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Re-Revised Plans for Overturned Development Closer to Reality

Re-Revised Plans for Overturned Development Closer to Reality

With San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors having overturned the revised plans for a 13-story, mixed-use building to rise on the site of the columned Fifth Church of Christ, Scientist at 450 O’Farrell Street, revised plans which would have yielded around 300 “Group Housing” units on the site rather than... Read More »

Exceptional NoPa Condo Fetches an “Over Asking” Price, But…

Exceptional NoPa Condo Fetches an “Over Asking” Price, But…

Purchased for $1.42 million in July of 2018, the two-bedroom condo at 1735 Grove, in a three-unit building “on a quiet, tree-lined street in the heart of NOPA,” was subsequently remodeled to include a showcase kitchen, with custom cabinetry, high-end appliances, quartz countertops and a new breakfast bar and... Read More »

Vacant Residential Development Repositioned, Reduced

Vacant Residential Development Repositioned, Reduced

Designed and developed by Stanley Saitowitz, the modern new 25-unit building at 603 Tennessee Street, across the street from UCSF’s Mission Bay Campus, a block from Chase Center and a short walk from the commercial corridors of both Dogpatch and Mission Bay, was condo mapped, but efforts to sell... Read More »

No Appreciation for a High-Tech Noe Valley Home

No Appreciation for a High-Tech Noe Valley Home

Speaking of high-end San Francisco homes, re-sales and neighborhoods, the “luxury high-tech” Noe Valley home at 33 Day Street, recently resold for $4.7 million, having been priced at $5.495 million in January and then reduced to $5.195 million at the end of last month. Purchased for $4.7 million in... Read More »

Little Appreciation for Glen Park’s First $5 Million Home

Little Appreciation for Glen Park’s First $5 Million Home

When the contemporary 5-bedroom home at 80 Laidley Street sold for $5.4 million in mid-2017, it was the first Glen Park home to break the $5 million mark, prior to “Laidley Heights” having hit its marketing stride. “Developed with the singular goal of creating an architecturally significant home oriented... Read More »

Now Further in the Red Atop The Iconic Summit on Green

Now Further in the Red Atop The Iconic Summit on Green

As we outlined earlier this month: Featuring walls of floor-to-ceiling windows with “unparalleled, panoramic views,” the two-bedroom corner unit #2905 near the top of the iconic Russian Hill “Summit” at 999 Green Street hit the market listed for $6.25 million in October of 2014 and sold for $6.0 million... Read More »

Modern $10 Million Cow Hollow Home in Contract

Modern $10 Million Cow Hollow Home in Contract

Quietly purchased for $9.75 million in March of 2015, which was nearly 23 percent more than the home had fetched in 2012, despite the “short term hold” and it having been “used” between, the modern Cow Hollow home at 2555 Union Street returned to the market priced at $14.2... Read More »

Massive Dolores Park Light House Condo Just Sold for $2M Less

Massive Dolores Park Light House Condo Just Sold for $2M Less

As we outlined last year, 93 Cumberland Street is one of the four massive “Light House” condos that were created when the former Second Church of Christ at 651 Dolores Street, which overlooks Mission Dolores Park, was redeveloped in 2016. Purchased for $6.1 million in February of 2017, which... Read More »

Updated Richmond District Pad Fetches Its Pre-Pandemic Price!

Updated Richmond District Pad Fetches Its Pre-Pandemic Price!

Purchased for $2.78 million in May of 2019, the remodeled three-story, roughly 2,800-square-foot home at 591 18th Avenue, an “ideal location near Golden Gate Park, shopping, and freeways for the best of both SF and Marin,” returned to the market priced at $3.1 million two months ago, a sale... Read More »

Refined Pac Heights Home Reduced, Nearly to Its 2017-Era Price

Refined Pac Heights Home Reduced, Nearly to Its 2017-Era Price

Purchased for $9.7 million in July of 2017, the nearly 6,900-square-foot, six-bedroom Pacific Heights at 3149 Washington Street, which had been completely restored and remodeled to yield “unparalleled luxury and refinement,” with multiple living, dining and outdoor spaces; a guest suite, sauna and home theater; and a two-car garage,... Read More »