Folsom Street Rising and Newly Rendered
With plans to raise the roof on the corner building at 633 Folsom in the works, a plugged-in reader delivers a rendering for the proposed 240-unit building to rise up…
Raising the Roof, Retail and Public Space in SoMa
Built in 1966 and last remodeled in 1998, plans to add four stories atop the existing seven-story building at 633 Folsom Street, adjacent to the 200-foot BLU (631 Folsom), are…
Polk Gulch Development Funded, Ready to Break Ground
The construction of the fully approved 103-unit development to rise at 1545 Pine Street, adjacent to Grubstake which could be razed as well, has been funded. And Pacific Eagle Holdings,…
Square Prices at 42 Percent Below Last Private Round
In an attempt to engineer a big post-offering pop, and avoid an infectious fizzle, Square (SQ) priced its shares, which will start trading Thursday, at $9 apiece. The $9 price…
SoMa Rising and Window Shopping for Your Bike
Plans for a nine-story building to rise at 475 Minna Street, covering roughly a third of the existing mid-block parking lot on the south side of Minna between 5th and…
The Top Three Proposals for Repurposing the Palace of Fine Arts
The seven concept proposals for restoring and repurposing San Francisco’s iconic Palace of Fine Arts have been evaluated, scored, and ranked. And if approved by San Francisco’s Recreation and Park…
The Fed Positions for a Rate Hike next Month
While emphasizing that “no decision had been made,” the minutes for the Fed’s Open Market Committee meeting last month included new language to specifically highlight that a Federal Funds rate…
Salesforce Planning to Privatize Plaza for Childcare Center
Salesforce.com is planning to convert 13,000 square feet of existing office and restaurant space on the first and second floors of their tower at 50 Fremont Street into a childcare…
Waylaid Rincon Hill Development Plans Ramping up for 430 Main
Originally approved for development back in 2009 but waylaid by a successful appeal to San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors, an appeal which was championed by a group of neighbors primarily…
Conversion of Former SoMa Grow House into a CrossFit Gym Nixed
Built in 1924, seven new ventilators were installed on the roof of the former electrical supply warehouse at 177 Stillman Street and the building and its windows were painted over…