Million Dollar Price Cut for Historic Piedmont Estate
Designed by Albert Farr and finished in 1928, the historic “Hampton House” estate at 395 Hampton Road hit the market in Piedmont last year listed for $8.95 million. Sitting on…
The Stories behind This Story on Mission Street
It’s true, the two adjacent buildings at 657 Mission and 667 Mission Street have traded hands, purchased from separate sellers by Chinese developer Vanke and local partner Align Real Estate,…
Narrow Market Street Site on the Market Touting Tower Potential
Built in 1922, the narrow two-story building at 570 Market Street, which also fronts Sutter Street and is currently home to Daiso Japan, Creative Marketing Concepts, ABC Cleaners, Lucky Nails…
Coveted SoMa View Condo Fetches 3% More than in 2014
Listed as the most desirable one-bedroom with den floor plan at SoMa Grand, with a balcony and coveted “Views, Views, Views!” from both the living room and bedroom, 1160 Mission…
Polk Gulch Garage with an Illegal Hotel Back on the Market
With the third floor of the Polk Gulch garage at 819 Ellis Street having been illegally converted into the “American International Hostel,” an un-permitted tourist hotel, the City had ordered…
Potrero Hill Penthouse Fetches 2014 Price
Purchased for $1,635,000 in May of 2014, the two-bedroom Onyx penthouse unit #406 at 415 De Haro Street, in the flats of Potrero Hill, returned to the market listed for…
The Quest to Reopen Julius’ Castle
As we wrote about this long-shuttered local landmark back in 2014: Having operated as a restaurant since 1922, but shuttered in 2007 amid allegations of landlord fraud and un-permitted renovations,…
Bigger Plans to Transform This Tenderloin Block and Local Icon
The Fifth Church of Christ, Scientist has been working on plans to redevelop the Tenderloin parcel upon which their 27,000-square-foot church sits, as we first reported back in 2013. As…
A Masterful $2 Million Price Cut for Kirk Hammett’s Sea Cliff Home(s)
Having been correctly fingered as Kirk Hammett’s 4,200-square-foot Sea Cliff home by a number of plugged-in reader’s last year, the asking price for 308 Sea Cliff Avenue has just been…
Plans for More Density While Maintaining History in Western SoMa
Built in 1929, the three-story industrial building at 351-353 9th Street has been identified as a potential historic resource for the Western SOMA Light Industrial and Residential Historic District. But…