Already-Approved 400 Divisadero Project Refiled to Speed Up

A development site at 400 Divisadero Street in San Francisco, where an 8-story, 203-unit apartment building already cleared city approval, is now being pushed through a second, faster entitlement track. SF Planning case 2026-009136PRJ, opened Oct. 15, 2026, proposes modifying the earlier approved case, No. 2024-00546PRJ, to use the state’s Housing Element Sites Streamlined Approval program under Planning Code Section 207.9 and California Government Code Section 65583.2. The filing covers the same parcel, APN 1216/017, known by both its Divisadero Street and 1064 Oak Street addresses. The project has proposed, not secured, approval under this new pathway; the filing’s status is listed as Pending Review.

Why it matters

The underlying project is not new. City records show it won ministerial approval in late 2024 under Assembly Bill 2011, which let the building exceed the site’s 131-unit base zoning through the state density bonus law. Refiling an already-approved project under a second streamlining statute, rather than relying on the AB 2011 entitlement already in hand, signals that sponsors are treating these state and local fast-track programs as tools to lock in or shore up a timeline, not just a one-time way around a stalled Planning Commission. For developers watching California’s stacking streamlining laws, this is a concrete example of how a project can be re-routed once a faster lane opens up.

The numbers

The proposal calls for a new 8-story building with 203 dwelling units, including 41 affordable units, plus 1,365 square feet of ground-floor commercial space. That unit count has grown over the project’s history: earlier design iterations put it at 184 units before the 203-unit version won approval. The site, long occupied by a car wash, had a prior ownership and development history that stalled around 2022 before the current design emerged.

What’s next

The San Francisco Chronicle reported in August 2026 that Greystar was in talks to take over the development from 4Terra Investments, which had carried the project through its original design and permitting work, according to sfyimby.com’s reporting on that story. Neither SF Planning’s record for the new filing nor available reporting confirms who submitted the Oct. 15 streamlining request. If the Housing Element Sites Streamlined Approval review clears, the project would carry both a 2024 ministerial approval and a 2026 streamlined one, giving its sponsor more than one entitlement path to break ground on the Lower Haight site.