Video: Cranes Lifting Seismic Dampers for HSIR Improvements

  The HSIR Improvements Program recently achieved a major feat over a couple of weekends when the UCSF Real Estate team directed the mobilization of two cranes – measuring 135- and 250 feet – for seismic improvements needed on the Health Sciences East (HSE) and Health Sciences West (HSW) towers...

Video: Take a Virtual Tour into New Parnassus Heights Campus Core

The Parnassus Central Campus Site Improvements project, lovingly referred to as PCCSI, will transform the Parnassus Heights campus by significantly expanding the campus core open space. The design prioritizes accessible circulation and creates welcoming and healing spaces. This video, narrated by...

Video: Virtual Tour of UCSF Bakar Research and Academic Building

Watch a virtual tour of the UCSF Barbara and Gerson Bakar Research and Academic Building (BRAB) with narration from Alicia Murasaki, Assistant Vice Chancellor Campus Planning and Campus Architect for UCSF Real Estate. The building is under construction on the Parnassus Heights campus and is...

Parnassus Heights Construction Update: Fall 2024

This fall, major projects at Parnassus Heights continue to progress as the projects prepare to take shape in the new year. This quarterly update by UCSF Real Estate provides essential information about important capital projects and their impacts on the campus. You can find additional community...

Parnassus Heights Construction Update: Summer 2024

This summer, UCSF construction efforts on the Parnassus Heights campus are nearing new milestones. This quarterly update by UCSF Real Estate provides essential information about important capital projects and their impacts on campus. You can find community updates on UCSF construction and design...

Celebrating the Legacy of Stuart Eckblad: A Visionary for the Health Care Design and Construction Industry

Stuart Eckblad, who has dedicated 18 years to successfully completing several UCSF Health major design and construction projects, will retire on July 31, 2024, as Vice President of Health Major Capital Projects for Real Estate at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Stuart is...

Parnassus Heights Construction Update: Spring 2024

With the arrival of spring at UCSF, construction efforts at Parnassus Heights are in full swing. This quarterly update by UCSF Real Estate provides essential information about important capital projects and their impacts on campus.  You can find community updates on UCSF construction and design...

UCSF Real Estate Champions Sustainability with 8 All-Electric Projects

UCSF Real Estate continues to lead the charge in sustainability with its commitment to all-electric projects aimed at reducing carbon footprint and promoting eco-conscious construction and design. As Earth Day approaches on April 22, 2024, we celebrate the completion and ongoing progress of eight...

Parnassus Heights Construction Update: Early 2024

Construction continues to run at full steam at Parnassus Heights. This quarterly update shares what you need to know about major construction impacts on campus. Dates and other project details are subject to change. The next update will be available in spring 2024. You can find community updates...

Two Houses Make Room for New Administrative Services Building

In a step of UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland’s campus modernization project, two Craftsman-style bungalows facing the hospital on 52nd Street have been moved to a new home a block away. The two structures, owned by the hospital and used as offices, were relocated last month to hospital-...