Storied Spreckels Mansion Quietly Sells For $10M
Both Jack London and Danny Glover have called the former Spreckels Mansion home. And at one point in the 1960’s, the ballroom atop the 8,400-square-foot pad at 737 Buena Vista…
Mayor Lee Signs San Francisco’s Airbnb Legislation Into Law
Mayor Ed Lee has signed San Francisco’s so-called “Airbnb ordinance” into law, officially legalizing but limiting short-term rentals in the city. As approved by San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors by…
Plans The Raze The Elbo Room Move Closer To Reality
Despite widely publicized assurances to the contrary, plans to raze the Elbo Room to make way for new condos to rise at 645 Valencia Street are expeditiously moving forward and…
Chinese High-Speed Rail Delegation Headed To San Francisco
According to a plugged-in tipster, a special delegation of senior officials and executives representing China’s largest high-speed rail authorities, including the China Railway Corporation, are headed to San Francisco this…
Former Earthquake Cottage Sells For Over $2K Per Square Foot
Purchased for $500K in 2010 having previously sold for $633K in 2005, the former earthquake cottage at 1448 Kearny Street returned to the market last month having been renovated by…
Pending Home Sales Index Higher For First Time In 11 Months
The National Association of Realtors Pending Home Sales Index inched up a nominal 0.3 percent from August to September and is now running 1.0 percent higher on a year-over-year basis,…
Valencia Street Food Truck Park In The Works
Already home to one semi-permanent cart, plans to convert the used car lot on the northeast corner of Valencia and Ceasar Chavez into the “Valencia Food Truck Park” have been…
A Remodeled Victorian That Doesn’t Belong In Dwell
Designed by Samuel Newsom and built in 1889, the big Queen Anne Victorian at 2604 Pacific Avenue has since been renovated and remodeled, but it hasn’t become a modern white…
First Peek: Plans For Modern 12-Story Condo Building On Market
Trumark Urban is working on plans for a modern 12-story building to rise along Market and Oak Streets, between Franklin and Van Ness, with 109 condos over three ground-floor retail…
More (Rendering) Porn For Central SoMa Site
As we first reported last month about the boutique office building to rise at 85 Bluxome: The financing to raze one of the last original porn studios left in SoMa…