Sale of $39M East Bay Estate Is Going to the Dogs
Built for Dave Duffield, the co-founder of PeopleSoft (which was acquired by Oracle in 2005) and Workday, the 22-acre Fieldhaven estate at 7 Country Oak Lane in Alamo is now…
State Legislation Could Streamline Development in San Francisco
Governor Brown’s proposed Streamlining Affordable Housing Approvals bill could potentially fast track the approval and permitting process for tens of thousands of units in San Francisco’s housing pipeline, allowing code…
Russian Hill Platinum House Priced at $2K per Square Foot
Built on the site of a former garage and backyard for the adjacent home at the corner of Hyde and Filbert, the brand new LEED Platinum home at 1209 Filbert…
A Killer Loss
Purchased by a member of The Killers for $3.45 million last July, the Lower Haight Victorian at 630 Page Street has just resold for $2.995 million, a 13 percent drop…
Have Sellers Started Rushing for an Exit in San Francisco?
A plugged in reader who’s in the market for a mid-seven figure home in San Francisco toured a few this weekend and reports that two agents “used the term “rushing…
The SoMa Development a Ballot Initiative Aims to Block
As we first reported last week, the paperwork for a ballot measure entitled the “Don’t Demolish Recreation in San Francisco Initiative” has been filed with the City. And while the…
Mayor Lee to Lucas: This Is the Site You’re Looking For
While George Lucas hasn’t yet abandoned all plans to build his $700 million Lucas Cultural Arts Museum in Chicago, Mayor Ed Lee has been lobbying behind the scenes for Lucas…
Ballot Initiative Aims to Block Redevelopment of SF Tennis Club Site
Entitled the “Don’t Demolish Recreation in San Francisco Initiative,” the paperwork for a ballot measure which would require special approval for any demolition, change in use, or other removal of…
Academy of Art Could Lose a Quarter of Its Student Housing
While now battling a civil suit filed by the City with respect to its illegal conversion and unpermitted use of the vast majority of the 40 properties it owns in…
Only in San Francisco!
Five weeks ago the “Exceptional Eureka Valley Home” at 3751-3753 17th Street hit the market listed for “$1.695 million,” or roughly $547 per square foot for the vacant and “lovingly…