The Soul Of San Francisco And The Backlash By The Bay
“As the center of the technology industry has moved north from Silicon Valley to San Francisco and the largess from tech companies has flowed into the city — Twitter’s stock…
Catching Fire on Mission Street at $2,550 per Square Foot
As we noted when the 1,664 square foot condo on the 48th floor of San Francisco’s Millennium Tower hit the market in February asking $4,500,000, the Millennium Tower wasn’t built…
Clearing The Way For San Francisco’s First Micro-Unit Building
Unless an appeal is filed within the next few hours, the permit to demolish the one-story building on the southwest corner of Mission and Ninth will be issued, clearing the…
San Francisco Unemployment Drops But Employment Drops As Well
The unemployment rate in San Francisco ticked down to 5.3 percent in October, the second lowest level since the 5.2 percent rate in June of 2008 when 434,000 people out…
Presidio Trust Punts On Mid-Crissy Plans But Remains Enthusiastic
Reaffirming its “strong commitment to accomplishing an outcome in the Mid-Crissy area that will protect the park and bring long-term benefit to the Presidio and its visitors,” the Presidio Trust…
Plans For Two Jack London Square Towers And Nearly 700 Units
Having completed the first phase of its redevelopment of Oakland’s Jack London Square in 2008, Ellis Partners’ plan was to add a 120,000 square foot office/retail building at the corner…
San Francisco’s Folsom Street Off-Ramp And Fremont Street Redesign
As you might have noticed, an Interstate 80 off-ramp currently runs through San Francisco’s Transbay Block 8, the site for a 550-foot residential tower to rise (click designs to enlarge).…
A Year Ago Mortgage Rates Hit An All-Time Low, And Now?
The average rate for a conforming 30-year mortgage ticked down to 4.22 percent over the past week, 36 basis points lower than the two-year high of 4.58 percent measured in…
San Francisco’s Transbay Block 8 And 550-Foot Tower Back In Play
Suspended back in 2009 when bids for the property came in “well below the potential value of the site in a healthier real estate market,” San Francisco’s Office of Community…
While Concerned About Rising Rates, Fed Positioning To Act
The minutes from the Federal Open Market Committee’s October meeting suggest that the Fed is likely to trim their monthly purchase of $85 billion in bonds “in coming months,” perhaps…