Former Sharks Captain Owen Nolan Asks $4.9M For San Jose Home
Owen Nolan, the retired NHL all-star and former San Jose Sharks captain, has listed his 9,500 square foot San Jose home in the foothills of Almaden Valley for $4.9 million.…
Approved East Bay Parker Place Development Seeks More Parking
Lennar’s 155-unit “Parker Place” development was approved to rise on the west side of Shattuck Avenue at Parker Street, about one-half mile south of the Downtown Berkeley BART station, replacing…
McDonald’s Site Near AT&T Park Slated For 10-Story Hotel
The plans for the SoMa parcel upon which McDonald’s sits on the southeast corner of Third and Townsend near AT&T Park have been revealed: Stonebridge Companies, a Colorado-based hotel development…
Existing U.S. Home Sales Tick Up But Remain Lower Than Last Year
The seasonally adjusted pace of existing-home sales in the U.S. increased 2.6 percent from May to June and reached an annual pace of 5 million sales for the first time…
Auspicious Plans, But Were The Occupiers On To Something?
The Chinese American International School will soon begin renovating the two vacant buildings at 888 Turk and 930 Gough to create an auspiciously numbered “888 Campus” for their middle school…
Freddie Mac Lowers Mortgage Rate Forecast For 2014
Having forecast the average rate for 30-year fixed mortgages would begin rising in the second half of 2014 and end the year at “around 4.6 percent” as of two months…
Inside The Cathedral Building’s Penthouse And Hidden Lair
As we first wrote about Oakland’s Cathedral Building at 1615 Broadway when it went condo in early 2008: It’s across the bay, but we do love the building. Built in…
Trading Kung’s For 67 SROs On Folsom Street
Plans to raze the Kung’s Trading Co. building on the southeast corner of Folsom and Dore and construct a seven-story residential building on the Western SoMa site are making their…
Award Winning Potrero Hill “Flip House” Hits The Market For $3.5M
The Anne Fougeron designed “Flip House,” an award winning modern renovation of a 1930s Potrero Hill rowhouse on Wisconsin Street, has just hit the market listed for $3,495,000. From Fougeron…
Before And After: A Designer Remodel And Meld
Purchased as a vacant two-unit building for $1,700,000 in May of 2013, the Cow Hollow property at 3218 Buchanan Street was “completely renovated in 2014” under the direction of designer…