Midtown Park study urges $13 million initial retrofit and resident-led governance plan to preserve 140 city-owned units

Consultants for Midtown Park Apartments presented a final study to the San Francisco Local Agency Formation Commission on March 21, 2025, detailing building conditions, a resident-centered visioning process and recommended next steps to preserve affordability and enable residents to age in place.

Fernando Marti and Steve Suzuki, architects hired to work with Midtown Park tenants, described a year-long engagement that combined community visioning with a physical needs assessment. Midtown Park is a city‑owned residential complex of six buildings and about 140 units in the Western Addition/Fillmore; consultants said it is unique as a city-owned residential development and recounted a history of resident self‑management and a long rent strike that led to rent-control application in 2020.

The study grouped recommendations into immediate life-safety and structural…