528 Laurel St

The 528 Laurel St proposal would add 62 homes in a 5-story building at the former UCSF Laurel Heights campus in Presidio Heights. The site remains vacant, with a midcentury office building and extensive surface parking. The project is pursuing AB 2011 ministerial approval and remains in review following its February 2026 filing.

The proposal forms part of the broader Presidio Highlands redevelopment. In December 2014, SKS Partners and Prado Group signed a 99-year ground lease with UCSF for the 10.3-acre campus. Opponents later secured historic designation for the main building, the San Francisco Business Times reported in 2018. Prado Group and SKS Partners then won unanimous Board of Supervisors approval for a 744-home master development in 2019 after defeating appeals.

Laurel Heights residents sued the city in 2020 over the redevelopment’s environmental review, according to the San Francisco Standard. The parties subsequently settled the litigation. UCSF closed the campus in June 2023 after occupying it since the late 1980s. The office building had housed about 1,200 employees, and the property later served as a pandemic vaccination and testing center.

The current development phase advanced in February 2026, when SF YIMBY reported permit filings for the first three Presidio Highlands buildings, representing 152 homes. The publication identified Prado Group as the developer. In January 2026, the Chronicle reported that construction was expected to begin in late 2026.

The August 2026 dossier update shows the 528 Laurel St permit still under review. The parcel has 7 prior permits and no dead planning records. Presidio Heights has 27 pipeline projects totaling 739 homes. The tracker’s feasibility model finds the project eligible but not financially feasible, with a 5 yield on cost against a 6.5 requirement and a 147-basis-point shortfall.