Redevelopment of Prominent Parking Lot Parcel Delayed
In the works since the year 2000, plans for a 19-story residential building, with 103 condos over a stacked garage for 28 cars and 900 square feet of retail space…
Massive Pier 70 Project Reaches a Major Milestone
Having secured voter approval for increased building heights across the 28-acre-core of the Pier 70 site back in 2014, the Environmental Planning for Forest City’s massive project was soon underway.…
Benchmark Mortgage Rate Hits a 32-Month High
As we foreshadowed within a basis point, the average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage jumped another 14 basis points over the past week to 4.30 percent, the highest average…
Morgan Stanley’s Vision to Transform the Macy’s Men’s Store Building
With Macy’s Men’s Store building at 120 Stockton Street slated to be sold to Morgan Stanley for $250 million next year, after which Macy’s will lease the Union Square building…
The Plans for a Modern Buddhist Temple and Dormitory on Van Ness
Plans to level the American Buddhist Cultural Society’s office and bookstore building at 1750 Van Ness Avenue are in the works. And as proposed, a modern new temple designed by…
Pace of Existing Home Sales in the U.S. Nears a Ten-Year High
Having ticked up 2.0 percent in October, the seasonally adjusted pace of existing-home sales in the U.S. inched up another 0.7 percent in November to an annual rate of 5.61…
The Devilish Details behind the Academy of Art’s $60 Million Deal
The Academy of Art University has tentatively agreed to the terms of a “$60 million settlement” with the City of San Francisco to resolve allegations that the institution has systematically…
Telegraph Hill’s Hillside Is on the Market
A 120-foot-wide chunk of the Telegraph Hill hillside fronting Sansome Street, below the homes at the end of Alta above, is now on the market for $1.4 million and is…
Plans for Nothing to Rise on This Prime Hayes Valley Parcel
Plans to raze the former Jews for Jesus building at 80/84 Page Street are in the works. And as proposed, and rather ironically, nothing will rise upon the Hayes Valley…
Cleaned Out of the Tenderloin for New Apartments to Rise
The Unique Cleaners building at 820 Post Street was purchased for $1,528,000 this past August. The rent was soon raised. The laundry is now out of business. And plans to…