San Francisco’s Market Street Hub Project, which could lead to number of significant zoning changes which would allow for the development of more height and bulk in the area around the intersections of Market and Van Ness Avenue and South Van Ness and Mission, is officially underway.

In exchange for increasing the number of “affordable” housing units to be built, the proposed height limits for the area, which currently max out at 400 feet, could be raised to 500 feet for the 10 South Van Ness Project and up to 520 feet in height for the City’s parcel at 30 Van Ness.

And while not rendered in the images above which were prepared by Planning, nor any of the other recent presentation materials, the corner parcel at 1 South Van Ness Avenue, upon which an 8-story building currently sits, is proposed to be rezoned for the development of a tower up to 600 feet in height, which would make it the visual hub of the neighborhood.