Two housing developments may be coming to Mission Street in the next few years — one at the site of a burned discount store and the other rising above a ground-floor retail spot that has been vacant for more than a year.
The two 5-story projects, which would together bring 24 units to Mission Street between 22nd and 23rd streets, are in the preliminary planning stages. The developers are still in conversations with the Planning Department to iron out details in both projects.
The first would go in at 2630 Mission St., the site of a 5-alarm fire that engulfed the Big House discount store there in September 2014. Demolition began on the building shortly afterwards, and the lot has been vacant since.
The project is being sponsored by Gabriel Ng + Architects, which also designed a 4-story, 12-unit market-rate project at 2421 16th St.
If plans are approved, it would be the site of a 5-story, 16-unit project that would rise to 60 feet, more than double the height of the mostly 2-story buildings that surround it, but less than the 65-foot height limit for the lot. The building would have a ground-floor retail space and no off-street parking.
Eight of the units would be 500 square foot one-bedrooms and the other eight would be 900 square foot two-bedrooms. There would be four apartments on each floor. Tenants would share access to a 700 square foot roof deck.
The market-rate building would be required to either build on-site affordable housing units, off-site units, or pay a fee to the city. Project sponsors did not immediately return requests for comment.
The other project is down the block at 2610 Mission St. near 22nd Street at the site that once housed Anna’s Linens, which filed for bankruptcy in mid-2015. Socketsite reported in March that the master tenant in the building had accepted a buy-out on their 99-year lease in the building, which still had 30 years left.
That project would also rise to five stories, but with only eight units in the four stories above a ground-floor retail space. The single-story storefront on-site now would be renovated, and housing built on top.
The market-rate project will not need to build any affordable units or pay a fee, since it falls below the 10-unit city threshold for paying into affordable housing.
It does not require approval from the Planning Commission and would likely not break ground until the summer of 2017, said Warner Schmalz, an architect and the project sponsor who was behind a contentious plan to develop market-rate housing next to the Brava Theater.
“This is pretty early,” he said.
16 Units. Likely 25-30 people added to already busy area with no off-street parking. Not a great idea.