# SAN FRANCISCO | 2700 Sloat Boulevard | 560 FT | 50 FLOORS **URL:** \ **Category:** Proposed\ **Created:** [April 13, 2023, 6:23pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/san-francisco-2700-sloat-boulevard-560-ft-50-floors/22662 "2023-04-13T18:23:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mtoltethys](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mtoltethys/32/30087_2.png) [@mtoltethys](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/mtoltethys)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 6:23pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/san-francisco-2700-sloat-boulevard-560-ft-50-floors/22662/1 "2023-04-13T18:23:44Z")
Holy moly > **[EXCLUSIVE: Skyscraper Proposed for 2700 Sloat Boulevard in Outer Sunset, San...](https://sfyimby.com/2023/04/exclusive-skyscraper-proposed-for-2700-sloat-boulevard-in-outer-sunset-san-francisco.html)** > > The pre-application has finally been filed for a 50-story mixed-use tower at 2700 Sloat Boulevard in San Francisco’s Outer Sunset District... ![2700-Sloat-Boulevard-northeast-view-illustration-by-Solomon-Cordwell-Buenz](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/d/1/d16eda58fb8f8601672c4e288cb05f0b5fa87b4e.jpeg) ![2700-Sloat-Boulevard-northwest-perspective-illustration-by-Solomon-Cordwell-Buenz](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/2/e/2e06e10789fbed2e66f42a25790985232c5f0c97.jpeg) ![2700-Sloat-Boulevard-southeast-view-illustration-by-Solomon-Cordwell-Buenz-777x433](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/a/9/a96bb276f42726f1512ae0a698daeea2cc9c60cc.jpeg) ![2700-Sloat-Boulevard-street-perspective-illustration-by-Solomon-Cordwell-Buenz](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/d/4/d44b57c14eb9cba5516e96f41d68c7009053d514.jpeg) ![2700-Sloat-Boulevard-vertical-cross-section-by-Solomon-Cordwell-Buenz](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/2/4/247375bbd2b97fd2bcb6bb1a0c182e42035f503e.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![YIMHudson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/yimhudson/32/2304_2.png) [@YIMHudson](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/YIMHudson)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/san-francisco-2700-sloat-boulevard-560-ft-50-floors/22662/2 "2023-04-13T19:28:43Z")
No way that’s happening as shown lol ---
**Author:** ![MarshallKnight](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/marshallknight/32/40545_2.png) [@MarshallKnight](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/MarshallKnight)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 10:45pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/san-francisco-2700-sloat-boulevard-560-ft-50-floors/22662/3 "2023-04-13T22:45:55Z")
I wonder if they’re going with the “pitch 50 stories so we can build the 20 we actually want” strategy. ---
**Author:** ![Andrew](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/andrew/32/79731_2.png) [@Andrew](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Andrew)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2023, 4:38pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/san-francisco-2700-sloat-boulevard-560-ft-50-floors/22662/4 "2023-04-17T16:38:39Z")
I don’t know what their strategy is, but their public-facing position is they want to build this roughly as proposed. As public opinion represents, the odds are heavily against them. Truthfully, I hope the density gets built regardless of height, so if we end up with the 20-story bulky infill that’d be wonderful too ---
**Author:** ![yesinmybackyard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/71e660/32.png) [@yesinmybackyard](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/yesinmybackyard)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 3:19pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/san-francisco-2700-sloat-boulevard-560-ft-50-floors/22662/5 "2023-04-18T15:19:56Z")
IIRC, the original proposal was for a modest (~5-6 story) multifamily building, taking into consideration the character of the surrounding neighborhood. That plan was completely shot down by NIMBYs, so they came back with this proposal, which they can build as of right. Hilarity ensues ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 9:13pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/san-francisco-2700-sloat-boulevard-560-ft-50-floors/22662/6 "2023-04-21T21:13:39Z")
> **[A proposed 50-story skyscraper in this San Francisco neighborhood would stick...](https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-04-19/san-francisco-skyscraper-renderings-housing-outer-sunset-neighborhood)** > > The skyscraper would bring 712 apartment units to San Francisco and become the tallest building in an area that is home to mostly two- and three-story homes. ---
**Author:** ![Andrew](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/andrew/32/79731_2.png) [@Andrew](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Andrew)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/san-francisco-2700-sloat-boulevard-560-ft-50-floors/22662/7 "2023-04-25T17:22:08Z")
I’m surprised the developer didn’t response to LA Times’ request for comment, they were very responsive for me. Also, the SF Planning Department calling this a “downtown-style building” really illustrates the mentality that city officials have that will keep SF stuck in its housing crisis ---
