The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/12/03/mint-plaza-sleeping-pod-developer-buys-mostly-vacant-live-work-building-on-mid-market/A Mid-Market building full of affordable studio units that was the subject of a protracted eviction fight in the last decade is now slated to become home to 400 sleeping pods, if a developer gets his way. You may recall the saga of 1049 Market Street, a six-story former office building between Sixth and Seventh streets where a new owner attempted to evict 100 or so artists and students who lived there in 2013. The building is one of three on that block that were converted by the same developer in the late 1990s into "live-work" spaces that functioned as SRO-style dwelling units, many with loft beds and kitchenettes, and shared bathrooms.

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