8 Octavia Close To Starting Construction
Having been conditionally approved by Planning in August with permits to build the modern 49-unit Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects designed building at 8 Octavia filed that month, the project…
The Strategies For Saving San Francisco’s Japantown
Concerned that San Francisco’s Japantown is at risk with respect to its cultural heritage and economic sustainability, the Japantown Cultural Heritage and Economic Sustainability Strategy (JCHESS) seeks to outline a…
The Designs For Mission Bay Block 40 On The Border Of Potrero Hill
The undeveloped Mission Bay Block 40 sits in the southwest corner of the Mission Bay Redevelopment Area, south of 16th Street and east of Interstate 280 on the border of…
Mid-Century Contemporary In Modern Clothing
While the façade of 101 Montcalm might be Mid-Century Modern, the interior is no longer:
An Unofficial Million Dollar Reduction Over On El Camino Del Mar
As we first wrote about the designer home at 738 El Camino Del Mar Avenue last March: “Purchased for $5,500,000 in early 2008 and then remodeled by Ken Fulk in…
Four Stories Are Falling At Mission And Fremont, Thirty Ready To Rise
As we first reported this past October, the permits to demolish the existing four story Heald College building at 350 Mission Street and construct a 27-story office tower reaching 350…
Café Cocomo’s Dancing Days Are Numbered, Condos Coming Soon?
A plugged-in tipster first put the pieces together. And now, our sources confirm the proposal which suggests that Café Cocomo’s dancing days at 650 Indiana are numbered. The Potrero Hill…
A Billion Dollar Proposal To Rebuild SF’s Two Busiest BART Stations
A third of BART’s daily riders exit or enter the transit system at either the Embarcadero or Montgomery Street stations. With total ridership up six percent over the past year,…
The Big Plans For This East SoMa Block, Bigger Than Planned In Fact
Speaking of height limits in San Francisco, the current zoning for the eastern two-thirds of the SoMa block roughly bounded by Second, Harrison, Third and the Caltrans parcel under Interstate…
Is 535 Mission Street Selling Itself And San Francisco Short?
While some celebrate the news that construction on the 378 foot tower to rise at 535 Mission Street will soon recommence, others wonder if the developers aren’t selling themselves and…