**Author:** ![Andrew](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/andrew/32/79731_2.png) [@Andrew](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Andrew)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 5:27pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/san-francisco-2700-sloat-boulevard-560-ft-50-floors/22662/8 "2023-07-04T17:27:35Z")
> **[Renderings Revealed for 50-Story Skyscraper in Sunset District, San Francisco...](https://sfyimby.com/2023/07/renderings-revealed-for-50-story-skyscraper-in-sunset-district-san-francisco.html)** > > Renderings have been revealed for the proposed 50-story skyscraper at 2700 Sloat Boulevard in the Outer Sunset of San Francisco. The 589-foot tall... We’ve got an exclusive reveal of 2700 Sloat Boulevard again! The renderings for this one really are something else. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/5/9/5965a44bbcf4dd671c97f38207ce2ac5d55c5bd1.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2023, 9:41pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/san-francisco-2700-sloat-boulevard-560-ft-50-floors/22662/9 "2023-07-07T21:41:53Z")
Nothing surprising there. The developers are desperate for publicity from a pro-development blog; but they didn’t want to engage with a publication that may be skeptical of this type of development in a very low-rise area such as the Outer Sunset (such as the Los Angeles Times). In any case, this probably won’t be built at anywhere at this scale. That said, the oceanfront in San Francisco is woefully underbuilt. Driving along Great Highway one notices strange choices in land use and some decay as well - cheap motels, gas stations, dated condo complexes hidden behind fences, colorful stucco rowhouses with paved front yards leading to garages - and a few decrepit facades thrown in here and there. Something needs to be done. This is prime land in one of the nation’s wealthiest cities. ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 11:50am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/san-francisco-2700-sloat-boulevard-560-ft-50-floors/22662/10 "2023-07-29T11:50:41Z")
> **[San Francisco Board of Appeals Reviewing 2700 Sloat Boulevard Today - San...](https://sfyimby.com/2023/07/sf-board-of-appeals-reviewing-2700-sloat-boulevard-today.html)** > > The San Francisco Board of Appeals is scheduled to review an appeal filed by the developer behind 2700 Sloat Boulevard regarding the zoning code... ---
**Author:** ![Enigmatism415](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/enigmatism415/32/134271_2.png) [@Enigmatism415](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Enigmatism415)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2023, 5:33pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/san-francisco-2700-sloat-boulevard-560-ft-50-floors/22662/11 "2023-08-01T17:33:16Z")
Says KRON4 News last month: > Currently, zoning laws in the Sunset limit structures to 100 feet and about 10 stories, at the maximum. The 600-foot tower proposed for the Sloat site would be six times what’s allowed by current law. I consider myself to be pretty moderate on this issue. 100 feet (or 10 stories) is plenty for this neighborhood and nothing should reach any higher. What is currently proposed amounts to a middle finger—sheer spite directed towards local residents. My hope is that this design is laughed out of court and they settle for the 100-foot structure, bringing us right up to the legal limit. I wouldn’t mind a similar development on the underutilized Safeway lot in the Outer Richmond as well. ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2023, 11:52am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/san-francisco-2700-sloat-boulevard-560-ft-50-floors/22662/12 "2023-08-12T11:52:09Z")
[https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/sf-housing-sunset-tower-18280295.php](https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/sf-housing-sunset-tower-18280295.php) > ---
**Author:** ![Enigmatism415](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/enigmatism415/32/134271_2.png) [@Enigmatism415](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Enigmatism415)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2023, 4:02pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/san-francisco-2700-sloat-boulevard-560-ft-50-floors/22662/13 "2023-08-13T16:02:45Z")
> Sunset tower isn’t out of scale — S.F.’s housing crisis is The two aren’t mutually exclusive. This district allows buildings up to 100ft. A building that tall occupying an entire block is already beyond plenty. Erect more buildings like that in the area, not one that’s a skyscraper on sand dunes serving mostly as a middle finger to the western half of the city. ---
**Author:** ![mcart](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mcart/32/84718_2.png) [@mcart](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/mcart)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2023, 3:19pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/san-francisco-2700-sloat-boulevard-560-ft-50-floors/22662/14 "2023-11-20T15:19:24Z")
[https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/sf-housing-sunset-skyscraper-18494637.php](https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/sf-housing-sunset-skyscraper-18494637.php) ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2024, 12:31pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/san-francisco-2700-sloat-boulevard-560-ft-50-floors/22662/15 "2024-02-21T12:31:34Z")
