Detailed Plans for Massive Power Plant Redevelopment and Stack
If approved as proposed, the redevelopment of the 29-acre Potrero Power Plant site will yield 2,700 units of housing; 600,000 square feet of office space; 700,000 square feet of R&D…
Oakland Loft with Penthouse Addition Fetches $2.75 Million
We first featured (and gushed over) the 5,361-square-foot unit #405 atop the converted Phoenix Iron Works building, on the western edge of Oakland’s Jack London Square, back in early 2008…
Mortgage Rates Slip, Odds of a Rate Hike Rise
Having ticked up 51 basis points since the beginning of the year, the average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage slipped 2 basis points over the past week to 4.44…
Redevelopment of Western SoMa Club Site Closer to Reality
Plans to level the shuttered nightclub space at 280 7th Street, which was once home to “Rawhide II,” the only Country Western club in San Francisco, and develop 20 condos…
New Plans for the Historic Mini Dealership Building on Van Ness
While currently leased to Mini of San Francisco, plans to renovate and repurpose the historic Willis Polk and Co. designed building on the southwest corner of Van Ness Avenue and…
Renovated Lake Merritt Lodge on the Market
Built for the YWCA as a “home-away-from-home for young working girls” in 1929, the Blue Triangle Club building at 2332 Harrison Street was sold by the “Y” in the late…
Million Dollar Cut for Approved Development in the Mission
Speaking of approved projects in San Francisco’s housing pipeline which have yet to break ground, the asking price for the Mission District parcel on the southeast corner of 16th and…
Record Pipeline of Projects in SF but Actual Building Slows Down
With the number of newly proposed units of housing to be built in San Francisco having outpaced the number of units that finished up construction in the fourth quarter of…
How to Guarantee a Quick ‘Full-Price’ Sale in San Francisco
Purchased for $1.85 million in July of 2013, the 1,340-square-foot unit #35E at the Infinity, a “signature corner 2BR/2BA with stunning views of water, city or Bay Bridge from every…
Eviction Notices Drop in San Francisco with a Notable Exception
The number of eviction notices filed with San Francisco’s Rent Board dropped 12 percent over the past year, from 1,881 to 1,657. But there was one category in which there…