The Rerefined Plans for Razing Home and 60 Rentals to Rise
The plans for razing the long-shuttered Home restaurant at the Corner of Market and Church and constructing a four to seven-story building on the 2100 Market Street site were approved…
Price Reductions for Homes in San Francisco Hit a Four-Year High
In a trend we first noticed forming a year ago, the share of active listings for single-family homes and condos in San Francisco for which the original list price has…
Big Plans for a ‘Bombed-Out’ Oakland Building Site
Purchased for $1,050,000 last September, plans to level the former Holy Ground Fellowship building turned taggers paradise at 605 9th Street in Old Oakland, are in the works. And as…
Waylaid Mission District Development Slated for Approval
The waylaid plans to raze the shuttered Western Plywood warehouse at Harrison and 22nd Streets and construct a wedge-shaped, four-story building on the Mission District site are slated to be…
Twice as Many Condos on the Market in San Francisco
While home sales in San Francisco slowed to a five-year seasonal low last month, new listing activity has remained strong. And as a result, there are now twice as many…
Lucas Abandons Chicago Museum Plan, It’s Headed Back to California
George Lucas and his museum Board have officially abandoned their plans to build the $700 million Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Chicago and declared that the museum will be…
Three Schemes for Hap’s Old Mission Haunt and a New Living Alley
With San Francisco’s Historic Preservation Commission having cleared the way for Loren ‘Hap’ Jones’ former motorcycle shop at 235 Valencia Street to be razed, the formal plans for the site…
A Historic Move to Infill Uptown Oakland
Plans for a five-story building to rise on the site of the two historic Cathedral District buildings at 570 and 600 21st Street in Uptown Oakland are in the works,…
San Francisco Home Sales and Median Price Drop
At a time of the year when sales typically increase by 10 percent versus the month before, the recorded sales volume of single-family homes and condos in San Francisco dropped…
Pace of New Home Sales in the U.S. Slips Despite More Inventory
Having hit an eight-year high in April, which has since been revised down, the pace of new single-family home sales in the U.S. slipped 6.0 percent in May but remains…