SAN FRANCISCO—Equity Residential just signed four new retail leases at three sustainable apartment communities in the Design District, 855 Brannan, Potrero 1010 and One Henry Adams. This brings the total leased or opened to 10 within the last 10 months, totaling 20,855 square feet, says Drew Sullins, vice president of development, Equity Residential.

“855 Brannan is the newest project and is two-thirds open. The additional one-third will be open in first quarter 2018,” Sullins tells GlobeSt.com. “It is unique because it takes up half of a city block with pedestrian connections, a grove of redwood trees and ground-floor residential. The neighborhood has exploded with people, and there is a cool mix of new and old.”

The new leases at 855 Brannan include an artisanal taco bar, El Pipila, the latest entrepreneurial restaurant to come from the Mission's La Cocina food incubator. A second highly anticipated new food purveyor is Christina Siu's lease to introduce SOMA Slice, a wood-fired artisanal pizza outlet. Siu is the owner of the already popular Taqueria Dos Amigos and is the sister of Maxine Siu, the owner of Potrero's famed restaurant, Plow. Rounding out the deals is Peet's Coffee & Tea, a Bay Area institution that is scheduled to open in second quarter 2018 at the corner of 8th and Brannan.