Big Plans for Shuttered Nightclub Site
Having been shuttered back in 2016, the sale of the Club Tapatio building at 4742 Mission Street, which once housed the Rock Garden and Club New Yorker as well, and…
Light House Condo now Listed at a Larger Seven-Figure Loss
Purchased for $6.495 million in April of 2016, the 5,493-square-foot “Light House” condo at 651 Dolores Street, one of four condos within the converted Second Church of Christ Scientist, across…
Number of Homes for Sale in SF Holds, Pending Sales Down
While effectively unchanged over the past week, as expected, the number of homes on the market in San Francisco (710) is now running roughly even with the same time last…
Taller Transbay District Tower Seeking Approval
As originally proposed, the five-story building at 95 Hawthorne Street, which formerly housed the San Francisco Passport Agency, was to be razed in order to make way for a 32-story…
Bay Area Unemployment Hits a Record Low, But…
The unemployment rate in San Francisco has dropped to a record low of 1.9 percent, with the ranks of the employed having increased by 2,900 to 569,300 in May. That…
Refined Plans for a 35-Story Oakland Tower (And More)
As proposed and rendered along with a placeholder for the approved 24-story development to rise at 2270 Broadway, the building permits for which are in the works, the refined plans…
Pace of Existing Home Sales in the U.S. Ticks Up
Having slipped 0.4 percent in April, the seasonally adjusted pace of existing-home sales across the U.S. ticked up 2.5 percent in May to an annual rate of 5.34 million transactions…
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Mega-Project Has (Partially) Broken Ground
Approved by Planning back in 2015 but waylaid by legal challenges, the ground for the massive 5M Project – which spans a 4-acre South of Market site stretching from Mission…
Plan for Presidio Redevelopment Rejected
In a move which shouldn’t catch any plugged-in readers by surprise, the Presidio Trust’s Board of Directors has formally rejected the refined plans for redeveloping the Presidio’s 30-acre Fort Winfield…
Mortgage Rates Hover Near Two-Year Lows, Primed to Drop
While the average rate for a 30-year mortgage was unchanged over the past week, holding near a two-year low of 3.82 percent, Freddie Mac’s latest Mortgage Market Survey was conducted…