{"id":392241,"date":"2026-07-09T17:16:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T17:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/392241\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T17:16:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T17:16:27","slug":"updated-plans-for-886-union-street-in-russian-hill-san-francisco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/392241\/","title":{"rendered":"Updated Plans For 886 Union Street in Russian Hill, San Francisco"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img width=\"777\" height=\"786\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/886-Union-Street-pedestrian-view-illustration-by-TJH-Construction-777x786.jpg\" class=\"u-photo wp-post-image\" alt=\"886 Union Street pedestrian view, illustration by TJH Construction\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>886 Union Street pedestrian view, illustration by TJH Construction<\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-meta\"> By: <a rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" class=\"fn p-author h-card\" href=\"https:\/\/sfyimby.com\/author\/andrew\" target=\"_blank\">Andrew Nelson<\/a> 4:30 am on July 9, 2026<\/p>\n<p>Updated plans have been filed for a small residential development at 886 Union Street in Russian Hill, <a href=\"https:\/\/sfyimby.com\/neighborhoods\/san-francisco\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco<\/a>. The proposal would replace a single-story garage behind an existing apartment building with a four-story duplex. Robert Gilson of Gentle Sky LLC is responsible for the application and filing on behalf of the property owner, TJH Construction.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-47064\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/886-Union-Street-illustration-by-TJH-Construction.jpg\" alt=\"886 Union Street, illustration by TJH Construction\" width=\"1478\" height=\"1500\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">886 Union Street, illustration by TJH Construction<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-47066\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/888-Union-Street-site-plan-illustration-by-TJH-Construction.png\" alt=\"888 Union Street site plan, illustration by TJH Construction\" width=\"2032\" height=\"1800\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">888 Union Street site plan, illustration by TJH Construction<\/p>\n<p>The application invokes the Housing Choice San Francisco program, a local density bonus law. The four-story structure is expected to yield around 4,430 square feet, including a three-bedroom unit, a five-bedroom unit, parking for four bicycles, and a one-car garage. The application invokes the Housing Choice San Francisco program, a local density bonus law.<\/p>\n<p>The narrow parcel is located along Union Street between Mason Street and Taylor Street. Future residents would be two blocks away from Washington Square.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-47062\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/886-Union-Street-garage-image-via-Google-Street-View.jpg\" alt=\"886 Union Street garage, image via Google Street View\" width=\"1500\" height=\"846\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">886 Union Street garage, image via Google Street View<\/p>\n<p>Public records show the property last sold in 2023 for $4 million. The estimated cost and timeline for construction have not yet been shared.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/hdjqhz\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe<\/a> to YIMBY\u2019s daily e-mail<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https%3A%2F%2Fsfyimby.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/google_preferred_source_badge.png\" width=\"245\" height=\"40\" alt=\"Make YIMBY preferred on Google\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/yimbygram\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Follow<\/a> YIMBYgram for real-time photo updates<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/YIMBYFB\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Like<\/a>\u00a0YIMBY on Facebook<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yimbytweets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Follow<\/a> YIMBY\u2019s Twitter for the latest in YIMBYnews<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sfyimby.com\/category\/886-union-street\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">886 Union Street<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/sfyimby.com\/category\/888-union-street\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">888 Union Street<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/sfyimby.com\/category\/gentle-sky-llc\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gentle Sky LLC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/sfyimby.com\/category\/tjh-construction\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TJH Construction<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"display: inline;\">. <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"886 Union Street pedestrian view, illustration by TJH Construction By: Andrew Nelson 4:30 am on July 9, 2026&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":392242,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[101,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":["post-392241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=392241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}