Plans To Raze Flax For More Housing To Rise Are Moving Ahead
Plans to raze the iconic Flax Art & Design store at 1699 Market Street and construct a nine-story building with 160 units of housing, 123 parking spaces, and 4,500 square…
The Renoir Hotel’s Storied History
A plugged-in reader and former employee of the Renoir Hotel provides a fantastic breakdown of the Mid-Market building’s storied history and transformation over time: The origins of the Renoir Hotel…
Folsom Street Development Approved, 114 Condos To Rise
Trumark Urban’s proposed development of a nine-story building at 923 Folsom Street, adjacent to San Francisco’s new Fire Station #1 and across the Street from Mosso at 900 Folsom, has…
Before And After In Bernal Heights And Back On The Market For $1.3M
Listed for “$499,000” this past September as a 1,500-square-foot Bernal Heights home with a two-car garage, a formal dining room and living room (both with built-ins), and a kitchen which…
The Most Expensive Home Sold In SF Last Month And End Of An Era
Having been on and off the market for the past seven years and originally listed for $17,800,000, the Pacific Heights home at 2090 Vallejo Street has closed escrow with a…
Foreclosed Upon In 2010, A Familiar Noe Valley Home Returns
Foreclosed upon in 2010 having been purchased for $1,945,000 in 2007, the remodeled Noe Valley home at 1420 Douglass Street re-sold for $1,440,000 four years ago. Today, the contemporary three-bedroom…
Warriors Don’t Trade Design Team, Add Two Towers To Arena Plan
Snohetta and Manica Architecture will remain the design team for the Golden State Warriors’ Arena in Mission Bay. And while the Warriors remain focused on opening the arena in time…
Tower Of Condos Could Set New Heights For Cathedral Hill
Having been redesigned in an attempt to win over Planning, the Board of Supervisors and neighborhood opposition (including the SOS Cathedral Hill gang and owners of the 270-foot-tall Sequoias building…
Big Plans For An Eleven-Story Building To Redefine Bryant Street
Residents in north-facing condos at the Palms – or fans of the Marina Auto Body shop – take note: plans to raze the auto shops at 565-585 Bryant Street, between…
Designs For a Neighborhood Changing Development: 598 Brannan
While currently only zoned for building up to 55 feet in height, Tishman Speyer is pushing forward with plans to develop a pair of modern eleven-story buildings on the northeast…