November 2015 – Page 2 – SocketSite™

As Proposed City Planning Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Neighborhoods Real Estate Legislation

Legislation to Allow for New Rincon Hill Tower Poised for Adoption

November 24, 2015

Adopted back in 2005, the Rincon Hill Plan requires a minimum distance of 115 feet between new residential towers at their closest point. And the plan specifies that no exemptions…

City Planning Design & Architecture East Bay New Developments

Oakland Tower Sheds a Story and 28 Percent of Its Parking Spots

November 24, 2015

While Gerding Edlen’s plans for an Oakland tower to rise up to 250-feet in height at 1700 Webster Street, with 206 condos over four floors of parking and 6,000 square…

Trends

Bay Area Home Values Tick Up, Condos Hit New High

November 24, 2015

Having slipped in August, the aggregate Case-Shiller Index for single-family home values within the San Francisco Metropolitan Area ticked up 0.6 percent in September and is within 0.9 percent of…

Bay Buildings City Planning Commercial Neighborhoods

Sinbad’s Closes Its Doors for Good and Sails into the Night

November 24, 2015

It’s the end of an era and the fight is over as Sinbad’s closed its doors for good last night on Pier 2. The restaurant will be razed in order…

As Proposed City Planning Commercial Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Neighborhoods

Planning for Central SoMa’s Upzoning (and Then Some)

November 23, 2015

As we first reported back in 2013, the plans for building nearly 600 residential units over retail along the south side of Harrison Street, stretching west from the parking lot…

Trends

Existing-Home Sales in the U.S. Dip, Median Price Drops

November 23, 2015

Having rebounded 4.7 percent in September following an unexpected 4.8 percent drop in August, the seasonally adjusted pace of existing-home sales in the U.S. fell 3.4 percent in October. The…

Bay Buildings Breaking News Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Neighborhoods

City’s Mid-Market Tower Site to Fetch $7M Less than Authorized

November 20, 2015

While the sale of the City’s five-story building at 30 Van Ness Avenue, a building which sits upon a parcel which is zoned for development up to 400 feet in…

Bay Buildings Neighborhoods

City Suing to Shutter Notorious Castro Drug Den

November 20, 2015

The City of San Francisco has filed suit against the owner of the Castro District duplex at 517-519 Sanchez Street, a property which has been raided numerous times over the…

As Proposed City Planning Neighborhoods New Developments

Preparing for San Francisco’s Big Central SoMa Plan and More Height

November 20, 2015

Have no fear, unless you happen to rely on the parking lot at 350 Second Street or own a condo at 77 Dow Place that currently overlooks the parcel, an…

East Bay Real Estate Economics Trends

San Francisco and East Bay Employment, and Unemployment, Gain

November 20, 2015

The number of people living in San Francisco with a job ticked up by 1,600 from September to October and now totals 536,200. But with the labor force having increased…

Neighborhood Activist on Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops
Your guess is as good as mine. He may be really good for SF, or he may be worthless. I…
Notcom on Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops
Yes it is, definitely...one of the two.
sf on Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops
Daniel Lurie as mayor... is this a turning point for San Francisco or more of the same?
Brahma (incensed renter) on Another 2 Million Square Feet of Vacant Office Space in San Francisco
That's not surprising and it's probably just an opener. The City Controller’s Office put out a report fairly recently that…
Neighborhood Activist on Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops
I feel like this might be a psychological experiment to see when the last of us gives up and goes…
Notcom on Another 2 Million Square Feet of Vacant Office Space in San Francisco
OTH - or is it "furthermore"...well, whatever... - I understand SF's expected Federal money to complete the Downtown Extension for…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Another 2 Million Square Feet of Vacant Office Space in San Francisco
If you think that having someone with no previous public sector experience as a manager or an elected official in…
Fact on Another 2 Million Square Feet of Vacant Office Space in San Francisco
Did SF mayor breed get herself fired??
Brahma (incensed renter) on Another 2 Million Square Feet of Vacant Office Space in San Francisco
Regarding the Angus McCarthy-proposed project at 1088 Sansome St. I brought up earlier in this thread, it looks like the…
The Milkshake of Despair on Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops
Ironically Wilshire Blvd is nearly set up for a complete mega datacenter vertical integration. It already has the oil wells…

Legislation to Allow for New Rincon Hill Tower Poised for Adoption

Oakland Tower Sheds a Story and 28 Percent of Its Parking Spots

Bay Area Home Values Tick Up, Condos Hit New High

Sinbad’s Closes Its Doors for Good and Sails into the Night

Planning for Central SoMa’s Upzoning (and Then Some)

Existing-Home Sales in the U.S. Dip, Median Price Drops

City Suing to Shutter Notorious Castro Drug Den

Preparing for San Francisco’s Big Central SoMa Plan and More Height

San Francisco and East Bay Employment, and Unemployment, Gain

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