San Francisco’s One Thumb Up
BusinessWeek gives San Francisco real estate a “thumbs up” in terms of “Value for the Long Run.” And while we agree, the jury is still out with regard to the…
We’re Thinking Gehry (No, Not Geary)
As if right on cue, the day after we publish an overview of the Transbay Redevelopment, the Transbay Joint Powers Authority ratifies an international design competition for the Transbay Terminal…
It’s All Relative
There are a number of things we find attractive about 161 Elsie (listed at $1,349,000), but we have to admit that being billed as an “Affordible Noe Alternative” really isn’t…
Booming In Bernal?
We can’t help but notice a mini-boom of extensively renovated (or newly constructed) Bernal Heights homes hitting the market over the past couple of months. The latest example: 115 Wool…
New Developments: The Montgomery (74 New Montgomery)
Work continues on the conversion of 74 New Montgomery (a “historic high-rise office building” built in 1914 and listed on San Francisco’s historical register) into 107 condominium residences (“The Montgomery“).…
SocketSite’s San Francisco Inventory Update: 10/30/06
Inventory of Active listed single family homes, condos, and TICs declined in San Francisco last week (down 2.9% since 10/16/06). The decrease marks the first such decline since Labor Day,…
A Big 450 Square Feet
It’s listed at only 450 square feet, but we’re getting the feeling that 1001 Pine Street #608 just might be a textbook example of how a well designed small space…
888 Seventh Street: BMR Deadline (11/17/06)
While the sales office for market rate condominiums at 888 Seventh Street is not scheduled to open its doors until spring 2007, applications for the Below Market Rate (BMR) units…
The Transbay Redevelopment
A tipster forwards a response from the Transbay Joint Powers Authority in response to an inquiry concerning the “disgusting bus ramps” that currently seem to define the Transbay area. The…
New In North Beach: 520 Chestnut
A new development in North Beach, 520 Chestnut consists of 20 one and two bedroom condominiums that are being advertised as “starting in the $700,000s” (yes, that’s most likely $789,000).…