New Single-Room SoMa Rentals Closer to Reality, with a Twist
The plans to raze the Kung’s Trading Company building on the southeast corner of Folsom and Dore and construct a six-story structure on the site have been refined and are…
Benchmark Mortgage Rate Drops following First Rate Hike
With the 10-year treasury yield trading down following the Fed’s first rate hike in nearly a decade, we were expecting the average 30-year mortgage rate to drop rather than rise.…
Rebuilding in the Tendernob
Five years ago a fire ripped through the four-story Chatom Apartments building that had stood at 824 Hyde Street since 1915 and the damaged eight-unit structure was subsequently razed. Four…
Salesforce Tower Above Ground: Two Years and 1,070 Feet to Go
With its massive 14-foot thick concrete foundation having been cured and its basement levels constructed, the future Salesforce Tower and tallest building in San Francisco is now rising above ground.…
New Home Sales Ticked Up in November
While the re-sale market appears to have taken a hit in November, the seasonally adjusted pace of new single-family home sales in the U.S. ticked up 4.3 percent last month…
No Progress for North Beach Subway Extension, and a Setback
While Supervisor Christensen is gone, the report she requested as to the status of the City’s discussions with the owner of the Pagoda Palace site to acquire the 1731 Powell…
Pace of Existing U.S. Home Sales Tumbles
Having dipped 3.4 percent in October, the seasonally adjusted pace of existing-home sales in the U.S. dropped another 10.5 percent in November, the largest monthly decline since July of 2010.…
A Fast Food Fixture’s Days Are Numbered
Rebuilt in 2007 but having occupied the southwest corner of Lombard and Fillmore for over forty years, plans to demolish the freestanding KFC/Taco Bell building at 2101 Lombard Street are…
Plans for an Eight-Story Tourist Hotel on Sixth Street
The second floor of the two-story building on the northeast corner of Sixth and Mission is currently The Balmoral South, a 29-room residential hotel (a.k.a. SRO) with a sex shop…
From Wholesale Meats to Showplace Condos
Built for the Schweitzer Wholesale Meat Company in 1936, most recently occupied by Paige Glass, and currently available for rent with a two to three year term, plans to raze…