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Mattress Factory is Being Turned into San Francisco Homes

Name: Mattress Factory is Being Turned into San Francisco Homes
Uploaded: 2026-03-05T02:00:21+00:00
Duration: 56 s
Channel: Austin Klar
Description: In a concise YouTube commentary, Austin Klar explains that Mary Minor, the widow of Oracle co‑founder Robert Minor, has pledged a $100 million donation…

5 Mar 2026 · 1 min

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In a concise YouTube commentary, Austin Klar explains that Mary Minor, the widow of Oracle co‑founder Robert Minor, has pledged a $100 million donation to build a 17‑story, 182‑foot affordable‑housing and artist‑hub tower on Market Street, occupying the former Mikorosky Mattress Factory site (originally built in 1925). The project will provide 102 affordable apartments, feature extensive bike parking (124 spaces) with no car parking, and include a suite of amenities such as a ground‑level theater, café, lobby, gym, roof deck, and community center. Design is led by Mark Cavaniera Associates and Shades of Green Landscape, with an estimated two‑year construction timeline, though no firm completion date is given. Klar invites viewer comments and encourages follows for more San Francisco real‑estate updates.

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What do Oracle and affordable housing in San Francisco have in common? Well, Mary Minor, the philanthropist widow of one of Oracle's co-founders, Robert Minor, donated $100 million for the construction of a 17-story affordable housing complex and artist hub on Market Street. The site of the new building is the former location of the Mikorosky Mattress Factory that was built in 1925, but it was recently demolished to make way for this new building. The new high-rise will stand 182 feet tall and bring 102 new affordable apartments to the market. And this is probably controversial, but it's 124 bike parking, zero car parking for this building. The building sounds like it's gonna be pretty amenitized though, with a theater on the ground level, a cafe, lobby, gym, roof deck, community center, you name it. Mark Cavaniera Associates and Shades of Green Landscape are helming the design, and there's no firm timeline on completion yet, but it's anticipated it'll take about 2 years. Let me know what you think of the project in the comments and follow me for more San Francisco real estate.