Plans For Six Stories And 42 New SRO Units On Folsom Street
According to a plugged-in tipster, David Baker + Partners has been quietly working on the designs for a six-story building that could be built at 1174-1178 Folsom Street with fronts…
There’s Now A Fireplace On The 48th Floor
The Millennium Tower at 301 Mission Street wasn’t built with any fireplaces in place, but that didn’t stop the buyer of 301 Mission Street #48B from adding one. Purchased as…
The Renovation Of 100 Van Ness And 400 New Rentals Are Underway
With demo work on the interior and exterior of 100 Van Ness Avenue underway, the Emerald Fund has filed a request to reduce the percentage of below market rate units…
Demolition Of Derelict North Beach Pagoda Theater Set For Approval
The rehabilitation and rebuilding of the gutted and long blighted North Beach Pagoda Theater was first approved in 2008, with plans to convert the theater into 18 condos over two…
55 Laguna Set To Take A Step Forward By Preserving The Past
The proposed rehabilitation of Woods and Richardson Halls and redevelopment of the 55 Laguna campus, including the building of 413 new housing units and a park, is set to take…
A Peek Inside And About A $100M Hillsborough Estate
A few photos from inside and about the 16,000 square foot de Guigne mansion and 48-acre Hillsborough estate have popped up on the Sotheby’s website.
Raising The Roof And Neighborhood Median In Noe Valley
Listed as a 1,394 square foot Victorian with potential for $765,000 in January of 2010, the then two-bedroom home at 4179 23rd Street sold for $676,000 that May. Following a…
A Mansion And 48 Acres In Hillsborough For $100M And A Wait
The 16,000-square-foot mansion above was built in 1918 at the center of the 47.5-acre de Guigne estate down in Hillsborough, at the end of Glenbrook Drive. In 2002, testimony in…
How To (Illegally) Turn A Powder Room Into A “Legal” Full Bath
From the comments regarding the right way to report unpermitted work in San Francisco: “I’ve seen plenty of rehab projects that were dressed up for inspection, and converted after sign…
The Alioto’s Towering Home On Vallejo Hits The Market For $16.5M
Frank and Frances Alioto purchased the 9,500 square foot Pacific Heights house at 2898 Vallejo Street in 1973 for $225,000 following its use in the filming of The Towering Inferno,…