Plugged-In People Should Have Seen This One Coming A Year Away
“A report released Monday by the controller’s office shows that property tax revenues will likely be $35 million less than anticipated in the 2009-10 fiscal year that began July 1.…
And On His Little San Francisco Farm He Grew…A Short Sale
As we wrote a year and a half ago: Purchased for $749,000 in March of 2007, another one of the four little Donald MacDonald “Urban Townhouses” on Hermann (396) didn’t…
Belli’s Barbary Coast (And At One Time) Belle Of A Building
As Melvin Belli’s one time Gold Coast home still seeks a buyer, over the past month the infamous and Landmark Belli Building at 722-728 Montgomery has been doing the same.…
Down on Nob Hill at Gramercy Towers (1177 California)
Billed as having the “Most desired junior 1 bedroom floorplan in building,” Gramercy Towers (1177 California) #1022 is on the market and asking $499,000. It was purchased for $462,000 three…
Affordable Housing Requirements For Rental Development Challenged
A developer’s recent legal challenge of the affordable housing requirements imposed by the City of Los Angeles in order to gain approval for a new market rate residential rental development…
Oh My (And Bank Owned) At The Odeon On O’Farrell
Purchased for $800,000 in December 2006, Odeon (181 O’Farrell) #508 was taken back by the bank. It’s been listed at $601,400, a sale at which would represent a 25 percent…
Views From The Top (And A Renovation Below To Boot)
While they seem to be selling the views (from the roof), the interior of 1724 Grant Street has “been renovated from top to bottom” (kitchen, baths, etc.) as well. Purchased…
From Rendering To Reality And On The Market For 1327 7th Avenue
The rendering above, the reality below, and it’s on the market for the eleven residential condos and ground floor retail of 1327 7th Avenue between Judah and Irving. The two-bedrooms…
The Grand Plan And Aesthetics For Candlestick/Hunters Point
The full Candlestick Point-Hunters Point Shipyard Phase II Development Plan Draft Environmental Impact Report is now online in six volumes and thirty-eight parts. The overview: The Project proposed by Lennar…
Motivated Seller Seeks Motivated Buyer For Mutual “Advantage”
From the flyer for 999 Greet Street #2802 making the rounds amongst the brokerages by way of a tipster: “Very Motivated Seller! (Seller has tax advantage if sold in 2009!).”…