A High-Tech Conversion Of Saint Joseph’s Church
Vacant since damaged by the Loma Prieta Earthquake in 1989, the plans to rehab the Saint Joseph’s Church, parish hall and rectory at 1401 Howard Street, and convert the church,…
The Impact Of Transforming Second Street
The Environmental Impact Report for San Francisco’s proposed Second Street Improvement Project, which intends to transform Second Street, from Market to King, into a pleasant “multi-modal corridor” and “green connector,”…
Folsom Street Off-Ramp Work Delayed By Contaminated Soil
Originally expected to be finished this month, the realignment of the Folsom Street off-ramp is now expected to run into June and the budget for the project has been increased…
Mortgage Rates Move Up From 21-Month Lows
Erasing a one week dip to a 21-month low, the average rate for a conforming 30-year mortgage increased from 3.59 percent to 3.69 percent but remains 59 basis points below…
Scoop: The “Copper House” Is Bernal’s First $3M Home
As we wrote when we first reported the record breaking sale of 152 Elsie last week, “the quiet sale of another Bernal Heights home which was never officially on the…
Looking To Live On A Barge, Own A Harbor On The Bay?
BayHaven Harbor is a collection of 6 floating home slips, an on-land cottage, and a rustic two-unit residential barge. And the assemblage, which is also known as 60 Varda Landing,…
Plans For Pac Heights Gas Station Site Might Surprise
Zoned for development up to 40 feet in height, and with rumblings of a project in the works, a number of readers have been wondering when the Shell station on…
Game Changer: Polk Street “SRO” Going Upscale
The renovation of the former New Pacific Hotel at Polk and Eddy, a 66-room residential hotel, or “SRO,” which previously served the indigent and otherwise homeless, is nearing completion. And…
Payouts Of Up To $50K Per Eviction Proposed
While San Francisco’s previously adopted law which required landlords who invoke the Ellis Act to pay evicted tenants an upfront sum equal to the difference between their current rent and…
Peek Inside A Five Million Dollar One-Bedroom
Originally a three-bedroom, the fourth floor of the Russian Hill building at 2222 Hyde Street has been remodeled by interior designer, John Wheatman, to effectively serve as a rather enviable…