Historic Auto Row Resource in Play, Zoned for 130 Feet in Height
Designed by the O’Brien Brothers and built to serve as a public garage back in 1925, the three-level building on the northwest corner of Franklin and Pine was recently identified…
Trophy Penthouse Now Listed for 40 Percent Less
The signature penthouse unit atop the historic Clock Tower Lofts Building at 461 2nd Street hit the market in the second quarter of 2016 with a bit of fanfare and…
Holdout’s Days Appear to Be Numbered
While the refined plans for the nearly blocked-sized Central SoMa development to rise up to 14-stories in height along Harrison Street, between 3rd and 4th Streets, were approved at the…
Bonus-Sized Polk Street Project Slated for Approval
As we first reported back in 2018: Plans to level the Out of The Closet thrift store complex on the southeast corner of Polk and California and develop a 7-story…
Price Cut for Permitted Development Site on Valencia
As we outlined back in the fourth quarter of 2017: While forced to be redesigned in order to minimize its projected future shadow following a semi-successful challenge initiated by the…
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Big Central SoMa Project Positioning to Break Ground Next Year
The proposed mass redevelopment of 12 contiguous Central SoMa parcels stretching from 400 Second Street to 665 Harrison, a.k.a. the One Vassar project, has just qualified for a streamlined environmental…
Plans for Pyramid Adjacent Redevelopment Closer to Reality
While likely drafted to sweeten the pot for Aegon’s $700 million sale of the iconic Transamerica Pyramid, Redwood Park and the two other office buildings on the block, the plans…
Former Armory on Ellis Slated to Be Auctioned
As we outlined in mid-2018: Built to serve as an armory for the National Guard around 1906, and on the market for $9.9 million in 2017, the asking price for…
Neighbors Challenge Plans for “Incompatible” Mansion
As we first revealed back in November of 2017: Purchased as an oceanfront “fixer” for $11 million in April of 2015, plans to demolish the existing 4,600-square-foot home at 178…
Plan for Massive Oyster Point Redevelopment Closer to Reality
With the first phase of Kilroy Reality’s massive Oyster Point development underway, Kilroy’s precise plan for the remaining four phases of the 31-acre project, which has been entitled but still…