Plans To Raze Flax For More Housing To Rise Are Moving Ahead
Plans to raze the iconic Flax Art & Design store at 1699 Market Street and construct a nine-story building with 160 units of housing, 123 parking spaces, and 4,500 square…
The Renoir Hotel’s Storied History
A plugged-in reader and former employee of the Renoir Hotel provides a fantastic breakdown of the Mid-Market building’s storied history and transformation over time: The origins of the Renoir Hotel…
Inventory Ticks Up, Loan Applications Drop, Pending Home Sales Lag
The inventory of homes for sale across the country increased 8.7 percent from May to June and is within 1 percent of the level at the same time last year,…
Burrows Street Pocket Park Project And Precedent For Improvement
A former dumping ground for trash and gathering spot for “vandals and illicit activity” along the Portola neighborhood’s commercial corridor, the cul-de-sac at the beginning of Burrows Street has been…
Lending Standards Loosening, More Jumbo ARMs In The Market
The availability of mortgage credit is increasing, driven by a rise in the number of jumbo Adjustable Rate Mortgage programs in the market, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s latest…
Folsom Street Development Approved, 114 Condos To Rise
Trumark Urban’s proposed development of a nine-story building at 923 Folsom Street, adjacent to San Francisco’s new Fire Station #1 and across the Street from Mosso at 900 Folsom, has…
Public Registry Of All Short-Term Rentals And Strict Limits Proposed
Supervisor David Chiu’s proposed law which would lift the existing outright ban on short-term rentals in San Francisco but establish a new set of rules and disclosures by which all…
Before And After In Bernal Heights And Back On The Market For $1.3M
Listed for “$499,000” this past September as a 1,500-square-foot Bernal Heights home with a two-car garage, a formal dining room and living room (both with built-ins), and a kitchen which…
All The Way From A to L: San Francisco’s Ballot Measure Rundown
Twelve local measures are set to appear on the November ballot in San Francisco, measures which have just been lettered from A to L. The full rundown and summaries from…
Historic Renoir Hotel Catches Fire Amid $30M Renovation
Built in 1909 and slated to re-open later this year as a hip four-star hotel, the historic Renoir Hotel building at 45 McAllister Street caught fire this afternoon and reached…