Being The Heublein Building In General, And #323 In Specific
As we wrote about the Heublein Building in 2007: In 1991, Holliday Development brought 88 live/work lofts in the converted Heublein Building (601 4th Street) to market. The conversion of…
1945 Hyde: Planning’s Decision Upheld As Appellant A No-Show
A plugged-in reader reports with respect to yesterday’s appeal of the Planning Department’s decision that the proposed adaptive reuse of 1945 Hyde Street is exempt from formal environmental review. The…
Millennium Tower: “Confidential Investment Opportunity” (And Sales)
A plugged-in tipster delivers the email from the Managing Director of Carlton Advisory Services, Inc. with respect to a “Confidential Investment Opportunity” in San Francisco: Carlton has been retained on…
A Bit Of Vertigo As An 845 Montgomery Penthouse Is Withdrawn
With a self-reported $900,000 worth of upgrades since being purchased for $2,633,000 in April 2008, the listing for 845 Montgomery PH#1 has been withdrawn from the MLS after another 117…
$70M St. Regis Penthouse Goes Back To The Bank And Drops To $35M
Purchased for roughly $30,000,000 as a raw shell in 2005 by local real estate developer Victor MacFarlane, listed for $70,000,000 in 2008, and last asking $49,000,000 having finished an uberexpensive…
Bonds, Tax-Exempt Bonds (To Fund Day’s Purchase Of 601 Dolores)
On the agenda for today’s Board of Supervisors meeting, a resolution approving “the issuance and sale of tax-exempt bonds by the California Municipal Finance Authority in an aggregate principal amount…
Proposed City Center Target Design (And Full Meeting) Scoop
As we first reported earlier this week, this coming Thursday the Planning Commission will hear Target’s request to open a 106,000 t0 120,000 square foot store “offering clothing, personal accessories,…
Apples To Apples (And Foreclosure) At 3208 Pierce In The Marina
As we first reported in January: As plugged-in people might recall, while the Marina development at 3208 Pierce hit the market in 2007 with printed marketing materials touting “SOLD” for…
AAA Complex At Van Ness And Hayes About To Get A Jump Start
The National Electrical Benefit Fund which took title to the former AAA headquarters clustered around the intersection of Van Ness and Hayes in January 2010, having been deeded the 600,000…
SFMOMA Expansion Context And 935 Folsom Street Station Design
While you’ve likely seen the renderings, the draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the proposed San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) expansion and relocation of San Francisco Fire Department…