Height Increase for Twisty Bay Tower Formally Proposed
An amendment to San Francisco’s Redevelopment Plan for the Transbay District has been drafted and formally put forth for adoption in order to raise the height limit for Transbay Block…
Settlement Reached for 46-Story Mexican Museum Tower to Rise
Waylaid by a pair of lawsuits filed by a group of neighbors in the adjacent Four Seasons building at 765 Market Street, a settlement has been reached to allow Millennium…
San Francisco and East Bay Employment Slip
The number of people living in San Francisco with a job dropped by 1,600 in November to 534,800, the first November without a gain since 2012. But with the labor…
The Alliance Strikes Back: Lawsuit Filed to Upend the Warriors Arena
The Mission Bay Alliance and the mother of a six-year-old with a congenital heart condition have just filed suit in Alameda Superior Court, “arguing that the University of California at…
Brick-Clad Marina Condos with Lots of Parking Slated for Approval
The plans for a four-story Marina building, with 28 market-rate condos to rise upon the shuttered Chevron station site at the corner of Bay and Buchanan, are slated to be…
Plans for Tallest Residential Tower in Oakland Back in Play
Originally approved for development over fifteen years ago, the plans for a 33-story Downtown Oakland tower to rise at 1640 Broadway, upon the current parking lot at the corner of…
Mortgage Rates on the Move…Down?
While the average rate for a 30-year mortgage ticked up 2 basis points over the past week to 3.97 percent, the 10-year Treasury yield, which typically drives mortgage rates, is…
Third Street Development Closer to Reality
Plans to demolish the two Dogpatch buildings on the northeast corner of Third and 19th Streets and construct two seven-story structures upon the 2177 Third Street/560 19th Street site, which…
From a SoMa Garage to Tech Space as Proposed
Plans to convert the 36,000-square-foot garage at 1125 Mission Street, which is currently boarded up, into three floors of tech space have cleared their first hurdle and been granted an…
The Fed Institutes a Rate Hike, Signals Four More in 2016
As predicted, the Federal Reserve has just raised interest rates for the first time since 2006, upping the target federal funds rate by 0.25 percent and signaling expectations for another…