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Planning Commission backs Transbay Block 1 height change, recommends 400‑foot limit to Board of Supervisors
Summary
After hours of testimony for and against, the Planning Commission voted 5–1 to recommend a general plan referral to the Board of Supervisors to allow a 100‑foot increase for Transbay Block 1, raising the maximum from 300 to 400 feet. OCII said the change yields 44 additional permanently affordable units and estimated $31 million in public benefit.
The San Francisco Planning Commission on Feb. 25 voted 5–1 to recommend that the Board of Supervisors approve a plan amendment allowing Transbay Block 1 to rise to 400 feet, an increase OCII officials say would add housing and affordable units at the core of the Transbay redevelopment area.
The Office of Community Investment and Infrastructure (OCII) told the commission the extra 100 feet — roughly nine stories — would increase the project to about 391 units and add 44 below‑market‑rate (BMR) homes, bringing the building’s on‑site affordability to roughly 40 percent. “The public benefits of the height increase are that it increases the total project housing units and that would include 44 additional affordable units,” Shane…
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