Demo Approved But Permit To Build 40-Story Tower Suspended
As we reported in September, “with the one-year extension to start work on the 40-story residential building approved to rise at 340 Fremont Street set to expire in two months,…
A Game Of Remodeling Jenga: Before The Collapse
It was yesterday morning that a plugged-in neighbor found himself looking up at the approved “remodeling” of 125 Crown Terrace underway and thinking, “that can’t be stable.” And it wasn’t.
Collapsed Home Was Being “Remodeled” By Prominent Developer
The Twin Peaks house at 125 Crown Terrace which partially collapsed last night and slid down the hill toward Graystone Terrace is owned by Mel Murphy, the prominent and well-connected…
Lucas’ Proposed Presidio Museum Panned By National Park Service
The Presidio Trust’s primary partner, the National Park Service, has just reiterated its concerns with the Trust’s plans to redevelop the Presidio’s Commissary site across from Crissy Field and is…
Modern Hayes Valley Development Breaks Ground, Opening 2014
DDG and DM Development have just broken ground on 400 Grove Street, the modern 34-unit Hayes Valley development designed by Fougeron Architecture to rise at the corner of Grove and…
Proposal to Immediately Revitalize San Francisco’s Pier 38 Picked
While it hasn’t been announced, TMG’s proposal for the redevelopment of San Francisco’s Pier 38 has beaten out the competing proposal from San Francisco Waterfront Partners according to a plugged-in…
San Francisco’s Yellow Cab Cooperative Could Be Cashing Out
With revenues for taxi companies in San Francisco having dropped an estimated 30 percent over the past year thanks to “ridesharing” startups such at Lyft, Sidecar and UberX, and land…
Dorms For Developers In San Francisco?
While it was originally reported that Build Inc. was planning to build around 120 rental units on the half-acre SoMa parking lot which fronts 12th, Norfolk and Harrison Streets, plans…
San Francisco’s Transbay Block 8 And 550-Foot Tower Back In Play
Suspended back in 2009 when bids for the property came in “well below the potential value of the site in a healthier real estate market,” San Francisco’s Office of Community…
Designs For Developing Half A City Block Along Hayes
As we first reported last week, the Emerald Fund is quietly working on plans to raze the 108-foot building at 150 Van Ness Avenue and build a half-block building rising…