Oakland Market Set To Gain As Companies Exit San Francisco
Oakland’s Central Business District ended 2013 with an office vacancy rate of 12.6 percent and an average asking rent of just over $2.50 a square foot versus closer to $4.25…
Original Finishes With A Modern Kitchen And New Master Suite Flair
Behind the barrel-fronted facade at 2200 Mariposa Street, the original wood finishes in the living room and adjoining, but separate, formal dining room have been beautifully restored. With a wall…
A Free Earthquake Retrofit Fair, Costumes Not Required
Targeting property owners who need assistance to comply with San Francisco’s recently adopted mandatory soft story retrofit ordinance or who are interested in voluntarily retrofitting their building for seismic safety,…
A Giant Elk Paid $5,550,000 For The Noe Valley Firehouse No. 44
Briefly on the market for $5,250,000 this past September, the converted Noe Valley Firehouse at 3816 22nd Street quickly sold for $5,550,000 or $955 per square foot and the buyer…
Cathedral Hill Demolition Watch And Pictorial Progress Report
Having been chipping away at the back of the old Jack Tar/Cathedral Hill Hotel, bulldozing the interior, and stripping the facade from the southern portion of the building, a plugged-in…
Development Of 270 Brannan Slated For Second Quarter Start
Approved for development this past October, South Beach Partners is partnering with SKS Partners and Mitsui Fudosan America (the U.S. operations of Japan’s largest real estate company) to develop the…
Rezoning A Landmark To Enable Development Elsewhere
Sitting on a Mid-Market parcel which is zoned for building up to 120 feet in height, a reader worries that a zoning change in the works for 133-135 Golden Gate…
Hidden In Plain Sight and Unlike Any Other In San Francisco
Hidden behind the relatively unassuming façade of a former warehouse, the modern 5,000 square foot home at 421 Tehama Street is likely unlike any other space you’ve seen in San…
Will San Francisco’s Planning Commission Just Do It For Nike?
With the Metro Theater conversion nearing completion next door, San Francisco’s Planning Commission is set to vote on whether to allow Nike to take over and renovate the former Rugby…
SF Arena Threat: The Waterfront Height Limit Right To Vote Act
A few of the forces behind the successful No Wall on The Waterfront ballot measure which stopped the development of 8 Washington Street in its tracks are working on another…