The Makeover And Return Of A Townsend Street Warehouse
The former warehouse building on the southwest corner of Townsend and 2nd Streets is preparing for a makeover which will remove the non-historic elements from its façade (fire escapes, ducts…
Mortgage Rates Tick Down, Demand Remains Down As Well
The average rate for a conforming 30-year mortgage ticked down from 4.41 to 4.34 percent over the past week and is 24 basis points below the three-year high rate of…
Ground Broken For Development Of Entire West SoMa Block
∙ Big Plans For The “Short-Sited” SoMa Block At 8th And Harrison ∙ Development Of SoMa Block Financed, Shooting For Rentals In 2015
Plans Emerge For Conversion Of Potrero Hill Convalescent Home
With the owner having retired and the convalescent home at 331 Pennsylvania Avenue having closed, plans to convert the historic three-story building which was constructed by the Bethlehem Steel Company…
Demand For Office Space Around Oakland Doubles
While the vacancy rate for office space in the East Bay Oakland market was relatively unchanged in the first quarter of 2014, demand for office space in the East Bay…
The Gentrification Of San Francisco And Oakland By Neighborhood
The Development Without Displacement: Resisting Gentrification in the Bay Area report by Causa Justa maps the gentrification of San Francisco and Oakland by zip code and stage. While the report…
A New Peek Inside And Around Tishman’s 222 Second Street Tower
With work on Tishman’s 350-foot office tower to rise on the southwest corner of Second and Howard well underway, a project which was first approved for development in 2010, a…
New In-Law Legislation Expected To Create 400 Units In The Castro
The proposed ordinance which would allow the construction of new “Accessory Dwelling Units” (i.e., In-Law Units) in the Castro and within 1,750 feet of the District’s boundaries could be approved…
A Quick $500,000 Cut For The Postcard Row Home On The Corner
Having returned to the market three weeks ago listed for $4,000,000, a dollar more than the price at which it was listed in early 2010, the list price for the…
The Bernal Heights “Blast Zone”
From the “BERNAL PUBLIC SAFETY ALERT!” flyer making the rounds, with a “PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT PUTS LUXURY HOUSING AHEAD OF PUBLIC SAFETY” sub-header and the not so subtle graphic above, all…