Hearing Set for Proposed SoMa Hotel, What Would Dirty Harry Say?
With the lease for the SoMa McDonald’s at Third and Townsend expiring in January 2017, San Francisco’s Planning Commission is now slated to approve the plans for an eleven-story hotel…
San Francisco and East Bay Employment Slip
While the unemployment rate in San Francisco has now held at 3.3 percent for four months in a row, the number of people living in the city with a job…
San Francisco’s Hub Heights 2.0 and Potential 600-Foot Tower
San Francisco’s Market Street Hub Project, which could lead to number of significant zoning changes which would allow for the development of more height and bulk in the area around…
San Francisco Housing Market Deemed Overheated by Redfin
With listed sales of San Francisco homes having “plunged” 23 percent on a year-over-year basis in March and inventory climbing, a trend which shouldn’t catch any plugged-in readers by surprise,…
Hearing for Twisty Tower’s Proposed Height Increase Underway
San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors has officially heard the public testimony for the proposed amendment to the City’s previously approved Transbay District Plan, an amendment which would raise the height…
Expanded Eviction Protection for Parents and Educators Adopted
The proposed ordinance to expand eviction protections for tenants with a resident child under 18 years of age and to extend said protections to tenants who are “educators,” defined as…
Hello Mid-Century Hacienda in the Oakland Hills
Sitting on a 1.5-acre gated parcel atop the Oakland Hills in Hillcrest Estates, the remodeled 4,000-square-foot ‘Mid-Century Hacienda’ at 5630 Bacon Road has just hit the market listed for $2.4…
Initiative to Require Competitive Bidding for Affordable Housing in SF
In addition to a proposed ballot measure which would double the maximum income one could earn and still qualify for a Below Market Rate (BMR) apartment in San Francisco, the…
Million Dollar Listing Sells for a Million Dollars Less
On the market as an unfinished spec home with 7,000 square feet of space in the Oakland Hills for $2.65 million in 2009, 13383 Campus Drive failed to sell and…
Model Eichler Dwelling Fetches $780 per Square Foot
The model Eichler Dwelling at 28 Arcangel Way in San Rafael has sold for $1,415,000 or $780 per finished square foot. As we first reported when the property hit the…