SF Sellers Are Moving Out, And Behind A Couple Of Buyer Myths
A couple of stats from a survey of Paragon Real Estate Group agents with respect to their last 12 months of activity in San Francisco: 60 percent of the sellers…
Visitacion Valley Unlocked: Schlage Redevelopment Ready to Roll
The old Schlage Lock factory along Bayshore Boulevard closed in 1999, was left derelict for a decade, and was finally razed in 2009 in order to make way for a…
Pending Home Sales Tick Up, But Remain Below 2013 Levels
The National Association of Realtors Pending Homes Sales Index ticked up 3.4 percent from February to March, the first month-over-month gain in nine months. That being said, the forward-looking indicator…
Skyscrapers Of San Francisco, Circa 1906
Following San Francisco’s Great Quake and Fire in 1906, plans were laid for the lower end of Kearny Street, “which had been disfigured for years by rows of rookeries and…
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Long-Vacant Downtown Lot Ready For (Downsized) Development
Zoned for development up to 300-feet in height, a 30-story hotel was proposed to rise on the northwest corner of Pine and Kearny in 1981. In 1982, the proposal was…
Sale Of Two Salesforce Blocks To UCSF Close To Closing
As we first reported last month, UCSF was in “advanced discussions” to purchase Mission Bay Blocks 33 and 34 along Third Street from Salesforce.com with plans to build administrative offices…
Market And Sanchez Street Development Approved To Rise
The proposed Market Street development with 87 rental units over 5,100 square feet of ground floor commercial space to rise on the northeast corner of Market and Sanchez (aka 2198…
A Voyeur’s Dream Condo, Post-Bubble Buyer’s Dream Outcome
Purchased for $2,250,000 in 2007, remodeled with a wall of glass between a bedroom and living room to provide more light, and then listed for sale asking $2,595,000 in 2008,…
Glass Tower To Rise Over SF Mining Exchange Building On Bush
A joint venture has been formed to develop the 19-story office tower to rise at 350 Bush, designed by Heller Manus to incorporate the terra cotta facade and columns of…
Ballot Measure “To Restore SF’s Transportation Balance” Proposed
A proposed ballot measure entitled “Restoring Transportation Balance in San Francisco” has been submitted to San Francisco’s Department of Elections for processing. From the draft summary for the decidedly pro-car…