Fissure Forces Closure of New Salesforce Transit Center
A newly discovered fissure in at least one of the steel beams which supports the roof and 5.4-acre park atop the new Salesforce Transit Center has resulted in an emergency…
Index for Bay Area Home Values Inches Up, Condos Slip
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 Peninsula – inched up 0.6 percent…
Proposed Development in San Francisco Tracking a Seven-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…
Even Less Height, More Density for Approved Tower as Proposed
Originally envisioned to rise up to 40 stories in height, the plans for the modular tower to rise at on the corner of Franklin and 21st Street, across from the…
Price Cut for Berkeley Parcel with Approved Plans
Plans to level the former Northwest Berkeley service station turned abandoned tax office at 1740 San Pablo Avenue and develop a modern five-story building with 48 apartments over 3 street…
Trend of Homes for Sale in San Francisco Ticks Up
Having hit a 7-year high last week, the number of homes listed for sale in San Francisco has ticked up another 2.2 percent to 920 which is now 16 percent…
Detailed Plans for that Massive Mid-Market Whole Foods Complex
Slated to open at Market and Eighth circa 2021, in the base of the fourth and final phase of the massive Trinity Place development, the majority of the proposed 46,000-square-foot…
BrainWash Building Back on the Market for $1.5 Million More
Having sold for $4.6 million in February, the two-story Western SoMa building at the corner of Folsom and Langton Streets, which was home to the BrainWash cafe and laundromat for…
Bay Area Employment Drops along with Unemployment Rates
Having recorded an above-average bump in seasonal hires in July, the number of people residing in San Francisco with a job dropped by 3,000 over the past month to 557,200.…
Former Building Inspection Commission President Tagged for Fraud
San Francisco’s City Attorney, Dennis Herrera, has just filed suit against construction engineering firm Santos & Urrutia Associates, its principals and several clients and contractors over “an elaborate scheme” to…