The Case For A Shorter (Or Perhaps Taller) Tower At 706 Mission?
As we reported when we first published the details and renderings for the proposed 550-foot tower to rise at 706 Mission last month: Currently zoned for 400-feet, the project will…
S&P/Case-Shiller San Francisco: Home/Condo Prices Continue Gains
According to the June 2012 S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index, single-family home prices in the San Francisco MSA gained 2.8% from May 2012 to June 2012, up 3.0% year-over-year (YOY) but…
Tech Jobs Up By A Third In San Francisco, Filled Mostly By Commuters
From the Examiner, to SFAppeal, to TechCrunch, news sites across the country have been misreporting that the number of tech jobs in San Francisco has tripled from January through June…
The Tale Of Armistead Maupin’s “37 Percent Over Asking” Sale
Last month we first reported Armistead Maupin’s 1,606 square foot home was about to hit the market at 27 Belmont Avenue As we noted at the time, the property had…
Golden State Warriors Snag Snøhetta For Piers 30-32 Stadium Design
While Facebook has tapped Frank Gehry, the Golden State Warriors have snagged Snøhetta, the architecture firm behind SFMOMA’s expansion and the waterfront Norwegian National Opera and Ballet building pictured above,…
Frank Gehry Engaged To Design Facebook’s Menlo Park Expansion
While Apple has their iCon, Facebook has engaged the iconic Frank Gehry to design their Menlo Park campus expansion with plans to break ground in early 2013. From Facebook’s Environmental…
Inside The Urban Pad At 2495 Harrison And Behind The Plans For More
As we first wrote about 2495 Harrison Street last year: A saloon in 1888, vacant since 2008, and having served as a commercial space between, as proposed the single-story building…
Testing The Waters For An Eight-Story Building At 7th And Minna
With Heller Manus at the helm, a proposal to raze the Good Hotel annex at 114 7th Street and construct an eight-story building with forty-eight dwelling units, fifteen underground parking…
Moscone Center’s Expansion Plans Going Underground
Having abandoned a onetime proposal to raze 680 Folsom to make way for Moscone Center’s growth, and the re-skinning and renovation of 680 Folsom well underway, a plan to dig…
438 Roosevelt Returns Listed For 24,490 Benjamins
As we wrote about 438 Roosevelt when it was on the market in 2007 asking $2,995,000: Get over the choice of exterior paint and get inside: big windows, views and…