Housing Starts Slip From April To May But Up 28.5% Year-Over-Year
Housing starts in the U.S. slipped 4.8 percent from April to May, once again driven by a slowdown in the multi-family housing sector as starts for structures with five (5)…
Vandals In SF: Mayoral Q&A (Question & Accusation)
Tomorrow’s question and accusation from Supervisor Wiener that Mayor Lee is scheduled to answer with a scripted response: Only a few days after the opening of the wonderful new children’s…
A New Church And 100 Condos At Gough And Eddy, God Willing
Back in 1995, a fire destroyed the St. Paulus Evangelical Lutheran Church that once stood at the corner of Gough and Eddy Streets where a garden now grows. Currently home…
Renovated Marina Jewel Falls Short But Avoids The Courthouse Steps
As we reported this past March: 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…
How Are Bay Area Henrys Feeling About Housing?
Defined by Bloomberg as earning between $100,000 and $250,000 a year, the Bay Area has more than its fair share of High Earner Not Rich Yet “Henrys.” In 2010, retailers…
No Apples On Ames But A Taste For Modern And Healthy Appetite
As we first reported last month (and back in 2008): Following a Boor Bridges led renovation over which a reader waxed poetic and the builder chimed in, the 840 square…
Bank-Owned Landmark San Francisco Mansion Sells For $11.5M
Nine years after completing a reported $10 million (plus) renovation, the San Francisco Landmark Ellinwood Mansion at 2799 Pacific was foreclosed upon in 2009 with $11,363,000 owed and no bidders…
Reported San Francisco Employment Unchanged In May
Preliminary May labor force data counts for San Francisco, Marin and San Mateo counties pegs the unemployment rates at 7.4%, 6.3% and 6.8% respectively, unchanged in San Francisco and San…
Perfectly Safer For Work (And Play) Modern Property Porn
As we wrote about 355 Bryant Street #409 back in June of 2007: Yes, we have a soft spot for 355 Bryant. And no, it’s not going to be everyone’s…
Sue Hestor Seeks To Stop Transit Center Tower Development Short
Speaking of the Planning Commission approved Transit Center District Plan necessary for the Transbay Transit Tower and Terminal to rise, yesterday Sue Hestor filed an appeal of Planning’s approval on…