Eighty-eight bunk beds placed in the basement levels of two proposed apartment buildings are included in project plans for San Francisco's Mission District.A developer is proposing new housing plans to the city of San Francisco that include 88 50-square-foot underground "sleeping pods."
The Kansas-based developer Chris Elsey of Elsey Partners, who runs the company with his twin brother,in San Francisco's Mission neighborhood, which will include 88 50-square-foot underground "sleeping pods" that are essentially bunk beds. The plans need to be approved by the San Francisco Planning Department before the developers can move forward to submitting a building application.
The "sleeping pods" would be priced at $1,000 to $1,375 and stacked bunk bed-style, with curtains in lieu of doors for privacy. On the building's ground level and above, 161 studio units, measuring 200-square-feet and with individual bathrooms and kitchens, will be priced between $2,000 and $2,375. "The people that are in the basement, they have basically the same view as people on the second or third floor," Elsey told Business Insider.
The San Francisco Planning Department did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment.
Underground living quarters...in San Francisco. I guess nothing can go wrong with that idea, eh? 🤔
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