The Appeal Of 340 Bryant Street’s Creative Conversion
Plans to raze the former Machine Works building at 340 Bryant Street and build up to 150-condos on the site were explored but never pursued. Instead, the then-new owners decided…
San Francisco Home Values Slip From All-Time Highs
Single-family home values within the San Francisco MSA slipped 0.9 percent from December to January and condominium values slipped for the second month in a row (down another 0.4 percent),…
Noe Valley Space Invader House Sells For $2.6M
As we wrote about the Noe Valley “Space Invader” home two weeks ago: Listed for $2.25 million in 2012, the Noe Valley Victorian at 264 Clipper Street which was remodeled…
Price Cut(s) For Designer Mint Plaza Penthouse
Listed for $4.5 million last July, the price for the 3,221 square foot penthouse atop the Silver Building, which fronts Mint Plaza at 424 Jessie Street, was reduced to $4.3…
Should Roommates Benefit From A Master Tenant’s Buyout?
Mid five-figure offers for tenants to vacate rent-controlled apartments are not uncommon in San Francisco. And even six-figure offers have been made (and accepted). A couple of questions from a…
Planning For Shuttered McDonald’s Site Underway
The chain link fence which was cemented into place around the abruptly shuttered McDonald’s at 600 Van Ness has been keeping the taggers and transients at bay. And while McDonald’s…
Noe Valley Infill: Five Stories With Condos Over Retail On 24th
From the listing of the little single-family home at 3822 24th Street which purchased for $759,000 in March of 2012 and didn’t include the lot next door: “This SFR on…
Pending U.S. Home Sales Index Hits 21-Month High
The National Association of Realtors Pending Home Sales Index rose 3.1 percent from a revised 103.7 in January to 106.9 in February. The index, for which 100 denotes an average…
A $10 Million Two-Bedroom And Story Of Spite
Purchased as a three-bedroom for $4.98 million in 2012, the full-floor Russian Hill unit #3 at 945 Green Street has been rebuilt as a two-bedroom and has just returned to…
New Designs For Market-Rate Tenderloin High-Rise
While the Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation has downsized their plans for an affordable development at Eddy and Taylor, the developers of the proposed market-rate building to rise up to 12-stories…