Planning To Raise Shadow Limits For SF’s Transbay Towers To Rise
While the design for San Francisco’s Transbay Tower to rise on Mission between 1st and Fremont Streets has shrunk from 1,200 to 1,070 feet, the proposed 61-story tower will still…
Razing The Roof Over The Old Francisco Street Reservoir
In early 2008, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission floated the idea of selling off the Francisco Reservoir to developers with hopes of getting as much as $50 million for…
The Agent Won The Race (But Lost The War) Over On Berry Street
As we wrote in April: In default since January 2011 when already $34,633 past due on a $727,920 first, and originally scheduled to first hit the courthouse steps last month…
Zynga’s Business Is Now worth Less Than Its Building
Having cut projections once again, Zynga is currently trading at $2.32 a share for a market cap of $1.76 billion. With around a billion and a half dollars of cash…
Back In The Black But Now Dining In The Red And Playing Down Below
Briefly in contract for a rumored $5,400,000 in 2009 when asking $5,900,000, the nearly 11,000 square foot Mediterranean styled villa at 299 Santa Paula Avenue ended up selling for $4,400,000…
If Not Gangnam, Gaggenau Style On Saint Germain
Listed for $7,500,000 in 2006, the 7,000-plus square foot Clarendon Heights home at 37 Saint Germain was withdrawn from the market in 2007 without a reported sale. Names to be…
Calling All Psy-chics: Apples-To-Apples On States
Condo converted in early 2011, the upper level two-bedroom condo at 219 States Street hit the market a year ago listed for $1,129,000 and sold for $1,025,000 this past December.…
The New ACT For The Shuttered Strand Theater On Market Street
Constructed in 1917, the Strand Theater at 1127 Market Street has sat vacant and boarded up since 2003 when it was raided and closed down by the San Francisco Police…
The 325 Fremont Tower Scoop: Twenty-Five Stories In The Works
A plan to build a 200-foot, twenty-two story building with 59 dwelling units at 325 Fremont was first approved over a decade ago, a plan which was revised in 2004…
Only Twelve Feet Wide But Living Large On Telegraph Hill
As we first wrote about the twelve foot wide, eleven on the inside, modern Telegraph Hill home at 368 Vallejo in July: Purchased for $272,000 in 1998, the one-bedroom single-family…