Fresh & Easy & Opening Today At Ten In San Francisco
As the Fresh & Easy Buzz correctly reported to expect (and corrected our overly optimistic construction worker’s account), San Francisco’s first Fresh & Easy opens its doors the corner of…
If You Have To Ask (Or If You Did): The Fairmont Edition
Following the failed bid to convert up to 286 of the hotel’s rooms to condominiums, the storied 591-room Fairmont San Francisco hotel is being put up for sale without an…
And Cha-Ching Says Mr. Ting…
“Jones Lang LaSalle Research Director Colin Yasukochi said he expects sales volume this year to surpass 2006, when $3.6 billion in office property changed hands. More than $8 billion changed…
Two More Years To Park At 524 Howard (And Perhaps Much Longer)
As we wrote in March with respect to 524 Howard Street, a 311-foot tall, 23-story building with 199,965 gross square feet of office space which was first approved back in…
48 Tehama’s Right To Build Ready To Be Revoked
Ten years ago San Francisco’s Planning Commission approved the construction of a new, 194-foot tall mixed-use building to rise at 48 Tehama, currently a 4,000 square foot surface area parking…
Comcast Ventures Lands At The Corner Of Kearny And Market
Comcast Ventures, a $750 million fund focusing on “early to late-stage businesses that represent the next generation of entertainment, communications and digital technology,” has just inked a lease for 9,338…
Petco Barks, Will It Come Back To Bite?
The proposed ordinance prohibiting “formula retail pet supply stores” along Geary Boulevard didn’t just catch our attention in March, but the attention of Petco as well, the formula retail at…
Plans To Build Six Stories At 376 Castro Back In Play
It’s been seven years since plans to raze the gas station on the northwest corner of the intersection of Castro, Market and 17th streets was filed with planning, plans which…
228-240 Post Scheduled For A Less High-Profile Sale
From the press release when the Festival Retail Fund acquired the four-story building at 228-240 Post between Grant and Stockton for $70 million in July 2007: “A combination of strong…
A Few More Metreon Makeover Facts
Westfield is investing $30 million in the Metreon’s makeover. A new Dining Terrace will feature 470 interior seats behind three stories of glass facing Yerba Buena Gardens. Additional seats will…