8-Story Hotel Proposed For SoMa Parking Lot

8-Story Hotel Proposed For SoMa Parking LotCurrent status of 424 Brannan St. | Photo: Parkme.com
Carrie Sisto
Published on September 19, 2017

An eight-story hotel could arise on what is now a parking lot at 424 Brannan St. (and Ritch). 

On September 6th, developers Glenn Rescalvo and Handel Architects filed a Preliminary Planning Assessment application for a 239-room tourist hotel on the parcel.

The development would also include 6,900 square feet of retail space, and a 4,421-square-foot restaurant located on the ground floor at the corner of Brannan and Ritch streets. Early plans also feature nearly 5,100 square feet of publicly accessible, privately owned open space. 

Image: SF Planning

Developers also designed a mid-block passage to allow people to move between Ritch and Zoe streets without entering the property. This preserves the existing mid-block open space pattern as encouraged in the Industrial Area Design Guidelines.

If approved, SoMa would lose 64 car parking spaces, but gain 26 bike parking spots and one space for a car share.

424 Brannan plans viewed from Ritch Street. | Image: SF Planning

The proposal is the first for the property since 2012, when plans for an eight-story office building—with more than 14,300 square feet of open space and 6,300 square feet of incubator space—were submitted.

At the time, those plans were subject to the approval of the Central Corridor plan, a rezoning proposal for the area between Mission, Townsend, 2nd, and 6th streets that has since been incorporated into the Central SoMa plan. 

Map: SF Planning 

According to an August 24th letter to SF Planning, property owners have now authorized Handel Architects, Newco 2017, and Ennismore International Management to act as agents for completing the planning process for the proposed project.

Planning typically issues a Preliminary Planning Assessment within 90 days of receiving an application. The filling of a PPA application, and the issuance of a PPA from SF Planning, does not constitute any approval of a project.

Before moving forward with the proposed project, developers would still need to apply for all of the proper permits and approvals.