> **[Battle Over San Francisco's Coastal Development Sparks Statewide Concerns | KQED](https://www.kqed.org/science/1991442/battle-over-san-franciscos-coastal-development-sparks-statewide-concerns)** > > A feud over balancing housing needs and preserving the California coast as seas rise is brewing along the western shores of San Francisco. > State Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) introduced a bill — [Senate Bill 951](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB951) — in mid-January that aims to remove urban San Francisco from the protections of the California Coastal Commission. He said his bill would “aid cities’ efforts to meet state housing goals by refining the commission’s role in housing approvals and permitting. Removing San Francisco from the commission’s tight regulations is about making it easier to build affordable housing in the city when dealing with a housing crisis.” > > … > > Wiener said he introduced the bill to make sure the city gets ahead of looming housing affordability issues. > > “We should be able to have new housing in this area without giving a tool to anti-housing obstructionists so that they can abuse the Coastal Commission process to try to kill new housing,” he said. > > … > > Board President Aaron Peskin said Wiener overstepped and didn’t have “any idea that there would be this kind of a backlash.” > > “The danger here goes far beyond a boundary adjustment in San Francisco County,” he said. “It just signals to developers that they can go to their state senator and start chopping apart one of California’s most cherished pieces of law. The precedent is dangerous and scary, and it’s got to be stopped now.” > > While Wiener says the bill is about creating affordable housing, Peskin believes Wiener’s bill is about permitting [a 50-story high-rise planned for the Outer Sunset](https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/sf-housing-sunset-skyscraper-18494637.php). > > “Senator Wiener wants to take that property out of the coastal zone,” he said. “The Coastal Commission hasn’t opposed that project but has the right to review that project. I think he wants to be able to pursue any kind of development along the Pacific Ocean.” > > Wiener refutes this, saying the Sunset and Richmond neighborhoods are not zoned for high-rise development and “the bill doesn’t touch zoning.” Development in these neighborhoods is a “strategy to reduce emissions and fight climate change.” > > … > > For Richmond neighborhood resident Jean Barish, who started going to Ocean Beach in high school decades ago, stopping Wiener’s bill is about preserving access to the coast. > > “My experience at the beach would significantly change if there were 15- and 20-story high-rises lining the ocean,” she said. “There would be a lot more traffic because those people would be coming in and going out. It just wouldn’t have the quiet, peaceful quality I came to love.” ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 1:07am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/san-francisco-2700-sloat-boulevard-560-ft-50-floors/22662/16 "2024-05-22T01:07:14Z")
[https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/s-f-sunset-tower-19470878.php](https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/s-f-sunset-tower-19470878.php) ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2024, 1:59am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/san-francisco-2700-sloat-boulevard-560-ft-50-floors/22662/17 "2024-05-29T01:59:51Z")
> **[CH Planning Kills “Nonsense” 50-Story Condo Tower in SF](https://therealdeal.com/sanfrancisco/2024/05/22/ch-planning-kills-nonsense-50-story-condo-tower-in-sf/)** > > Developer sells 1-acre site to Pacific Housing West for affordable housing, ending multiple lawsuits. ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2024, 5:56am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/san-francisco-2700-sloat-boulevard-560-ft-50-floors/22662/18 "2024-12-19T05:56:50Z")
> **[22-Story Plans for 2700 Sloat Boulevard in Sunset District, San Francisco -...](https://sfyimby.com/2024/12/22-story-plans-for-2700-sloat-boulevard-in-sunset-district-san-francisco.html)** > > Once again, plans are shifting dramatically for the potential redevelopment of the Sloat Garden Center in San Francisco’s Sunset District... ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/9/0/90c488106d756844f66f13f26b9c20330a4030ee.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![stache](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/stache/32/30186_2.png) [@stache](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/stache)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2024, 12:44am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/san-francisco-2700-sloat-boulevard-560-ft-50-floors/22662/19 "2024-12-22T00:44:17Z")
This is more realistic. ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 1:57pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/san-francisco-2700-sloat-boulevard-560-ft-50-floors/22662/20 "2025-02-21T13:57:13Z")
> **[Permit Progress for 2700 Sloat Boulevard, Sunset District, San Francisco -...](https://sfyimby.com/2025/02/permit-progress-for-2700-sloat-boulevard-sunset-district-san-francisco.html)** > > New preliminary permits have been filed for the proposed 22-story tower at 2700 Sloat Boulevard in San Francisco’s Sunset District. The filing... [Next page](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/san-francisco-2700-sloat-boulevard-560-ft-50-floors/22662.md?page=2)