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Commission initiates General Plan amendment for downtown redevelopment that includes new Fire Station 13 and a high-rise tower

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The Planning Commission voted unanimously to initiate General Plan amendments to allow a modified downtown redevelopment that relocates Fire Station 13 to 447 Battery Street and proposes a new high-rise tower on the adjacent block; the action is procedural and allows later hearings on the legislation and environmental review.

The San Francisco Planning Commission on May 15 voted unanimously to initiate General Plan amendments and to schedule further hearings for a proposed downtown redevelopment that would relocate Fire Station 13 and build a new high-rise mixed-use tower on adjacent parcels.

The proposal, advanced through a city-led selection process and a private developer, would place a four-story, fire-department–specified station at 447 Battery Street and create a taller mixed-use tower on the remainder of the block. Planning staff and the mayor’s office said the revised program preserves the fire station on a standalone parcel (the Fire Department preferred arrangement), increases the development’s financial…

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