The district the route runs through
Artists Hub on Market is a 15-story building under construction at 1687 Market Street in San Francisco. The Office of the Mayor release of 28 July 2026 places it in the Hub neighborhood at the crossroads of Hayes Valley, Civic Center, the Mission District and the Castro.
The building carries the arts programme an itinerary can use. The release names music and dance rehearsal and practice studios, a black box theater and programmatic and office space. SF YIMBY reports a neighborhood cafe at the corner of Market and Gough Street.
What opens, and when
The groundbreaking was 28 July 2026. SF YIMBY gives completion by Spring 2028 and the Office of the Mayor release gives 2028. The City launches the Artist Housing Certification Program in early 2027 and anticipates the housing lottery for the project in early 2027.
No venue in the building books in 2026. Build the route around the stops that open today and hold the theater, the studios and the cafe as the 2028 addition.
Leg one: Market and Gough
The published scale at the door is area. SF YIMBY gives 104,440 square feet of building area at 151 feet tall, with about 80,000 square feet of housing and 19,330 square feet of arts activity. The record publishes no seat count, no rate and no operator for the theater or the studios.
Leg two: Hayes Valley
Distances below are straight-line, computed from OpenStreetMap coordinates for 1687 Market Street at 37.77277, -122.42194. SFJAZZ Center at 201 Franklin Street is 0.25 miles from the door and Patricia's Green on Octavia Boulevard is 0.28 miles. Hayes Valley Inn at 417 Gough Street is 0.30 miles and is the nearest hotel inside the mile.
Leg three: Civic Center
Davies Symphony Hall at 201 Van Ness Avenue is 0.35 miles out. The War Memorial Opera House at 301 Van Ness Avenue is 0.40 miles and Inn at the Opera at 333 Fulton Street is 0.41 miles. Herbst Theatre at 401 Van Ness Avenue is 0.47 miles.
Hotel Whitcomb at 1231 Market Street is 0.53 miles. The Asian Art Museum at 200 Larkin Street is 0.61 miles and Civic Center station at 1150 Market Street is 0.63 miles.
Leg four: Mid-Market
The Orpheum Theatre at 1192 Market Street is 0.59 miles from the door. The Strand Theater at 1127 Market Street is 0.68 miles and San Francisco Proper Hotel at 1100 Market Street is 0.76 miles. The Golden Gate Theatre at 1 Taylor Street is 0.90 miles and Hotel Kabuki at 1625 Post Street is 0.95 miles. Five further hotels sit beyond the mile, from The Marker at 1.10 miles to Hotel Zeppelin at 1.20 miles.
Routing the day without a coach
Four rail stations sit on Market Street at these computed distances from the door: Van Ness station at 0.22 miles, Church Street station at 0.55 miles, Civic Center station at 0.63 miles and Powell Street station at 1.17 miles.
The current plan carries 110 secured bicycle spaces, reduced from 124 in the February 2026 filing. The release lists secured bicycle parking among the building amenities.
The timeline an operator holds
Eight venues and five hotels sit inside a mile of the door today. The two published completion windows are Spring 2028 and 2028, and each belongs to its publisher. Hold the black box theater, the rehearsal studios and the cafe as a 2028 addition, and quote the arts floor area at 19,330 square feet.