Million Dollar Price Cut for Historic Piedmont Estate
Designed by Albert Farr and finished in 1928, the historic “Hampton House” estate at 395 Hampton Road hit the market in Piedmont last year listed for $8.95 million. Sitting on…
Planning for Record-Setting Inner Sunset Project Moving Forward
Westlake Urban, which purchased the 86-unit Kirkham Heights apartment complex at 1530-1585 5th Avenue back in 1976, is pushing forward with plans to level the existing 11-building complex and build…
Big Plans for the Burgeoning Hub District’s Streets and Plazas
With up to 9,000 units of housing expected to be built within the boundaries of San Francisco’s burgeoning Hub District, which is off-centered around the intersection of Market Street and…
Proposed One Oak Tower Closer to Reality
The paperwork to secure the building permits for the proposed 40-story Hub District tower to rise up to 435 feet in height at One Oak Street – at the prominent…
Changes to Allow for Taller Goodwill Site Tower Slated for Approval
The public hearing at which the height and bulk limits for the proposed 550-unit apartment tower to rise on the Goodwill site at the corner of Mission and South Van…
MacArthur Boulevard Project Newly Rendered and in Play
As we first reported last year: The days are numbered for the MacArthur Carwash and tire shop at the corner of MacArthur and Martin Luther King Jr. Way in Oakland,…
Plans and Potential for Building up Balboa Park
Plans to raze the warehouse and (National) Trophy (Company) building at 350-352 Ocean Avenue are in the works. And as proposed, a four-story building designed by Schaub Ly Architects will…
A $500K Cut for the Crown Jewel of Piedmont
Designed by William Charles Hays and built in 1912, the Edwardian estate at 117 Sheridan Avenue in Central Piedmont has been lovingly restored and remodeled over the past four decades…
Fast-Tracked Renzo Piano Tower Slated for Approval
We weren’t kidding when we noted that the review process for the proposed Renzo Piano tower to rise up to 405 feet in height at 555 Howard Street had been…
Redevelopment of AltSchool Site Closer to Reality
As we first reported at the end of 2015: Plans to raze the one-story building at 1245 Folsom Street, which is currently occupied by AltSchool, have been submitted to the…