For Posterity’s Sake in the Tenderloin
The preservation and incorporation of a portion of the existing Kahn & Keville building’s façade into the proposed development of a 121-unit building on the 500 Turk Street site isn’t…
Plans for Building up Central SoMa behind an Existing Facade
Plans to construct a new six-story building behind the existing brick façade of the two-story building at 531-535 Bryant Street, which was built in 1918 and has been flagged as…
Oakland Conditionally Approves Contentious Chinatown Development
The contentious redevelopment of the entire Oakland block bound by Webster, 11th, Harrison and 12th Streets, on the edge of Oakland’s Chinatown, has been approved by the City’s Planning Commission.…
Hacked Up Laurel Heights Home Fetches $1.455 Million
The sale of the deteriorating Laurel Height building at 54-56 Cook Street, which was the former San Francisco home and studio space of Howard Hack, the distinguished local artist who…
Designs for a Slice of This SoMa Gas Station Site Have Been Drawn
With the lease for the Shell station on the corner of Fifth and Folsom expiring early next year, plans for a slender eight-story building to rise on the western quarter…
Plans to Raze Iconic TL Shop for Affordable Apartments to Rise
Plans to level the long-standing tire and auto shop building at Turk and Larkin in the Tenderloin, which Kahn & Keville has occupied since it was built in 1935, have…
Smog Queen Building on the Market in SoMa
With three years left on Smog Queen’s lease at under $4,000 per month, the 2,500-square-foot Western SoMa building at 160 10th Street is now on the market as an “owner/user…
Big Bay Views for $2.8 Million in Sausalito, but sans Terra Firma
Speaking of floating homes and Sausalito, the 1,838-square-foot houseboat docked at 59 Issaquah Dock, off Gate 6 Road in Waldo Point Harbor, is now on the market and aggressively priced…
Mission District Murals Inventoried for Preservation Review
Working with San Francisco Architectural Heritage and Precita Eyes, a Planning Department summer intern has created an inventory and historical index for the murals that adorn San Francisco’s Mission District,…
Another Dreambuilders Flip Is about to Flop
Purchased for $1.3 million in September 2013, plans for a major renovation and expansion of the Noe Valley home at 639 Grand View Avenue were drawn, permits were requested, and…