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“The residential real estate market improved ahead of the end of the past seven contractions, with home construction starts beginning to climb an average of seven months before gross domestic…
Five bedrooms, five baths and over 5,000 square feet, the contemporary 388 Lansdale was built in 1991 the same year Michael Jackson released Dangerous. And while not one of his…
While 3D Investments’ redevelopment of the Japan Center Mall and Peace Plaza was pushed back by the economy late last year, the Planning Department’s Japantown Better Neighborhood Plan has been…
“The Strata, the first development on the still-unopened new Fourth Street, has leased 103 apartments in 90 days…four apartments a month above leasing goals, although Urban Housing Group has slashed…
Commissioned by Dr. C. N. Ellinwood in 1893, 2799 Pacific was designed by Eugene Freeman and its 28 rooms, 14 fireplaces and glass domed center hallway were finished in 1894.…
“With many developers predicting that highrise development of any sort won’t work economically for another five years, public agencies are struggling with a development model in which private builders pay…
Returning to the market this winter, 1333 Waller (a.k.a. “Fall” in the row of “Four Seasons” Victorians on Waller) closed escrow near the end of spring (6/12/09) with a reported…
As we wrote about 70 Williams last month under the headline of “A Single-Family In The Threes (But Expect At Least As Many Offers)“: So Williams isn’t the most scenic…
The sale of 38 Topaz Way up in Gold Mine Hill closed escrow yesterday with a reported contract price of $790,000 (12% under asking and 10.9% under its last sale…
From the San Francisco Examiner with respect to various development fees: Because of the dismal economy…city officials are drafting new legislation that could allow developer fees to be paid after…