Plans to Raze The Phoenix for SRO Units to Rise
Plans to level the Phoenix Irish Bar & Gathering House at 811 Valencia Street are in the works. And as currently envisioned, a six-story building would rise up to 55…
Former Police Station and Jail on the Market for $8.4M
Decommissioned in 1994, the former Mission Police Station and jail at 1240 Valencia Street, between 23rd and 24th, was sold to a private party for $560,000 in March of 1997.…
Rents Tick Up along with Delivery of New Office Buildings in SF
With 1.3 million square feet of new office space having been delivered over the past quarter, all of which was pre-leased and instantly absorbed, included The Exchange at 16th (Dropbox)…
East Bay Compound Fetches $10M under Original List
Priced at $22.5 million in 2015 and then reduced to $16.5 million last year, the massive East Bay estate at 10 Winding Lane in Orinda has just traded hands with…
Commission Slated to Condemn Plans for Oakland Tower
Having previously directed Oakland’s Planning Department to return with findings to support a denial of the proposed 460-foot-tall tower to rise at 1261 Harrison Street, on the historic King Block…
First Tenants of SF’s Transbay / Salesforce Transit Center Identified
With San Francisco’s new Transbay/Salesforce Transit Center and rooftop park slated to open on August 12, the first four (4) leases for the center’s thirty-five (35) potential retail/restaurant/commercial spaces have…
The Distribution of Affordable Housing in San Francisco
Intended as a foundational element to help guide a new Housing Affordability Strategy (HAS), polices and plans for the city, the first edition of a new Housing Needs and Trends…
No Housing for Long-Shuttered Real Food Location Indeed
As we first reported last year: “The former Real Food building at 3939 24th Street, in the heart of Noe Valley, has been vacant since 2003 when the grocery was…
Rezoning Could Quadruple Density of 19th Avenue Development
The previously proposed plans to level the Sunset District flower stand and two undeveloped lots on the southwest corner of Quintara and 19th Avenue and construct a four-story building across…
Battle over Newly Approved Rincon Hill Development Rages On
The waylaid plans for a modern residential building to rise up to 84 feet in height at 430 Main/429 Beale Street were, in fact, approved by San Francisco’s Planning Commission…