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Builders Slow Their Rolls, Banking Entitlements in San Francisco

May 24, 2024

As we outlined at the end of last year, with values dropping, the cost of capital having jumped, sales down and developers getting squeezed or even foreclosed upon, the number…

As Proposed Elections

#Vote (UPDATED)

March 5, 2024

If you’ve already mailed your ballot or cast an early vote, thank you. If not, San Francisco’s Voting Center on the ground floor of City Hall (1 Dr. Carlton B.…

As Proposed Commercial Elections Industry Stuff Real Estate Economics

The Potential Economic Impact of Proposition C on San Francisco

February 28, 2024

As we first outlined two years ago, from which we haven’t deviated, despite plenty of whining, whinging and uninformed opinion/lobbying pieces from others since: “the conversion of existing office space…

As Proposed Bay Buildings City Planning Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Neighborhoods Trends

Revised Plans for Historic Redevelopment Poised to Be Approved

February 23, 2024

With the pipeline of fully approved projects on the rise, the pace of construction slowing down, and more entitled projects being put up for sale or banked rather than preparing…

As Proposed City Planning Industry Stuff Neighborhoods Real Estate Economics Trends

Building Slows in S.F. but Pipeline of Potential Development Holds

December 28, 2023

With values dropping, the cost of capital having jumped, sales down, and developers getting squeezed or even foreclosed upon, the number of net new units of housing under construction across…

As Proposed City Planning Commercial Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Neighborhoods Trends

Amendment for Proposed Distribution Center Inked

December 22, 2023

Certified by San Francisco’s Planning Commission in 2006, the Bayview Hunters Point Redevelopment Projects and Rezoning impact report cleared the way for over 2 million square feet of new development,…

As Proposed Bay Buildings Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Neighborhoods

Refined Plans for Conversion of Landmarked Library, But…

December 20, 2023

Purchased for $9.5 million at the end of 2017, plans to convert the landmarked Health Sciences Library building on the southeast corner of Sacramento and Webster into a 24-unit luxury…

As Proposed Bay Buildings Industry Stuff Neighborhoods Trends

Prominent North Beach Building (Site) on the Market

December 15, 2023

While (downsized) plans for redeveloping the burned-out Verdi Building at 659 Union Street, between Columbus and Powell, in the heart of North Beach, have been drawn and permits requested, the…

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Refined Plans for the Proposed Stonestown Redevelopment

December 13, 2023

As proposed by Brookfield Properties and newly rendered above and below, the refined plans for redeveloping the 41-acre Stonestown site would now yield nearly 3,500 residential units, up from around…

As Proposed City Planning Industry Stuff Neighborhoods Trends

Prohibited Residential Conversion(s) Proposed

December 12, 2023

Approved back in 2015 and subsequently dubbed “The Landing,” the 257-unit development that rose at 1395 22nd Street, along the East Slope of Potrero Hill, included 47,575 square feet of…

Brahma (incensed renter) on Modern Noe Valley Compound Now Listed for 33 Percent Less
152 days after after the revised listing mentioned in the penultimate paragraph above, 1647 Sanchez's listing was removed from the…
Brahma (incensed renter) on “Full(er) House” Home Back on the Market
Sold for 7.7 percent under asking. From India Roby at Architectural Digest, yesterday, in a story headlined The Full House…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Office Vacancy Rate in San Francisco Hits a New High, Leasing Drops
Apparently, developers believe that S.F. doesn't have enough office space. But the vacancy rate is rising. According to an article…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Construction of Prominent Hub District Tower Has Commenced
Might have been underway when the above was posted, but we weren't kept plugged-in. Lendlease’s tower to rise at 30…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Modern New Development Fails to Sell, Taken Back by The Bank
Grubber2 pretty much nailed it. Sold by Avidbank to HSH Holdings for $14 million, or about 13.6 percent under the…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Prominent Nob Hill Corner Closer to Proposed Reality
My bad. Even realtor dot com is now showing that correct amount in its listing. I should have not taken…
steve on Prominent Nob Hill Corner Closer to Proposed Reality
I think someone mistyped the HOA fees. Redfin is now showing that as $1,764/mo. It doesn't change your main point,…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops
It's not all bad at The Millennium Tower, and we can take a look at the unit namelinked above by…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Prominent Nob Hill Corner Closer to Proposed Reality
Not only has the building — now dubbed Crescent Nob Hill — been completed since the above post, but certain…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Office Vacancy Rate in San Francisco Hits a New High, Leasing Drops
Probably won't meaningfully decrease the amount of office space on the market. Google is pulling out of it's lease at…

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Builders Slow Their Rolls, Banking Entitlements in San Francisco

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The Potential Economic Impact of Proposition C on San Francisco

Revised Plans for Historic Redevelopment Poised to Be Approved

Building Slows in S.F. but Pipeline of Potential Development Holds

Amendment for Proposed Distribution Center Inked

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Prominent North Beach Building (Site) on the Market

Refined Plans for the Proposed Stonestown Redevelopment

Prohibited Residential Conversion(s) Proposed

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