Go Ahead, Make Your Day: SoMa Circa 1983
As a number of readers quickly noted, the McDonald’s building on the corner of Third and Townsend which is on the market and primed for development was once transformed into…
SoMa McDonald’s Site Up For Sale, Zoned For 105-Feet In Height
The 13,750-square foot SoMa parcel upon which McDonald’s sits on the southeast corner of Third and Townsend is on the market and being shopped. McDonald’s lease expires in January of…
Mortgage Rates Drop To Six-Week Low
The average rate for a conforming 30-year mortgage ticked down from 4.34 to 4.27 percent over the past week to a six-week low, 31 basis points below the three-year high…
NAR Pivots To “Welcome Signs For Buyers” As Home Sales Slow
Last month, the National Association of Realtors characterized an uptick in the inventory of homes for sale across the country as a sign of “seller confidence” and “an indication of…
Bay Area Home Sales Slow, Except In San Francisco
While Bay Area home sales were down 12.9 percent on a year-over-year basis last month, the slowest March in terms of sales volume since 2008, recorded home sales were up…
Plans To Raze Market Street “Home” And Build 64 Apartments
Plans to raze the shuttered Home restaurant at the Corner of Market and Church and construct a seven-story building designed by Arquitectonica with 64 apartments, 15 parking spaces, and 4,700…
Why SF Rent Board Stats Undercounted Evictions By 42% Last Year
A new analysis prepared for Supervisor Campos has determined that the effective number of eviction proceedings filed in San Francisco last year was 73 percent higher than reported to the…
A’s Pitch 10-Year Extension For The Oakland Coliseum
The Oakland A’s have proposed a 10-year lease extension for the Oakland Coliseum. The deal which could help keep the team in the East Bay until at least 2024 calls…
Two-Year Payout For Evicted Tenants Accelerated And Approved
Originally written to become operative 120 days after enactment, the legislation which will require landlords in San Francisco who evoke the Ellis Act to pay their evicted tenants an upfront…
Hayes Valley Development Sold, New Condos Coming In 2015
The approved David Baker-designed development to rise on the northeast corner of Fulton and Gough has just been sold to the newly formed 7X7 Development group which plans to break…