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Commission stalls approval of 120 Howard vertical addition amid disputed seismic peer review; item continued
Summary
A proposal to add four floors to 120 Howard Street drew opposition from adjacent property owners and outside structural reviewers over seismic safety. A motion to approve entitlements failed and the commission voted to continue the item for further review and input from DBI and peer‑review documentation.
The commission took no final entitlements for a four-story vertical addition proposed at 120 Howard Street after hours of testimony from adjacent property owners, seismic peer reviewers and the project team.
Department staff introduced the project as a 12‑story building totaling roughly 67,000 square feet of additional office space and noted two requested exceptions (freight‑loading and a small bulk/height exception). Andrew Junius, representing the project sponsor, and the project architect…
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