The stop on the Market Street line
An early twentieth-century landmark stands at Market Street and Duboce Avenue. A 23-story residential tower rises from it, and the landmark stays in place as the base. The San Francisco Planning Department granted final approval in July 2026. SF YIMBY reported the decision on 6 July 2026. The San Francisco Chronicle and SFist carried it on 9 July 2026.
The building at the corner
The three-story structure held a mortuary and two apartments for the Gartner Brothers, on the city planning department's record. The city dates it to 1926. The Chronicle describes its red-tiled roof and lists the tenants that followed the mortuary: the first LGBTQ+-owned bank in the United States, then a Kinko's, a FedEx outpost and the law offices of Keller Grover. A 2016 city historic review calls the bank the first financial institution established by a partnership of gays and lesbians in the United States. SF YIMBY dates that tenancy, the Atlas Saving and Loan Association, to 1981 through 1985.
How the tower meets the landmark
RG Architecture designed the tower, and the project keeps the historic building. Riyad Ghannam of RG Architecture told the Chronicle the two-story main entrance becomes the lobby entrance, and the roof of the historic building becomes part of a roof deck for an amenities space. Ghannam said walkers will enter through a lobby of another era and move into the new building from there.
The tower above is clad in precast glass fiber-reinforced concrete panels and painted steel. The cladding rises from a podium the Chronicle calls Spanish Colonial and SF YIMBY calls Spanish Revival.
The dimensions on the record
The tower runs 23 stories and 239 feet on about 0.4 acre. SF YIMBY puts the yield at about 237,650 square feet, with 206,060 square feet of housing, 2,450 square feet of retail and 16,500 square feet of underground garage. The approved total is 201 homes across 10 studios, 100 one-bedrooms, 81 two-bedrooms and 10 three-bedrooms. Parking covers 62 cars and 138 bicycles.
The transit stops
Church station on Muni Metro sits 385 metres away, at Market Street, Church Street and 14th Street in the Duboce Triangle. The N Judah stops at Church Street and Duboce Avenue, 286 metres from the corner. The F Market and Wharves streetcar runs along Market Street.
The United States Mint at 155 Hermann Street stands 152 metres west, on the National Register of Historic Places. SF YIMBY describes the 1965 Market Street property as overlooking the mint.
The timeline behind the approval
The property owners filed an application in 2015 for a seven-story, 96-unit building. The scheme grew to 16 stories and then to 23 stories and 201 homes. The final application used Senate Bill 330, Senate Bill 423 and the State Density Bonus law, with entitlements secured in under two years and residential capacity close to 89 percent above base zoning.
The second site across Duboce
1939 Market Street sits 68 metres away. Mercy Housing and Openhouse co-develop an affordable senior tower there at 15 stories and 159 feet, with 187 units. Paulett Taggart Architects leads the design with Y.A. Studio. SF YIMBY reported in December 2025 that construction is expected to start in late 2026 or early 2027, at a cost of at least $117 million, with completion as early as 2029.
The date that stays open
No construction start is published for 1965 Market Street. SF YIMBY reports the estimated cost and timeline for construction are not established. No general contractor, no construction lender and no building permit appear in the sources reviewed. A route planner can mark the corner today.