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Commission endorses modified 98 Franklin project with off‑site affordable housing dedication and DA recommendation to supervisors
Summary
Planning staff and the project sponsor presented a modified 98 Franklin mixed‑use project — a 38‑story tower with a high school podium and 385 units — that includes a proposed dedication of 600 Van Ness as a 100% affordable site and $1M for Parcel K predevelopment. The commission recommended the planning code and map amendments, DA recommendation (subject to city attorney review) and downtown project authorization.
The Planning Commission voted March 30 to recommend approval of amendments and a development agreement for the modified 98 Franklin Street project, a mixed‑use proposal that pairs a French American International High School with a high‑density residential tower and an off‑site affordable housing strategy.
Christy Alexander and Kyle Smiley of planning staff summarized the changes to the 2020 approval, saying the modified project would increase the residential component to roughly 385 units and add two stories while situating a five‑story school podium for the French American International School. "The modified project's method of affordable housing compliance under Planning Code 415 is a land dedication," staff…
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