BIG Plans for a Pair of Swoopy Towers Closer to Reality
As we first reported in December of 2017, Tishman Speyer was pushing forward with their plans for two modern towers to rise up to 420 feet in height on the…
Affordable Development in the Mission Finally Breaks Ground
Having survived a parking related challenge, the plans for a nine-story building with 127 units of affordable housing to rise on the northern half of the parking lot parcel at…
Approved Dollar Store Development on the Market in the Mission
As we first reported last year: Having already been redesigned to look “less upscale” and eliminate its garage, the proposed redevelopment of the “One $ Store” parcel on the southwest…
Tenant Buyouts Tick Up in San Francisco, Averaged $48K Last Year
Over the past year, a total of 379 buyout agreements between landlords and their tenants were inked and filed with the City, as now required by law. That’s up 13…
The Fed Signals Future Rate Hikes Are on Hold
In a move which shouldn’t catch any plugged-in readers by surprise, the Federal Reserve not only failed to raise interest rates today but signaled a more “patient” approach in its…
Pending Home Sales in the U.S. Continue to Drop
Having declined 0.7 percent in November, the National Association of Realtors Pending Home Sales Index, for which 100 denotes “an average level” of activity, dropped another 2.2 percent in December…
Mission District Institution Closing, Corner Buildings for Sale
As we first reported last year, Lucca Ravioli’s detached parking lot parcel at 1120 Valencia Street was on the market in the Mission and has since sold to a developer…
Indexes for Bay Area Home Values Drop, Condos Hit Particularly Hard
Having slipped another 0.7 percent in November, 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…
Russian Hill Hideaway Fails to Fetch Its 2015 Price
As we noted near the end of last year: Originally designed by William Wurster and perched on the eastern slope of Russian Hill, the three-bedroom home at 1116 Greenwich Street,…
Modern Silicon Valley Mansion Now Listed for Nearly $5 Million Less
Having been priced at $29.8 million early last year, touting nine Feng Shui selling points (including that the “grounded nature of the home will allow the owner to expand their…