It’s Time To Whet Our Weekend Whistles
It was fifteen months ago we first reported the Biergarten in the works for Parcel L, part of the Proxy project along Octavia Boulevard. Now open Wednesday through Sunday from…
Planning Hates Your Façade? Print A New One!
From the Chicago Tribune with respect to the proposed lipstick for 618 South Michigan Avenue on Chicago’s historic Michigan Avenue Streetwall which suffered from “a bad modernist makeover” in 1958:…
After Two Weeks, 1532 Church Street Is…Reduced
While some expected it to fly off the market when listed for $895,000 sans tenants two weeks ago, the list price for 1532 Church Street has been reduced a nominal…
Forty Percent Below 2004’s Below Market Rate At 333 Grant
As we first reported this past July: One of 39 post-conversion condos and a Below Market Rate (BMR) unit as designated by the Mayor’s Office of housing, 333 Grant Avenue…
From Tangerine To A Gold Coast Dream
Okay, while we weren’t going to name names, apparently the Wall Street Journal did, and the buyer of 2950 Broadway was musician (think Tangerine Dream) turned real estate and natural…
A Pincus House (But Never A Pincus Home)
While purchased by the Pincus family in 2009 for $8,100,000, despite a number of (mis)reports suggesting otherwise, the family never called 3855 Washington Street home. In fact, we don’t believe…
Have No Fear, Red’s To Remain In Place For The America’s Cup
While it might have been obscured in the race venue renderings, have no fear, Red’s Java House will remain in place when the America’s Cup sails into town.
It’s Déjà Foreclosure All Over Again For 38 Alviso
In 1989 the Ingleside Terrace home at 38 Alviso Street was purchased for $355,000. Five years later, with the median sale price per square foot in the neighborhood having dropped…
Rendering Scoop: San Francisco’s Major America’s Cup Venues
A plugged-in tipster delivers a copy of the most recent presentation from the organizers of the 34th America’s Cup to the S.F. Bay Conservation and Development Commission Design Review Board…
2950 Broadway Sells For $29,500,000 (And No, That’s Not A Typo)
The sale of 2950 Broadway closed escrow yesterday with a reported contract price of $29,500,000 ($2,682 per listed square foot). In the absolute, call it the second most expensive single-family…