Have no fear, unless you happen to rely on the parking lot at 350 Second Street or own a condo at 77 Dow Place that currently overlooks the parcel, an architect has been engaged to start working on plans for a new building to rise upon this lot.

Currently zoned for an office or residential building to rise up to 130 feet in height, the parcel could be up-zoned for 200-feet in height as part of San Francisco’s Central SoMa Plan.

As such, don’t expect any firm proposals for the parcel until The Plan, which will define the City’s vision and strategies, and the overall potential, for developing the area bounded by Market, Sixth, Second and Townsend Streets, is adopted.

The authors of the draft plan are aiming to publish the required Environmental Impact Report by the end of the year with formal hearings at the Planning Commission now slated for early 2016.