SAN FRANCISCO-Solomon Cordwell Buenz, an award-winning architecture, interior design and planning firm has broke ground on San Francisco's newest sustainable and affordable high-rise: TransBay Block 6.

Mayor Edwin Lee and city Supervisor Jane Kim welcomed the luxury complex to the South of Market (SoMa) neighborhood at a Tuesday ceremony arranged by developers Golub & Company and Mercy Housing.

Plans for the 409-unit complex include an apartment tower, townhome residences, a ground-level courtyard and street-front retail, with an targeted opening in December 2015. The affordable housing 8-story building, designed by Santos Prescott and Associates, will offer 70 units of affordable housing through Mercy Housing.

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