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Aerial of Archstone Potrero in its urban context, looking towards downtown San Francisco. Image: David Baker + Partners

Corner of 16th and Connecticut. Image: David Baker + Partners

Two buildings with residential units atop flex and retail spaces bring an amenity-rich new neighborhood to the Potrero area. Located on a triangular site at the base of Potrero Hill, the development includes a new 40,000 sf park and is further open to the community by a public mid-block pedestrian mews lined with active uses. Twenty percent of the nearly 500 units will be affordable rental apartments.

Image: CMG Landscape Architecture

Daggett Park

The former Daggett Street is proposed to be a 1-acre public park designed by CMG Landscape Architects. The park will be owned by the City but permanently maintained by the development. Amenities include a dog walk, as well as an event lawn and soft play surface.

There is a smaller public open space planned for the corner of 16th and Hubbell Streets. It is slated to have a community allotment garden and outdoor seating for the corner cafe.

The preferred build-out of Daggett Park, designed by CMG Landscape Architects.

Hubbell Street mews. Image: David Baker + Partners

This public pedestrian mews cuts through the large block to break down the urban scale. Image: David Baker + Partners

Mid-block Mews

At mid-block, a landscaped pedestrian mews lined with palm trees and active storefronts features a rain garden designed to manage storm water.

Hubbell Street mews at park. Image: David Baker + Partners

"Flatiron" building on 7th Street. Image: David Baker + Partners

Flatiron Building

This structure will occupy the smaller site at the point of the triangle.

The "Flatiron" building at the corner of 16th and 7th. Image: David Baker + Partners


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7th Street section. Image: David Baker + Partners

7th Street Elevation

7th Street has a rail line and a freeway on the eastern side.

7th Street elevation at night. Image: David Baker + Partners

PDR diagram: The PDR spaces face Hubbell Street and create a buffer to the area's existing light-industrial zone. Image: David Baker + Partners

Mixed-Use

The project brings 15,000 square feet of commercial retail space and approximately 7,000 square feet of PDR/SEW space to provide restaurants and useful services for the larger neighborhood. PDR (production, distribution, and repair) zoning allows for small businesses that fill daily uses. SEW (small enterprise workplaces) zoning allows businesses ranging from 500 to 2,500 sf.

Open space. Image: David Baker + Partners
At the end of Connecticut Street, Archstone Potrero features a 7,000-sf community garden with raised planting beds. Including this pocket park, the project contains a total of approximately 50,000 square feet of open space dispersed around the project site at grade, within podium courtyards, and in a rooftop garden deck.

View of the project site from Missouri and 18th Streets.

A computer simulation of the view of Archstone Potrero from Missouri and 18th Streets. Image: David Baker + Partners

Color diagram showing the skyline sample used to generate the chosen palette. Image: David Baker + Partners

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Real Estate Deals of the Year: Best Land Deal
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project details

Development Team

Archstone + Cherokee Mission Bay + UGD

Architect

David Baker + Partners

Landscape Architect

CMG Landscape Architects

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project data
Archstone Potrero
 20311
1000 16th Street
San Francisco, California
In design
number of units
studio 50
flex 30
1 bedroom 200
2 bedroom 188
total 468
commercial
retail sf 14,625
PDR/SEW 7,000
service 17,994
density ratios
project sf 530,000
site sf 174,740
acres 3.15
total bedrooms 560
bedrooms/acre 139
units/acre 99
parking
total 307
spaces/unit 0.65
type garage
bicycle 470