Temporary Transbay Bus Terminal: First Prefab Buildings Placed
The site was cleared in January and now the first of the prefab buildings that will compose the Temporary Transbay Terminal at 200 Folsom have been placed on site. A…
Calling All Contractors That Still Have Cash…
From the listing for 324 Day over in Noe Valley: Contractor special! Construction stopped during renovation and was foreclosed. Seller/lender anxious to sell, very motivated. Bring your best offer, don’t…
Perspective(s) On How Infinity Floor Plans Currently Stack Up
A plugged-in Mark Choey tackles the query of what’s made the Infinity realatively “hot” recently (“it has been confirmed that it is currently the fastest selling project in the West…
Avalon At Mission Bay III (240 Berry): Now Open And The Rents
With a grand opening last week, the first wave of the 260 Avalon At Mission Bay III apartments at 240 Berry are now officially rental inventory. Currently advertised asking rents…
Assessing The Potential Upside Of A Down Market: Tax Basis Redux
“Starting July 2, California homeowners who think the market value of their home as of Jan. 1, 2009, is less than its assessed value for 2009-10 can ask their assessor…
One Hawthorne: It Goes No Higher
An inquiry from a reader: Has One Hawthorne topped off, and if not, how many more floors are left to build? I am trying to figure out how much it…
Going Once, Going Twice…Sold (Just Not At Auction)
The sale of the now fairly infamous 3731 Fillmore #2 appears to have closed escrow ten days ago, although the MLS was just updated today. Unfortunately it looks to be…
San Francisco County Unemployment Up To 9.1 Percent In May ’09
Preliminary May labor force data counts for San Francisco, Marin and San Mateo counties puts the unemployment rate at 9.1%, 7.5% and 8.4% respectively, up 0.3 percentage points from April…
From Renovation To Potentially Razed For 680/690 Folsom
According to J.K. Dineen, TMG Partners’ renovation and redesign of 680/690 Folsom might never see the light of day through those proposed glass curtain walls. Instead, the buildings could be…
Lease. Own. Evolve. (Which Shouldn’t Have Come As Any Surprise)
The Millennium’s new “Lease. Own. Evolve.” campaign shouldn’t have caught any plugged-in people by surprise. It’s the rental program we broke the news about in May. As we wrote at…