A recent pivot in the plans for a development project on San Francisco's bayside waterfront could be the latest sign that local developers are ready to bet big on housing once again.

The City’s Port Commission earlier this month approved a request from the project’s developer, Strada Investment Group, to split up the firm’s proposal to build housing and office space on a pair of neighboring sites owned by the Port of San Francisco that lie along The Embarcadero.

The change, first reported by the San Francisco Business Times, will allow work on the proposed 618-unit residential buildings at seawall lot 330 to move forward . It does so by severing the component that calls for the construction of a 375,000-square-foot office building on Piers 30-32, just across The Embarcadero from lot 33

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