$10M-Worth 106-Unit Housing Project to Replace Auto Repair Shop in Tendernob, San Francisco

At 955 Post Street in the Tendernob (between the Tenderloin and Nob hill neighborhoods), an auto repair shop becomes the latest addition to join the condo version crowd. Condos are replacing the remnants of the city's car culture - from service stations to car washes - in San Francisco.

Zone Design Development, a developer based in Novato, laid out the plans for the place last Friday, Dec. 4. A nine-story concrete building is set to rise, featuring 106 units of housing plus underground parking spaces counting to 53.

The initial design of the building is boxy and dense, comprising balconies along one side. Once made, it would be stationed near some of the Tenderloin's newest dining attractions, along with Jane on Larkin, Huxley and Holmes Bakehouse in part of the neighborhood that is in constant change.

An estimated $10 million development cost was invested in this project; given that all of these are still in the early planning phase, the construction would likely start within at least a few years, as Curbed reported.

The auto repair shop is one of the biggest projects proposed for the area and the Novato-based developer is eyeing to build housing establishments near San Fran's downtown. Zone Design Development's Drake Gardner planned an 85-foot-tall Type 3 concrete building that would replace the current two-story construction that houses an auto repair shop and an office space.

The Planning Department will be giving feedback in a few months about the plan since it appears to follow current zoning. There have been no kinds of rezoning lately in the place but the neighboring Van Ness corridor and Tenderloin district both noticed an occasional spate of the new market-rate housing project proposed.

San Francisco Business Times reported that the property where the proposed building will rise is still owned by Frank Wong of Post Auto Repair, and records show that the land hasn't changed ownership.