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Supervisors advance 1629 Market Street development agreement that includes 100 supportive housing units

San Francisco Board of Supervisors, Land Use and Transportation Committee · November 27, 2017
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Summary

The Land Use & Transportation Committee voted to forward ordinances and a development agreement for 1629 Market Street to the full Board after developer and city staff described a project that would preserve the Civic Center Hotel, create privately funded supportive housing and deliver roughly 27% affordable units plus publicly accessible open space and a new union hall.

Developer Stroud/Strata Brady LLC and city staff told the Land Use & Transportation Committee on Nov. 29 that a redevelopment plan for 1629 Market Street will include a 100% supportive housing building, expanded inclusionary units and a network of privately owned, publicly accessible open spaces.

Michael Cohen, a principal with Stroud Investment Group, told the committee the project will be built on land owned by the Local 38 Plumbers and Pipefitters pension trust and developed under a 99‑year lease. He said the plan calls for multiple buildings no taller than the Market Octavia Plan’s 85‑foot limit, roughly 584 residential units, about 13,000 square feet of retail and approximately 23,400 square feet of publicly accessible open space. "To our knowledge, this is the first time ever in San Francisco that supportive homeless housing has been…

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