Get Ready to Rumble, Not Just Shake, If Approved
As we first reported at the beginning of the year, and formally confirmed last week, Shake Shack is planning to convert the shuttered Real Food Company building on the southeast…
Bay Area Employment Slips from Record Highs
At a time of the year when Bay Area employment figures typically tick up, the number of people living in the city of San Francisco with a job dropped by…
State Senate Committee Kills Controversial Housing Bill SB 827
With only four (4) of the thirteen (13) members of the State Senate’s Transportation and Housing Committee voting in favor of advancing Senator Scott Wiener’s “transit-rich housing bonus” bill, the…
The Latest Inventory of SF’s Housing Stock and Actual Development
Including finished new construction projects and conversions, 4,441 net-new units of housing were added to San Francisco’s stock of housing last year, down 12 percent from 5,046 in 2016 but…
Tunneling to the Transbay: Most Likely Approach and Timing
While there are technically three possible routes by which trains are slated to eventually reach San Francisco’s new Salesforce/Transbay Transit Center, in terms of the most probable path, there are…
Sex Trafficking Likely Funded Eye-Popping Sale in Pacific Heights
As we noted at the time, the buyer behind that eye-popping sale of 2755 Fillmore Street, which sold for $13.25 million or roughly $2,577 per finished square foot back in…
Frustration Mounts as Timing for New Transit Center Slips Again
As we reported last month: While the 5.4-acre rooftop park atop San Francisco’s future Transbay/Salesforce Transit Center is on track to be fully planted, landscaped and construction complete in June,…
Expectations for Skinny Transbay District Tower Reset
Plans to redevelop the downtown parking lot parcel at 524 Howard Street were first approved nearly three decades ago, at which point a 23-story office building was expected to rise…
Plans for Seemingly Split Oakland Tower Likely DOA
In a move which shouldn’t catch any plugged-in readers by surprise, Oakland’s Planning Commission has set the stage for a formal denial of the plans for a seemingly split, 460-foot-tall…
The Fed Institutes Another Rate Hike, Signals Seven More to Come
As predicted, the Federal Reserve has just raised its benchmark Federal Funds rate, upping its target range by another 0.25 percent (25 basis points) and signaling expectations for two more…