RFP for Affordable Condos to Rise in Mission Bay
As we noted last month, when San Francisco’s 300-acre Mission Bay neighborhood is “fully developed” it is slated to encompass 6,500 units of housing; 4.4 million square feet of clinical,…
Impact of Sea Level Rise on San Francisco Assessed
Having already identified the areas of San Francisco that are most vulnerable to a rising sea, San Francisco’s Sea Level Rise Coordinating Committee (SLRCC), which is tasked with developing an…
Pace of New Home Sales in the U.S. Drops
Having gained an upwardly revised 8.1 percent in March, the pace of new single-family home sales in the U.S. dropped 6.9 percent in April to a seasonally adjusted rate of…
City Seeking Affordable Housing Developer for Fenced SoMa Site
Conveyed to the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development back in 2014, in lieu of providing below market rate (BMR) units within the new One Henry Adams and 801/855…
Bonus Plans for Building Up Third Street
Plans to raze the Philadelphia Church of God in Christ building at 5270/2 Third Street and level the adjacent vacant parcel are in the works. And as newly rendered by…
Over Asking on Anderson Street (For Reals)
As we highlighted last month: Having been taken “down to the studs,” completely remodeled and expanded to a little over 2,000 square feet (with four bedrooms, four baths and a…
Pace of Existing Home Sales in the U.S. Down, Inventory Up
Having dropped 4.9 percent in March, the seasonally adjusted pace of existing-home sales across the U.S. slipped another 0.4 percent in April to an annual rate of 5.19 million transactions,…
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Planning for Contentious Central SoMa Development Proceeds
In the works since 2012 and dependent upon the survival of San Francisco’s Central SoMa Plan, at least with respect to its new height limits, the application to proceed with…
Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops, Inventory Inches Up
While home sales in San Francisco totaled a ten-year low in the first quarter of 2019, the pace of sales turned up at the end of March and April sales…
Context for a Recent 25 Percent Over Asking Sale
We first took note of the well-designed unit #1 at 236 States Street back in 2008, a few years before it was marketed as a short-sale near the bottom of…