Presenting The Real Plan For Raging On Castro Street
While the Apple rumor was debunked, a plugged-in tipster passes along confirmation that the group doing business as RR-SF, Inc. (a.k.a. “Raging Rooster”) will be presenting their plan for the…
Banding Together In An Attempt To Rebrand Broadway
Having failed to take hold in 2008, North Beach business owners and residents are once again banding together in an attempt to create a Community Benefit District (CBD) along Broadway…
Dilapidated Alexandria Theater Redevelopment Take Two
The proposed renovation of the Alexandria Theater and construction of a mixed-use building on the theater’s adjacent parking lot is up for approval this week with a design that has…
Fresh & Easy’s Parent Company Is Calling It Quits In The U.S.
As a plugged-in reader first warned six months ago: I LOVE but they just announced last week that they’re stalling almost all of their US store openings due to the…
Contemplating Condos, 340 Bryant Goes The Creative Office Route
Built in 1932, the former Machine Works building at 340 Bryant Street offers “unparalleled Bay Bridge access” in broker speak and marketing materials. Having contemplated and analyzed the potential for…
Defining And Redefining The Classic Hartford Building At 650 California
When the construction of 650 California Street was completed in 1964, the 34 story tower was the tallest building in California, a title long since passed. Designed by Skidmore, Owings…
Polk Street Showdown: Directing The SFMTA To Revisit Their Plans
With the Polk Street “bikes versus business” Showdown in full swing, last week SFMTA Director of Transportation Ed Reiskin called for the Agency to revisit their proposed plan to remove…
Polk Street Showdown: Bike Lanes Versus Parking & Local Opposition
Fearing the removal of an estimated 170 street parking spaces along Polk Street to make way for dedicated bike lanes and parklets stretching from McAllister to Union Street, local business…
Is NOPA Ready For The Harding’s Re-Development And Density?
Following years of battling with the Planning Board and preservationists, plans to gut the long shuttered Harding Theater at 616 Divisadero Street and build a mixed-use development with retail behind…
181 Fremont Tower Fully Rendered, Animated, And Ready To Rise
Having acquired the Transbay parcel and approved plans to build a 52-story tower with 14 floors of condos over 400,000 square feet of office space and a spire reaching 800…