Proposed Development in San Francisco Tracking a Six-Year Low
Having peaked at 116 in 2014, the number of newly proposed plans for major developments in San Francisco has been trending down ever since, a trend which shouldn’t catch any…
Pac Heights Apartment Quietly on the Market for $25 Million
While it hasn’t officially been listed for sale, unit #2 in the überexclusive Pacific Heights building at 2006 Washington Street is now quietly on the market with a $25 million…
Complaints Related to Illegal Airbnb-Ing in S.F. Cut in Half
While the number of complaints related to illegal short-term rental activity in San Francisco hasn’t dropped to zero following the implementation of the City’s new short-term rental law (which restricts…
Plans for Building Up Geary Boulevard: Grand Hot Pot Edition
Plans to raze the one-and-a-half-story building at 3565 Geary Boulevard, which is currently home to Grand Hot Pot Lounge, are in the works. And as envisioned, a seven-story building will…
Passed by Planning, Central SoMa Plan Is Now Headed to the Supes
Having been unanimously supported by San Francisco’s Planning Commission last week, the City’s ambitious Central SoMa Plan is now slated to be reviewed by the Board of Supervisors’ Land Use…
Lumina Plaza Penthouse Fails to Fetch its 2015 Price
Purchased for $2.331 million or roughly $1,430 per square foot in the fourth quarter of 2015, the Lumina Plaza C’s penthouse unit #8E, which features 12-foot ceilings and measures 1,630…
Burned-Out Former Drug Den Back on the Market for a Million Bucks
As we wrote last year: Purchased for $440,000 in 1995, the Castro District duplex at 517-519 Sanchez Street has been raided numerous times over the past seven years, resulting in…
The Plans to Transform San Francisco’s Civic Center
In the works since 2016, three comprehensive plans for transforming San Francisco’s Civic Center Plaza, Fulton Mall and United Nations Plaza, as newly rendered and outlined below, will be presented…
Placeholder for Transbay District Tower Slated for Approval, Again
While plans for a skinny 495-foot-tall tower with up to 334 condos, or 72 condos over a 273-room hotel, “depending upon market conditions,” were approved to rise on the downtown…
Redesigned Golden Gate Development Closer to Reality
The new plans for an eleven-story building to rise on the site of the former Stars/Trader Vic’s/Maestro building turned Empire Room at 555 Golden Gate Avenue could be approved next…