March Madness For 5950 Margarido (Coincidence?)
While we typically wait until a property has closed escrow, or at the very least until all contingencies have been waived, a plugged-in tipster notes that 5950 Margarido just went…
A Beacon Of Distress (250 King #802)
A Beacon (250 King Street) and neighborhood comp at $906,666 ($614 per square foot) in April 2006, the 1,476 square foot two-bedroom on the eighth floor of 250 King Street…
(Not So) Simply For Our Love Of A Beautiful Staircase
No real story, it’s simply for our love of 650 Delancey #213’s staircase. Okay, and so it’s also the fifth time since September 2008 the Oriental Warehouse loft has been…
Mayor Newsom’s Voluntary Soft-Story Legislation Up For A Vote
Mayor Newsom’s voluntary soft-story seismic retrofitting legislation is before the Board of Supervisors for a vote this afternoon. The legislation would “waive permit processing fees for the proportionate share of…
Presidio Landmark Building 1801 Recovering Nicely From Wingectomy
The non-historic wings have been removed and Forest City’s redevelopment of Building 1801 (soon to be known as “Presidio Landmark,” previously known as the rather less inviting and marketable Public…
The Green Is Gone At 438 Roosevelt
As we wrote about 438 Roosevelt in 2007: Get over the choice of exterior paint and get inside: big windows, views and lots of light; a steel and glass staircase;…
Maybeck’s 270 Castenada Sells For $573 Per Square Foot
Asking $3,890,000 two years ago, available for rent at $10,000 per month last August, and then back on the market for $2,199,000 this past January, the sale of the Bernard…
Napa “Gentlemen” Growers Getting Squeezed Like A Grape
“In California’s Napa Valley, producer of the most expensive U.S. wines, 2010 may be a vintage year for foreclosures as the industry is squeezed by falling land values and a…
The Clarendon Heights Contemporary Parade Continues: 206 Palo Alto
We’re intrigued by the house and more than a few design elements (the photography at this price point, not so much). From the listing: With world class Bridge to Bridge…
Measuring A Rising Bay Area Tide
From the Chronicle: In the Bay Area, First American shows the Vallejo-Fairfield metropolitan market (essentially Solano County) with 61 percent of mortgage holders underwater. The next-highest concentration – but the…