Floating Fire Station Closer to Reality on San Francisco’s Bay
The conceptual plans for a floating expansion of San Francisco’s historic Fire Station 35 at Pier 22 ½, which was built back in 1915, have been detailed and newly rendered.…
Planning Seeks More Celebratory Design for Big Hotel Expansion
Built in 1971, with a total of 342 hotel rooms and 220 parking spaces on its nearly two-acre parcel at 1300 Columbus Avenue, plans to add 174 new rooms to…
Art Gallery Shuttered, Parcel on the Market as a Development Site
The recently shuttered John Pence Gallery at 750 Post Street, three blocks from Union Square in Lower Nob Hill, is now on the market with a $7.9 million price tag…
Potential Fix to Right the Sinking 58-Story Millennium Tower Identified
A potential solution to right the sinking Millennium Tower, which has now settled a total of 17 inches with lean of nearly 14 inches as measured from its roof, has…
Landmark Presidio Heights Home Priced at $16 Million
Designed by Bernard Maybeck and built in 1909, the Landmark “Roos House” at 3500 Jackson Street, in San Francisco’s Presidio Heights, is about to hit the market with a $16…
Salesforce Secures Rights to Transbay Transit Center and Park
Having already secured the naming rights to the tallest tower in San Francisco, Salesforce is on the verge of securing the naming rights to the adjacent Transbay Transit Center, Grand…
Infinity Two-Bedroom Fetches 4 Percent over 2014 Price
Purchased for $1.5 million in November 2014, the Infinity unit #18E at 301 Main Street returned to the market this past March priced at $1.68 million or roughly $1,424 per…
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Redwoods, Sculpture and Funicular Ousted from Plaza Plans
The approved plans for the future half-acre Mission Plaza at the base of the Transbay/Salesforce Tower feature a grove of 20 redwood trees, a 41-foot-tall sculpture assembled from concrete blocks…
Tower to Rise over Historic Building Raises Concerns
As we first reported earlier this year, Ellis Partners is planning to abandon the previously approved plans for a 20-story tower to rise adjacent to the historic Key System Building…
Make That 23 Percent of Original Pricing for Silicon Valley Estate
As we first reported earlier this week, the 47.5-acre de Guigne estate at 891 Crystal Springs Road in Hillsborough, which hit the market priced at $100 million back in 2013,…