The Race Is On Down In The Marina
Purchased for $2,500,000 in 2006, the renovated “Mediterranean Revival jewel” at 3737 Broderick Street, “just steps from the Marina Green and the St. Francis and Golden Gate Yacht Clubs,” returned…
U.S. Housing Starts Slip From January But Well Up Year-Over-Year
Housing starts in the U.S. slipped 1.1 percent from January to February but were up 34.7 percent year over year driven by demand for rentals and multi-family housing with construction…
Breaking Ground At 530 Folsom For The Rene Cazenave Apartments
Construction, or parking lot deconstruction, might have commenced a few months ago, but in two weeks the ceremonial groundbreaking for the Rene Cazenave Apartments at 530 Folsom and the corner…
Bay Area Economic Outlook And Challenges
While acknowledging the Bay Area holds a productivity edge with respect to the tech sector, which has been responsible for 100% of the Bay Area’s growth since 2005, and that…
A Non-Historic Win For The Owners Of 247 Powell Street
Over the objections of the owners of the building in which the Gold Dust Lounge resides, in February the operators of the 46-year old bar at 247 Powell Street requested…
¡Ay, Caramba! Nos Gusta Over On El Camino Del Mar
Purchased for $5,500,000 in early 2008 and then remodeled by Ken Fulk in 2009, the Spanish-Mediterranean Sea Cliff home at 738 El Camino Del Mar Avenue has just returned to…
It Was Indeed
As we wrote this past January: Having been “thoroughly remodeled,” the single-family home at 1893 San Jose Avenue sold for $1,100,000 in March of 2007 financed with a first mortgage…
From Semi-Charmed Life To Renovated Condo At 1254 Washington
As we first reported in 2008 with respect to the penthouse at 1254 Washington Street: Third Eye Blind front man Stephen Jenkins’ successfully sold his Pacific Heights mini-manse in 2005.…
One Rincon Hill Tower Two Site Sold, Rentals Likely To Rise
As we first reported in January, the One Rincon Hill second tower site was in play, but Miami based Crescent Heights wasn’t the buyer. Instead, Principal Global Investors picked it…
Transbay Land Cost Cut Another $50 Million For Shrunken Tower
Having bid a winning $350 million for the land upon which to build San Francisco’s Transbay Transit Tower and Terminal back in 2007, over twice as much as the next…