High-Speed High Jinks?
With the former chairman of the High Speed Rail Authority who has long opposed the proposed terminus setting the odds of high-speed rail ever reaching San Francisco’s Transbay Transit Center…
From Foreclosure To Foreclosures At 333 Grant Avenue
Designed by Coxhead and Coxhead and built in 1908, the former headquarters of the Home Telephone Company at 333 Grant Avenue was converted to condos in 2004 having been foreclosed…
The Fifth Time (And Number Six) Is The Charm For 1089 Chestnut
As we reported this past March: Over the past four years 1089 Chestnut has been listed for sale five times with prices ranging from $9,250,000 in 2007 to $7,980,000 last…
The 34th America’s Cup Environmental Impact Report (And Issues)
The Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the 34th America’s Cup (AC34) and James R. Herman Cruise Terminal Project was just been published. The Report will be formally reviewed on…
Park Terrace: From New Condo Smell To Litigation Discount For #301
Listed for $899,000 this past May having been purchased for $1,181,000 in August 2007, the sale of 325 Berry #301 has closed escrow with a reported contract price of $845,000…
Odeon Penthouse Avoids Foreclosure (But Not A Big Loss)
As we wrote in November 2009 with respect to the Odeon at 181 O’Farrell: And then there’s the penthouse (#513) which was purchased for $2,000,000 in March 2007. An attempt…
Bloomin’ Fireworks On Broderick
Patrick Blanc’s living wall has yet to fully fill out. And only the first of its many blooms have bloomed like little fireworks in the air. But we’re going to…
Smitten For The Smitty (And Its Incredible Shrinking Square Feet)
Converted in the year 2000 by Bay Area architects Abrams & Milliken, the largest of three units within the former Smitty Knitting Factory building at 75 Lansing Street hit the…
Two Years Later And The Bank Gets Its Mansion Back
As we wrote about the mansion at the corner of Pacific and Divisadero back in June 2009: Commissioned by Dr. C. N. Ellinwood in 1893, 2799 Pacific was designed by…
Back Around The Cape (Horn Lofts Penthouse)
As we wrote about the Cape Horn Lofts building at 540 Delancey last year: It was sixteen condos before units #402 and #403 were combined to form a 2,900 square…