New Plans And Timing For An 18-Story Berkeley Tower
The designs for an 18-story building with over 300 apartments proposed to rise at 2211 Harold Way in Downtown Berkeley have been refined anew, shifting the building mass to address…
Potrero Hill’s Future East Slope And Serpentine Steps
As we first reported last month, the development team behind the proposed 251-unit Potrero Hill development to rise below the 33-acre Potrero Terrace public housing site that’s to be rebuilt…
City Suing Prolific Tagger For $54K
City Attorney Dennis Herrera has filed suit against Cozy Terry, “a prolific and unrepentant graffiti vandal,” who is alleged to have caused nearly $90,000 in damage to public property over…
The Robb Road Report
The one acre Palo Alto parcel upon which the 8,300-square-foot nouveau French Manor sits at 890 Robb Road was purchased for $3.25 million in 2001, at which point a pedestrian…
San Francisco And East Bay Employment Rocket To Record Highs
Having slipped by about a thousand in June, the number of people living in San Francisco with a job jumped by 6,500 in July and now totals a record 532,100,…
Cesar Chavez Rising (Unless The Moratorium Is Passed)
The owner of the Mission District parcel at 3620 Cesar Chavez Street, upon which a single-story office building and parking lot for eight cars currently sits, has engaged Sternberg Benjamin…
Infilling Presidio Heights
The 26-space parking lot on the northeast corner of California and Spruce could soon be history as plans to build a four-story building, with 12 condos over a 3,700 square…
Planning Has A Problem With A Major Market Street Project
As proposed, the five-story Civic Center Hotel with 71 SRO and 81 Tourist rooms at 1601 Market Street, the Local 38 Plumbers and Pipefitters Union hall at 1621 Market, and…
Academy Of Art Accused Of Selling False Hopes
Already under fire for a slew of Planning Code violations dating back to 2005, hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid fines, and accusations of engaging in an ongoing “game…
331-Unit ‘Monster in the Mission’ Embroiled in New Legal Battle
Maximus Real Estate Partners, the development team which has already invested an estimated $8 million to design and entitle the proposed development of 331 residential units at 1979 Mission Street,…