“San Francisco” Home Prices End 2012 Up 14.4%, Condos Up 21.3%
According to the December 2012 S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index, single-family home prices in the San Francisco MSA rose 0.7% from November to December 2012 and ended the year up 14.4%…
The Proposed Park, Plaza, And Mission Rock Square
As part of the Giants’ proposed Mission Rock Development, a new park, plaza and public square at the heart of the development will be built on eight of the area’s…
San Francisco Prestige Index Stalled In Q4 But Ends 2012 Up 8.4%
The First Republic Prestige Home Index for “San Francisco” homes valued at more than $1 million and currently averaging $2.73 million fell a nominal 0.1 percent from the third to…
Planning For A Projected 190,000 New Jobs In San Francisco By 2040
With the population of the Bay Area expected to increase from roughly 7 million to 9 million people over the next 30 years, an integrated long-range transportation and land-use/housing plan…
No Valentine’s Day Love For Orchard Supply Hardware In SF
As we first reported two weeks ago with respect to the proposal to convert the Pacific Sales building at 975 Bryant into a 33,000 square foot Orchard Supply Hardware store:…
A Plugged-In Public Service Announcement
The finder of a set of keys that were found along the running path in the Panhandle browses the USB drive attached to the key ring, Googles the addresses of…
America’s Cup Amphitheater Ready For Commission’s Rubber Stamp
Having more than doubled in size since plans were reviewed by the public and approved by San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors last March, the now 9,000 seat amphitheater to be…
A Call For New Parklets And Chance To Praise (Or Dish)
With 38 Parklets having been built across San Francisco, some of which are better than others, and a new Parklet Manual outlining the policies, procedures and guidelines for creating a…
San Francisco Overlook Project Generates Some Form Letter Outrage
On the boards for nearly a decade, the proposed San Francisco Overlook Project would build 34 dwelling units, 12 duplexes and 10 townhouses ranging from 16 to 40 feet in…
NVIDIA Joins The Designer Campus Craze
Following in the footsteps of Apple and Facebook, NVIDIA has announced plans for a new designer campus to be designed by architect Hao Ko, design director for Gensler’s San Francisco…