SF Planning case proposes 98 units at 1601 Ocean Ave

A development team has filed San Francisco Planning case 2026-008664PRJ proposing a seven-story, mixed-use building with 98 residential condominium units at 1601 Ocean Ave in the Ingleside neighborhood. The case, opened September 30, 2026, is still pending review and has not been approved.

Why it matters

Ocean Avenue has drawn a string of mid-rise housing proposals in recent years as the city pushes density along its transit corridors. This filing would add dozens of condo units and ground-floor retail to a commercial strip that has mostly stayed low-rise. The case names S-AC Design Group as applicant and design team; the planning record does not identify a separate project sponsor or developer, and no additional entity has surfaced in public reporting on the site.

The numbers

The proposal calls for 98 condominium units across seven stories, with open space, a roof deck, and five ground-floor commercial retail spaces, according to the SF Planning record for parcel APN 6935/001. Eighteen percent of the residential units, or roughly 18 units, would be reserved as affordable at 55% of area median income, which is low-income under the city’s AMI bands. The case remains at Submitted status with no decision recorded.

What’s next

The project still needs to clear San Francisco Planning Department review before any entitlement is granted, and no hearing date or approval has been scheduled as of this filing. The applicant has not disclosed a construction timeline or project cost. Until Planning issues a decision, the 98-unit count and affordability terms remain proposed figures, not a built outcome. Track the case on the San Francisco market page as it moves through review.