Group Housing ‘Loopholes’ Could Soon Be Closed
Many of the recently proposed Group Housing developments in San Francisco, with shared kitchens and living areas, have been positioned as creative solutions to maximize density and minimize rents in…
30-Year Mortgage Rate Over 4 Percent For First Time In 2015
As we expected last week with the underlying basis on the move, the average rate for a 30-year mortgage has continued to climb, crossing the four percent mark for the…
420-Unit Development At Risk
The Planning Commission’s approval of the proposed 420-unit building to rise up to 13-stories at 150 Van Ness, stretching from Van Ness to Polk along Hayes, was appealed and could…
Pac Heights Carriage House In Contract At $4K Per Square Foot
Built to serve as the carriage house for the Newhall Mansion which is now hidden behind the house and owned by the co-founders of Zynga (Mark Pincus) and One Kings…
Empire Room Now Open (And Closing In 2017 For Condos To Rise)
Plans to raze the former Stars/Trader Vic’s/Maestro building at 555 Golden Gate Avenue which is now home to The Empire Room, the grand opening for which was last month, are…
Airbnb Showdown At City Hall
The showdown between two competing pieces of legislation to further regulate ‘airbnb-ing’ in San Francisco is about to commence at City Hall. Without additional transparency and reporting from the hosting…
700 Square Foot Berkeley Four-Bedrooms Slated To Be Approved
The revised designs for a student-oriented, but not necessarily student occupied, development to rise up to six-stories in height on Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley, with room(s) for around 150 residents…
Urban Bathhouse Proposed To Pop-Up In Mission Bay
SOAK’s Kickstarter campaign to fund the development of a prototype urban bathhouse and eco-spa constructed out of re-purposed shipping containers – with solar panels, a rainwater catchment and filtration system,…
Fodder For Warriors Arena Opponents And Proponents As Well
We haven’t had a chance to review all 2,304 pages of the Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the proposed Golden State Warriors Arena, retail and office complex to rise…
Before, After, And A $500K Cut For A ‘Bespoke’ Cow Hollow Home
Listed for $7.495 million in April and in contract for ten days in May, the price for the modern Cow Hollow pad at 1864 Greenwich Street was reduced by $500,000…