State Bar Seeking To Cash Out In San Francisco
According to a plugged-in tipster, the State Bar of California is planning put their 13-story building at 180 Howard Street on the market. While the building will be offered without…
Measure “To Restore Transportation Balance” Qualifies For Ballot
The decidedly pro-car and parking ballot measure known as “Restoring Transportation Balance in San Francisco” has qualified for the November ballot. If passed, the measure would seek to ensure that…
Weekend At Bernice, Part 2
The industrial building on the southeast corner of Bernice and 12th Street which sits behind the Eagle was legally converted into three “live/work lofts for artists” back in 2002. Listed…
Inventory Reality Check: Ticking Up In San Francisco
The number of homes listed for sale in San Francisco has been ticking up since the beginning of the year and is currently within two (2) percent of the inventory…
Rincon Hill Tower Slated For Approval This Week
San Francisco’s Planning Commission is slated to approve Crescent Heights’ plan to construct a 250-foot tower with 118 dwelling units at 325 Fremont Street this week. The plans to build…
Bond, Affordable Housing Bond: Beyond The Battle Of The Ballots
Officially lobbed by Supervisor Chiu, Mayor Ed Lee is slated to answer the following “housing crisis” question of the week in a prepared address to San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors…
Google Expands San Francisco Footprint By Over Fifty Percent
With an estimated 2,500 employees in the city, behind Salesforce with an estimated 4,000 and ahead of Twitter with an estimated 1,500, Google is the second largest tech employer in…
The State Of San Francisco’s Downtown
Having emerged from “growing public awareness during the 1970’s that development threatened the essential character of downtown San Francisco,” San Francisco’s adopted Downtown Plan states that, “without sufficient and appropriate…
Big Plans For Dedicated Bikeway Along The Embarcadero
The Embarcadero is now the fourth most traveled cycling corridor in San Francisco. And with the corridor’s rise in popularity has come a rapid increase in conflicts between pedestrians, bikes…
Jeanne Gang’s Design For 400-Foot Transbay District Tower Unveiled
Jeanne Gang’s designs for a proposed 40-story tower and mid-rise project to rise on the northwest corner of Folsom and Spear Street have been unveiled. A “reinterpretation of the city’s…