Forward Progress For San Francisco Piers 15, 17, And 70
The Port Commission has approved a 66-year lease of Piers 15 and 17 for the Exploratorium (targeting a 2012 opening): The deal, approved unanimously by the Port Commission this month,…
The Numbers Behind Perkins’ Millennium Penthouse Purchase
Tom Perkins has gone public with his purchase of one of the top two Millennium Tower penthouse shells (“GPHA”). The buy by the numbers: 4,806 square feet; three bedrooms and…
150 Otis: From Temporary To Permanent Shelter As Proposed
“ want to develop 150 Otis St., a surplus city-owned building, into permanent affordable rental housing for chronically homeless senior citizen vets. The project is scheduled to be completed in…
Care To Get Your Castle On? A Restored Albion Castle Returns
A few months after Laughing Squid launched their blog from Albion Castle in early 2005 the Hunter’s Point property at 881 Innes Avenue was auctioned off at the Palace Hotel…
The Dude Buys 2201 Baker (“Confidentially”)
The inside scoop on the sale of 2201 Baker from a plugged-in tipster: “All contingencies have been removed and the funds all went into escrow Monday 9/14. City to record…
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Through The Looking Glass Floors Of 601 4th Street #319
One of 88 live/work lofts in the Holliday Development’s 1991 Heublien Building conversion, 601 4th Street #319 last sold for $335,000 in September 1995. Since then, however, the 1,965 square…
Eminent Domain Suit Semi-Successfully Snatches Hugo Hotel
As a plugged-in reader noted a few days ago, The San Francisco Redevelopment Agency seems to have prevailed in their eminent domain action for the long-vacant Hugo Hotel on 6th…
501 Beale #12G: No Short Sale For You! (Foreclosure Instead)
Purchased for $975,000 in May of 2006, Watermark (501 Beale) #12G returned to the market this past June as a short sale with a “$500,000” list price. Taken back by…
More Evidence Of A High Speed Snub For The Transbay Transit Center
Last November Judge Quentin Kopp, chairman of the High Speed Rail Authority, spoke out against extending California’s proposed high speed rail line beyond the current Caltrain station at Fourth and…
Will Tavern On The Green’s Bankruptcy Kill An SF Outpost?
Citing “extreme financial distress brought on by the current financial crisis and the City of New York’s decision not to renew lease,” New York’s Tavern on the Green has filed…