It made perfect sense when, in 2015, a construction company named Shangri-La Builder Inc. bought the dilapidated parking lot at 4805 Mission St. and began to build a five-story building — apartments and ground-floor retail — on the site.
The spot is a prime location in the Excelsior, right on the corner of Russia Avenue and Mission, less than a 10-minute walk away from grocery stores, restaurants and the neighborhood library.
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