Discussion requested for 14-story apartments at Mission BART station, San Francisco

A project meeting has been requested for a 14-story development application for 2812-2830 Mission Street in San Francisco’s Mission District. The project calls for just over a hundred apartments on two lots facing the 24th Street BART station. Philip Lesser is in charge of the application and submission through San Mateo-based Lesser Enterprises LLC.

The preliminary application describes a 137-foot-tall building with a footprint of nearly 90,000 square feet. The upper floors will have 106 apartments on 85,950 square feet of residential space. The ground floor could be about 2,380 square feet, a reduction from the existing 5,200 square feet of commercial space. The project calls for the consolidation of two parcels of land.

A certain number of units will be designated as affordable housing as part of the state’s density bonus project and streamlining of permitting processes. The request relies on Assembly Bill 1287, a law set to take effect in 2024 that allows developers to stack density bonuses and achieve density increases of up to 100% above baseline zoning. The specific concessions and exemptions to be requested are not specified.

Illustrations for the proposal still need to be approved.

2812-2830 Mission Street, image via Google Street View

Lesser is one of the city’s best-known permit processors, helping developers navigate the city’s notoriously byzantine planning department. In 2012, he was profiled by Rigoberto Hernandez for Mission Local. In the article, Hernandez describes Lesser’s vision for the Mission as market-driven, summarizing his view as follows: “Mission buildings should be transformed from their outdated role to what the market demands. These days, that’s restaurants…”

The 0.15-acre project site is located on Mission Street between 24th and 25th Streets. The northern property boundary overlooks the city’s busy 24th Street BART station. The site is near the Carnegie-built public library at 300 Bartlett Street, where rehabilitation and expansion work on this historic landmark will take place.

Two one-story commercial buildings that house a taqueria and a bank will have to be demolished. Estimated costs and a timeline for construction have yet to be announced. Lesser has not yet responded to a request for comment from YIMBY.

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