From a Coat Factory to Tech Space as Proposed
As proposed by Hudson Pacific Properties and slated to be approved by San Francisco’s Planning Commission this week, the three-story Burlington Coat Factory structure at 899 Howard Street, on the…
Former Summer Cottage Fetches $8.2 Million
Built in 1892 as a honeymoon cottage at which to spend summers and weekends away from the hustle and bustle of San Francisco, and since remodeled for year-round use and…
Employment in San Francisco Drops Along with its Labor Force
While the unemployment rate in San Francisco dropped to 2.9 percent last month, the lowest unemployment rate since the dot-com boom when it hit 2.4 percent, the drop from 3.1…
Over 100,000 More Employed in Alameda County Since 2010
For the first time since early 2001, the unemployment rate in the East Bay has dropped below 4 percent, dropping from 4.1 percent in April to 3.9 percent in May…
An Infamous Local Landlord Is Facing Foreclosure, Again
Having been bounced from the dilapidated Bourn Mansion, which was slated to be foreclosed upon and subsequently sold in a bankruptcy sale back in 2009, the infamous Arden Van Upp…
One-Of-A-Kind Silicon Valley Home Fetches 44 Percent of Original Ask
On the market for $20 million in 2014 and formally listed for $17.5 million early last year, the one-of-a-kind Woodside home at 6 Quail Meadows Drive has just sold for…
Seven-Story Mission District Development Slated for Approval
With an exemption from having to complete a lengthy environmental review in hand, and the paperwork for a permit to demolish the two auto shops on the southeast corner of…
Benchmark Mortgage Rate Is Back to a Three-Year Low
The average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage has dropped to 3.54 percent, the lowest rate in three years and 43 basis points below the 3.97 percent rate in place…
Purchased Last Year, Foreclosed upon This Week
Listed for “$800,000” early last year, or roughly $560 per square foot in an area where properties had been selling for around twice as much, it shouldn’t come as too…
Opponents of Warriors Mission Bay Arena Add a Transit Ally
The lawsuit aimed at derailing the Golden State Warriors’ plans to build a new arena in Mission Bay will go to trial this Friday with the transit activist group, SaveMuni,…