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$8M Price Cut for a New Silicon Valley Villa

May 20, 2016

Newly built on a 1.5-acre Atherton lot which was purchased for $7.25 million in 2013, the 16,500-square-foot “contemporary Italian villa” at 47 Camino por los Arboles, which was “designed with…

Being Green Design & Architecture Neighborhoods

Two New Mission Bay Parks Now Slated for End of Summer Openings

May 20, 2016

While originally scheduled to open in May and June respectively, Mission Bay’s new one-acre Children’s Park at the intersection of Long Bridge and China Basin Streets and the 2.4-acre Mariposa…

Design & Architecture Listings (for sale) Neighborhoods Remodeling and Renovation Seemingly Random

Asking $22 Million for a Stately Pacific Heights Compound

May 19, 2016

Purchased as a legal three-unit building, which had long been used as a single-family home, for $7.3 million in early 2014, an application to merge two of the three units…

As Proposed Breaking News Neighborhoods New Developments

Boosters’ Appeal of Potrero Development Denied

May 19, 2016

The Potrero Boosters Neighborhood Association has lost its appeal of Martin Building Company’s approved development of 127 apartments and a Del Popolo pizzeria at 88 Arkansas and 17th Street, across…

As Proposed Design & Architecture Neighborhoods New Developments

More Density and Modern Design for Polk Gulch Project Proposed

May 19, 2016

As originally proposed in 2013, and approved the next year, the one-story City Rent-A-Car building at 1433 Bush Street, between Polk and Van Ness, was to be razed, and in…

Breaking News Trends

Median Home Price Hits $1.3M in SF as Bay Area Sales Slow

May 18, 2016

Bay Area home sales dropped 7.3 percent in April versus the same time last year, with all nine counties recording a decline, ranging from 2.6 percent in Contra Costa to…

As Proposed Design & Architecture Neighborhoods Remodeling and Renovation

Raising the Roof and Density in Noe Valley

May 18, 2016

Purchased for $1.229 million in 2006, the “Recently RENOVATED” Noe Valley home with “Breathtaking WATER VIEWS” at 437 Hoffman returned to the market listed for $1.495 million in 2009 and…

As Proposed City Planning Industry Stuff Real Estate Legislation

Bonus Height Debate Turned Up to Eleven and 100 Percent

May 18, 2016

Four months ago we reported that the debate over San Francisco’s proposed Affordable Housing Bonus Program (AHBP), which would allow market-rate developers to build up to two stories higher than…

Apples To Apples San Jose (And South)

First eBay Employee’s Home Fetches $16.5 Million

May 18, 2016

Listed for $19.988 million in January, the asking price for the 14,000-square-foot Los Altos Hills home owned by Jeff Skoll, the first employee and former President of eBay, was reduced…

As Proposed City Planning Design & Architecture Neighborhoods

Progress for Big Oakland Project Which Could Have Been Bigger

May 17, 2016

Identified as Opportunity Site #6 in Oakland’s Lake Merritt Station Area Plan, the 226 13th Street parcel, which is currently a parking lot bounded by 13th, Jackson, 14th and Alice…

Neighborhood Activist on Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops
One can certainly hope so!
Notcom on Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops
Scott Wiener and Sacramento knowingly set SF up for failure with the 82,000 unit mandate One has to wonder about…
Neighborhood Activist on Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops
I share your skepticism. I've also read that the 833 Bryant project, built on the cheap, has all kinds of…
Parklife on An Opportunity to Capitalize on a Bernal Heights Blaze
Except that the S&P return during that same period was approximately 88%, without holding costs (albeit assuming this was leveraged,…
Brahma (incensed renter) on An Opportunity to Capitalize on a Bernal Heights Blaze
If anything good can come from this, hopefully tthose who aren't cheerleading development and have concerns about neighborhood character will…
Jack on An Opportunity to Capitalize on a Bernal Heights Blaze
I guess it’s hard to argue with value engineering low income housing, but what a shame they were not able…
Brahma (incensed renter) on An Opportunity to Capitalize on a Bernal Heights Blaze
A joint venture led by three local developers including Bernal Heights Housing Corporation, Tabernacle Community Development Corporation, and Mitchelville Real…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops
Lurie's key claim — and the big point in his favor relevant for this thread — is that he was…
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.

$8M Price Cut for a New Silicon Valley Villa

Two New Mission Bay Parks Now Slated for End of Summer Openings

Asking $22 Million for a Stately Pacific Heights Compound

Boosters’ Appeal of Potrero Development Denied

More Density and Modern Design for Polk Gulch Project Proposed

Median Home Price Hits $1.3M in SF as Bay Area Sales Slow

Raising the Roof and Density in Noe Valley

Bonus Height Debate Turned Up to Eleven and 100 Percent

First eBay Employee’s Home Fetches $16.5 Million

Progress for Big Oakland Project Which Could Have Been Bigger

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