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Planning panel approves Parcel F plan package, including shadow findings; developers pledge off‑site affordable units

San Francisco Planning Commission · January 9, 2020
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The Planning Commission voted to approve multiple entitlements for Parcel F — a 61‑story mixed‑use tower at 542–550 Howard Street — including downtown project authorization, office allocation and shadow findings. The developer said the project will fund 300+ affordable units nearby and deliver public benefits such as a pedestrian bridge to Salesforce Park.

San Francisco — The Planning Commission on Thursday approved a package of entitlements for Parcel F, a long‑planned mixed‑use tower next to the Salesforce Transit Center that includes 165 housing units, a 189‑room hotel and roughly 276,000 square feet of office space.

Commissioners voted to advance the General Plan and planning‑code map amendments, downtown project authorization, office allocation and conditional use authorization. Separately the commission adopted the project’s shadow findings on a 5‑1 vote, with Commissioner Moore dissenting on shadow impacts.

Planning staff told commissioners…

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