ClementinaCares, a neighborhood organization comprised of tenants, homeowners, and small business owners located between 6th & 3rd, and Howard & Shipley Streets, recently voted to endorse the 900 Folsom project.  The project sponsor originally met with ClementinaCares in the summer of 2007, and through a series of conversations on overall massing, streetscape experience, and design, the project has evolved into a less dense building with a dynamic range of uses at the ground level.  We look forward to a continued dialogue with ClementinaCares, and other neighborhood organizations, as the project continues to go through planning review and construction.

The Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the Eastern Neighborhoods rezoning on November 25th.  The rezoning, which commenced about 10 years ago (yes, 10 years ago!), is as mammoth as the necessary time frame.  Spanning from the northern tip of Soma all the way down to the southern side of the Mission, the rezoning covers 2,200 acres, or about one quarter of the city.

The 900 Folsom project has anticipated the rezoning, and is consistent with all applicable codes.  Going forward, it’s our hope (and belief) that the rezoning will create a clearer process for everyone involved in neighborhood land use issues.  As Martha Stewart would say, it’s a good thing!