When the City’s revised Central SoMa Plan was unveiled in August, it raised the proposed height limits for numerous neighborhood parcels, including an up-zoning of the Flower Mart site to allow development up to 270 feet in height and a 400-foot limit for the Creamery/HD Buttercup parcels at the corner of Townsend and Fourth, upon which Tishman Speyer has proposed to build a residential tower or two.
But the 725 Harrison Street site between Third and Fourth, upon which Boston Properties has proposed to build the modern 240-foot tower rendered above, was limited to 160 feet in height.
On Wednesday, the City released the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for the Central SoMa Plan. And while not explicitly noted in the DEIR’s prose, the proposed height limit for the 725 Harrison Street parcel has been changed to 240 feet, which would allow Boston Properties’ project to rise as proposed, or at least with a few tweaks.
