From A “Fixer And Charmer” To Contemporary On Chattanooga
Purchased as a “Victorian Fixer…in a location that can’t be beat” for $750,000 in September of 2012, the Noe Valley home at 212 Chattanooga has been rebuilt with contemporary flair…
Welcome to the Neighborhood Preservation and Public Revenue Recovery Ordinance
While Supervisor Chiu moves forward with a proposed amendment to regulate short-term rentals in San Francisco, a more onerous ballot measure designed to greatly limit the “illegal use of housing…
KRON-TV’s 1001 Van Ness Building Sold To Housing Developer
As we first reported earlier this year, KRON-TV’s parent company had placed its 1001 Van Ness Avenue building on the market, positioning the deal as “an opportunity to entitle and…
Law To Restrict Airbnb Rentals In San Francisco Filed
The language for San Francisco Supervisor David Chiu’s proposed law which would lift the outright ban on short-term rentals in San Francisco but establish a new set of rules by…
Mel’s Drive-In Development Drive-By
Plans to raze the Inner Richmond Mel’s Drive-In on Geary Boulevard were submitted to San Francisco’s Planning Department last year. And as rendered above, a four-story building designed by Ian…
San Jose Most Expensive Metro Area In US, San Francisco #2
With a median single-family home sale price of $808,000 in the first quarter of 2014, “San Jose” ranked as the most expensive major metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in the United…
An Invitation To Judge (And Peek Inside)
The three-unit Inner Mission Edwardian on the corner Bartlett and 24th Streets has been renovated from top to bottom in a contemporary aesthetic while maintain its 1900’s façade. On the…
Pine Street Towers Newly Rendered, Ready For Commission Votes
The latest renderings for the proposed development of two 13-story towers with 261 condos, ground floor retail space, and off-street parking for 201 cars on Pine between Van Ness and…
Exceptional And Extraordinary Circumstances In San Francisco
Set at 80 percent of the combined land and structure values of single-family homes in San Francisco, the threshold for “demonstrably unaffordable and financially inaccessible housing” in the city is…
Nations Oldest Black Bookstore Locked Out In San Francisco
Having fallen behind on the rent, the locks have been changed at Marcus Books in San Francisco, the nation’s oldest continuously operating and independent Black-owned and Black-themed bookstore, and the…