Parcel F Plans Formally Submitted to Planning
The formal application and slightly re-refined designs for the Pelli Clarke Pelli tower to rise up to 800 feet at 550 Howard Street, on Transbay Parcel F (a.k.a. 546 Howard),…
New Condo Pricing Continues to Drop in San Francisco
While the number of purchase contracts signed for new condominiums in San Francisco quintupled from 18 in January to 95 in February with plenty of seasonality in play, the sales…
Three Teams in the Running for Balboa Reservoir Redevelopment
Of the nine teams that submitted their qualifications for redeveloping the western 17 acres of the Balboa Reservoir site, which is currently a 1,000-space parking lot under the jurisdiction of…
Timing for Massive Development Revealed
With the preparation of the proposed project’s Environmental Impact Report (EIR) now underway, we now have the anticipated timing for the massive 445-unit redevelopment of Kirkham Heights to share. Assuming…
Demand Really Dropped in San Francisco but Not Around the Bay
Seeking to rationalize the recent drops in recorded home sales in San Francisco, a lack of inventory, seasonality and changes in the mortgage market which shifted sales at the end…
Employment in S.F. and the East Bay Just Dropped the Most since 2009
While the upwardly revised December count of the number of people living in San Francisco with a job ended up adding 1,300 to the employment roll, the January count eliminated…
Club Zone Parcels Positioned for over 200 Homes in Play
The Action Rentals building at 1526-1530 Folsom Street is on the market in Western SoMa, along with its parking lot at 1560 Folsom and two adjacent parcels which extend to…
San Francisco Home Sales Drop 15 Percent, Greater Bay Area Holds
While the estimated number of single-family homes and condos that traded hands across the Bay Area last month (4,849) dropped 31.4 percent from the month before with typical seasonality in…
New Condo Sales Drop to a Multi-Year Low in San Francisco
At a time of the year when sales typically start ticking up, fewer than twenty contracts for new condominiums in San Francisco were signed last month, which is 67 percent…
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Streamlined Review for Renzo Piano Tower Approved
As the proposed 36-story Renzo Piano tower to rise at 555 Howard Street is being designed to meet LEED Platinum standards, its processing has been fast-tracked by Planning as a…