The End of a Neighborhood Era Appears Nigh
A decade ago there were over 20 antique stores dotting San Francisco’s Jackson Square District. Today, there is one. Originally focused on antique furnishings and decorative objects, the Foster Gwin…
Scofflaw Developer Settles for $1.2 Million
Having been accused of routinely engaging in the under-permitted renovation and expansion of residential properties throughout San Francisco, Ashok Gujral, a local real estate developer, has agreed to pay $1.2…
Supersized Plans for Building up on Geary Boulevard
As we first reported last year: Plans to raze the one-and-a-half-story building at 3565 Geary Boulevard, which is currently home to Grand Hot Pot Lounge, are in the works. And…
Big Hub District Plan and New Heights Closer to Reality
On the heels of the adoption of San Francisco’s Central SoMa Plan, the legal challenges of which have yet to be resolved, San Francisco’s Planning Department has just finished drafting…
Refined Designs for Building up in Berkeley
As proposed, the Downtown Berkeley retail complex fronting the west side of Shattuck Avenue, between Durant Avenue and Channing Way, will be demolished and an eight-story development dubbed “Logan Park”…
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Refined Plans for Redevelopment of San Francisco Tennis Club Site
As we outlined last month: Plans to level the 41-foot-tall San Francisco Tennis Club at 645 5th Street and build up to 243 feet in height upon its 2.6-acre Central…
Neighbors Angling to Landmark Decaying Development Site
Established back in 1921, the Garibaldi Nursery was one of around two dozen local Italian and Italian-American cut-flower nurseries that dominated the Portola District back in the early twentieth century.…
Lawsuit to Block Hotly Contested Navigation Center Has Been Filed
While San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors unanimously rejected an appeal of the approved, but hotly contested, plans for a temporary Navigation Center to be constructed on the Port’s current parking…
Affordable Waterfront Development Has Broken Ground
Having identified the parking lot parcels fronting Front and Davis Streets, between Broadway and Vallejo, as “the greatest affordable housing development opportunity among the seawall lots in the northeastern waterfront,”…
Newly Proposed Development on the Rise in San Francisco
Having dropped to a seven-year low in 2018, the number of newly proposed plans for major developments in San Francisco has been on the rise this year. In fact, plans…