30 Otis Street Tower
Nationally-recognized architecture and planning firm Gould Evans on behalf of project sponsor Align Real Estate, has submitted a Downtown Project Authorization Application (Planning Code Section 309 Application) to the San Francisco Planning Department for a new mixed-use residential tower at 30 Otis Street. If approved, the proposed 250-foot tower accompanied by an 85-foot podium building will be part of the strategic revitalization of this transit-rich, underdeveloped corner of the city.
The proposed project is part of The Market Street Hub (The Hub), an area which covers the eastern-most portions of the city's Market and Octavia Area Plan. It is also included in the Van Ness and Market Downtown Residential Special Use District (SUD). This historically underutilized area offers immense opportunity for the city, as it is located near the rapidly-transforming Mid-Market area, and is well-suited to the development of a transit-oriented, high-density, mixed-use residential neighborhood. The Hub is expected to take on some 7,000 new residents and is the target of 3,700 new planned housing units, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.