Iconic Goodwill Razed for First Hub District Tower to Rise
With the height and bulk limits for the proposed 550-unit apartment tower to rise on the former Goodwill site at the corner of Mission and South Van Ness Avenue having…
Million Dollar Price Cut for Nicolas Cage’s Former Russian Hill Home
As we first reported at the beginning of the year: Purchased by Nicolas Cage by way of an anonymous trust for $9.4 million back in 2006, the Russian Hill mansion…
Whole Foods Inks a Lease for Shuttered Best Buy Site, But…
It’s true, Whole Foods has inked a lease for the recently shuttered Best Buy location in the City Center mall at Geary and Masonic. But a formal application to allow…
Plans to Move Historic Victorian and Convert Mortuary Proceed
The formal application to add a fourth story and rear addition to the Bryant Mortuary at 635 Fulton Street and convert the historic Hayes Valley structure into a residential building…
Bigger Plans for Low-Slung Berkeley Shopping Center Site
Originally pitched as a potential five-story project, as we first reported at the time, Landmark Properties is pushing forward with plans for an eight-story building to rise up to 86…
Plans for Another Big Mid-Market Hotel (and More)
Speaking of proposed Mid-Market hotels, plans for a 12-story building to rise upon the long-vacant lot at 1125 Market Street (upon which the former Bell/American/Embassy Theater once stood adjacent to…
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First Richard Neutra Designed Home in SF Illegally Razed
Built in 1936 and known in architectural circles as the Largent House, the modernist home at 49 Hopkins Avenue hit the market listed for $1.475 million in 2013 and sold…
Clearing the Way for a 10-Story Hotel Right Here
Back in 1908, a rather fine seven-story loft building designed by MacDonald & Applegarth was built upon the 1055 Market Street parcel which stretches from Market to Stevenson Street. A…
$2.5 Million Cut for Landmark Presidio Heights Home
Having hit the market in July priced at $16 million, as we first reported at the time, the asking price for the Landmark Presidio Heights home at 3500 Jackson Street…
Conceptual Plans for Transforming This Historic Resource
The two-story concrete building at 220 9th Street, which is currently home to Desmoto Sport, Hop.in and a number of other businesses in the portion of the building which fronts…