San Francisco Employment Slips, East Bay Gains
The number of people living in San Francisco with a job slipped from an upwardly revised record 526,500 in May to 526,100 in June but remains 19,300 higher on a…
Twice The Price After Two Years In Pac Heights (Again)
Foreclosed upon in 2009 with nearly $3 million owed at the time, the Pacific Heights home at 2523 Steiner returned to the market listed for $1,450,000 in March of 2011,…
Waylaid Hotel Redesigned, Ready To Break Ground
Highgate Hotels has purchased the parking lot at 72 Ellis Street and intends to break ground for an upscale 11-story hotel with 156 guest rooms “as soon as possible.” The…
Grand Jury: SF’s $25B Construction Program Needs Tech Overhaul
A Civil Grand Jury report with respect to the management of the City of San Francisco’s $25 billion City construction program has concluded that “it needs work” and a tech…
Contemporary Living In Tiburon For $11.95M
The contemporary 5,400-square-foot home at 1925 Straits View Drive in Tiburon was designed by Sutton Suzuki Architects in 2009 “to maintain established view corridors for uphill neighbors,” while capturing the…
30-Year Mortgage Rate Ticks Up To Highest Level In 2015
Having crossed the 4 percent mark for the first time since the fourth quarter of 2014 last month, the average rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage has ticked up to…
Self-Storage Facility Plans To Add Penthouse Units For People
The owners of City Storage, the four-story, self-storage facility at 500 Indiana Street, at the edge of Mission Bay, Dogpatch and Potrero Hill, are working on plans to add a…
Supervisors Reject More Restrictive Airbnb Regulations
San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors has rejected Supervisor Campos’ proposed amendment to San Francisco’s law regulating short-term rentals in the city and instead adopted a watered-down version of a less…
Former Socialist Party Hall Fetches $6.5M In The Mission
The former meeting hall at 143 Albion Street, which was once home to San Francisco’s Socialist Party, as well as to Tom Waddel, the late founder of the Gay Games,…
Remodel Of Recently Restored $23.5M Mansion Underway
Built for the Spreckels family in 1905 and remodeled by renowned architect Albert Farr in 1929, the 12,000-square-foot Pacific Heights mansion at 2520 Pacific Avenue was purchased from the son…