Initiative to Acquire and Transform Alcatraz Is Back
Having failed back in 2008, a ballot initiative which aims to transform Alcatraz Island into a “Global Peace and Creative Art Center” has been re-drafted and is positioning to qualify…
Another Institution on the Market in the Tenderloin
The Edinburgh Castle at 950 Geary Street is now on the market with a $3.995 million price tag. In addition to the iconic bar’s building, the asking price includes the…
Chic Central SoMa Loft Nearly Fetches its 2016 Price
Purchased for $1.2 million February of 2016, the “chic” penthouse unit #801 at the Palms on 4th Street, returned to the market listed for $1.295 million at the end of…
Redevelopment of Iconic Joe’s Cable Car Site Closer to Reality
Having shuttered back in 2014, after nearly five decades of serving freshly ground burgers to a legion of adorning fans, a permit to raze the iconic Joe’s Cable Car shack,…
Remodeled Pac Heights Mansion Fetches 45% of Original Price
As we outlined earlier this year: Purchased out of foreclosure for $2.525 million in 2013, the “grandly proportioned circa 1898 Victorian mansion” at 1945 Franklin Street, on the eastern edge…
The Singular Proposal for the Redevelopment of Fort Scott
From the now singular proposal from the four finalists selected to bid for the opportunity to redevelop the 30-acre Fort Winfield Scott campus in the Presidio: Last September, at the…
Home of the Largest Sex Club in SF on the Market in SoMa
Hidden behind a rather nondescript industrial façade at 933 Harrison Street, the “largest sex club in San Francisco,” the 6,000-square-foot Blow Buddies club, has operated for nearly 30 years. And…
Nearly New Two-Bedroom Fetches 3 Percent over its 2014 Price
Purchased as new for $1,016,000, or roughly $963 per square foot, back in March of 2014, the “primely” located two-bedroom, two-bath unit #415 at 8 Buchanan Street (a.k.a. Linea) returned…
Plan to Stabilize the Sinking Millennium Tower Closer to Reality
With the initial round of testing having proven successful, the plans to permanently stabilize the sinking Millennium Tower by adding a series of 52 new piles around the tower’s perimeter…
Déjà Vu All over Again at the Ritz in San Francisco
Purchased as new for $1.53 million, or roughly $1,284 per square foot, in early 2008, right as the Great Recession was picking up steam, the two-bedroom Ritz-Carlton Residences unit #1702…