The Flippin Story behind Another Freestanding Facade
Purchased by the founder of the Flip video camera company (which was sold to Cisco for $590 million in 2009 and subsequently shuttered) for $1.2 million in August of 2002,…
Bonus-Sized Plans for Shuttered Gas Station Site Slated for Approval
Speaking of infilling South Van Ness Avenue in the Mission, bonus-sized plans for a seven-story building to rise on the long-shuttered gas station site on the northeast corner of 19th…
Timing for 127-Unit SoMa Development to Rise
While the building permits for the approved 127-unit apartment building to rise up to eight stories in height on the western side of 5th Street, between Shipley and Clara in…
Plans for Infilling South Van Ness
Plans to level the Barney’s Auto Center shop at 986 South Van Ness Avenue, between 20th and 21st Streets in the Mission, and build nine (9) condos upon the 5,222-square-foot…
Index for Pending U.S. Home Sales Ticks Up, Slips in the West
Having dropped to its lowest level since January of 2015 this past September, the National Association of Realtors Pending Home Sales Index, for which 100 denotes “an average level” of…
Proposed 454-Unit Mid-Market Tower Massed
As we first reported last week, plans to build up to 454 units of housing upon the underdeveloped Mid-Market parking lot at 469 Stevenson Street, which is currently owned by…
Historic Hibernia Bank Building Sold, Positioned for Redevelopment
Having hit the market last month touting its excellent redevelopment potential, as we first reported at the time, the sale of the historic Hibernia Bank building at 1098 Valencia Street…
Indexes for Bay Area Home Values Inch Up
Having slipped 0.1 percent in August, the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index for single-family home values within the San Francisco Metropolitan Area – which includes the East Bay, North Bay and…
Redesigned Dollar Store Development Slated for Approval
In the works since 2009, the proposed redevelopment of the “One $ Store” parcel on the southwest corner of Mission and 17th Streets could be approved by San Francisco’s Planning…
Building Up Berkeley: Refined Designs for Seven-Story Development
Plans to level the 24 Hour Fitness at 2072 Addison Street, in Downtown Berkeley, and develop a new seven-story building upon its site are slated be approved by the city…