Sunset District Tower Developer Sues San Francisco

The developer of the controversial proposed 50-story tower in the low-rise Sunset District of San Francisco has sued the city, saying that denial of the project violates the state’s Density Bonus Law. The proposed tower has the subject of enormous controversy since it was first proposed. The developer originally proposed a set of 12-story buildings, but when neighbors organized to oppose it, the developer responded with the 50-story proposal. In early July, the San Francisco Planning Department concluded that while the project fell within the state’s density bonus requirement, it did not comply with city codes. “The building remains a 600-foot-tall tower in a 100-foot district,” a planning department spokesman said a the time. Later in July, the Board of Appeals denied the project.

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