Morgan Stanley’s Vision to Transform the Macy’s Men’s Store Building
With Macy’s Men’s Store building at 120 Stockton Street slated to be sold to Morgan Stanley for $250 million next year, after which Macy’s will lease the Union Square building…
The Plans for a Modern Buddhist Temple and Dormitory on Van Ness
Plans to level the American Buddhist Cultural Society’s office and bookstore building at 1750 Van Ness Avenue are in the works. And as proposed, a modern new temple designed by…
Pace of Existing Home Sales in the U.S. Nears a Ten-Year High
Having ticked up 2.0 percent in October, the seasonally adjusted pace of existing-home sales in the U.S. inched up another 0.7 percent in November to an annual rate of 5.61…
The Devilish Details behind the Academy of Art’s $60 Million Deal
The Academy of Art University has tentatively agreed to the terms of a “$60 million settlement” with the City of San Francisco to resolve allegations that the institution has systematically…
Telegraph Hill’s Hillside Is on the Market
A 120-foot-wide chunk of the Telegraph Hill hillside fronting Sansome Street, below the homes at the end of Alta above, is now on the market for $1.4 million and is…
Plans for Nothing to Rise on This Prime Hayes Valley Parcel
Plans to raze the former Jews for Jesus building at 80/84 Page Street are in the works. And as proposed, and rather ironically, nothing will rise upon the Hayes Valley…
Cleaned Out of the Tenderloin for New Apartments to Rise
The Unique Cleaners building at 820 Post Street was purchased for $1,528,000 this past August. The rent was soon raised. The laundry is now out of business. And plans to…
Grand Berkeley Mansion Purchased for $418 per Foot
The 8,600 square foot Berkeley mansion at 2840 Claremont Boulevard hit the market in the June listed at $5.45 million, or roughly $634 per square foot, a price which led…
Planning Raises Proposed Height Limit for Central SoMa Tower Site
When the City’s revised Central SoMa Plan was unveiled in August, it raised the proposed height limits for numerous neighborhood parcels, including an up-zoning of the Flower Mart site to…
Legendary VC’s Millennium Tower Penthouse Fetches $13M
Purchased as a shell for $9.35 million in 2009, the late venture capitalist Tom Perkins spent another $9 million building out the Grand Penthouse A atop the sinking Millennium Tower.…