And i want to tell you that what were seeing right now is not a cycle change. Its a structural change, and i am sure you are aware and seen the retailers and the retailers are shrinking the footprint and it is not the Large Department stores but even tenants that used to be 5,000 feet are shrinking to 1,000 feet and trying to deal with how to market the goods online and cross market both aspects. It has had a very structural change and quite frankly t vacancy rate at union square is the lowest that i have seen in 25 excuse me t highest in 25 years of business in union square. This there is, as we all know, a lot of vacancies that are happening. Barneys is going to close, forever 21 is closing, Williams Sonoma and the multifloor retailers are going out of business and those are the only ones that can occupy the upper floors. They are just not there. We have been marketing 146 geary for four years and talking to tenants initially to take the entire building because that works the best fo
From 220 post. The likelihood that a Retail Business would want a stand alone third Floor Office Space that is accessible from an alley that provides minimal foot traffic, marginal street visibility and has some Security Issues is in our opinion simply less than minuscule. On the overhead, i want to post one more image which is looking at the alley from grant street and if you see the orange box, that is where the third floor business is. Pretty tough to see. Pretty unvisible. So with all that said, nothing prevents the third floor and the upper floors being turned back into retail if at some future point that becomes viable. Project does not include any physical changes that would preclude that, so i am going to let the project sponsor speak about the actual efforts to lease this building, but before i go, in your packet, you have support letters that collectively include 41 signatures in support of the project including a leter from members of the Street Building at 210 post which in
Any other Public Comment on this item . Okay. With that, Public Comment is closed. Commission koppel. Its a thrill to see city kids opening up businesses in the city. Supported by other city kids. [applause] theres no clapping. I know everybodys happy but [laughter] also incredibly impressed with the outreach the project sponsor did with united save the mission, hence them being here supporting. And also the conditions they did agree to, we really hold in high value. So i really appreciate the project sponsor working diligently with the community. I really respect that the sponsor has Prior Experience working in the neighborhood. Obviously very overwhelming neighborhood support, filling in a vacant storefront. The nearby businesses are going to get busier. Theres going to be more people. People are going to be happier. Im highly supportive. I would like to see what other commissioners say. Thank you. Commissioner richards. So i accompany commissioner koppel and a few of the folks in th
Greenhouse buildings, organized into two rose, and although the greenhouses were built over several decades between 1921 and 1951, they are already woodframe structures with gable roofs and feature similar massing, orientation, and design. Additional buildings on the property include a onestory woodframe boiler house constructed circa 1922, and a onestory garage and storage structure constructed in 1958. The site features include various metal tanks for water and pesticides, two hand dug wells, a woodframe shed, in approximately 20,450 square feet of open space. The subject property, as a cut flower nursery from 1921 until 1990 by the garibaldi brothers. They immigrated to San Francisco from italy in the early 20th century and were one of several italian born families that owned and operated cut flower nursery is in the city, particularly in the portola neighborhood, 770 woolsey was one of 20 similar cut flower nurseries in the portola district in the early 20 th century. The garibaldi
Structure constructed in 1958. The site features include various metal tanks for water and pesticides, two hand dug wells, a woodframe shed, in approximately 20,450 square feet of open space. The subject property, as a cut flower nursery from 1921 until 1990 by the garibaldi brothers. They immigrated to San Francisco from italy in the early 20th century and were one of several italian born families that owned and operated cut flower nursery is in the city, particularly in the portola neighborhood, 770 woolsey was one of 20 similar cut flower nurseries in the portola district in the early 20 th century. The garibaldi family were also members of the San Francisco Flower Growers association, which was a Business Group established by the local italian community. This association worked in partnership with similar japanese and chinese flower cut organizations to establish San Franciscos first wholesale market in 1924. Followed by the current San Francisco flower terminal in 1956. The subjec