Showplace Development Closer to Reality
Plans to raze the two-story Art Deco building at 828 Brannan Street, which was built for the Schweitzer Wholesale Meat Company back in 1936, have been in the works for…
Opposed Mission District Development Slated for Approval
While opposed by a number of neighborhood factions, two new buildings could rise up to 78 feet in height upon the Mission District parking lot parcels across from the Armory…
Detailed Plans for a Key Central SoMa Site and a Non-Tower Design
Up-zoned for development up to 200 feet in height, assuming the adoption of San Francisco’s Central SoMa Plan is upheld, detailed plans for redeveloping the nearly one acre parcel at…
Over Asking on Alameda’s Gold Coast (But at an Actual Loss)
Built on Alameda’s Gold Coast back in 1903, the year after a new shipping canal turned the former East Bay peninsula into an island, the 4,700-sqaure-foot home at 1405 San…
New Plans for Prominent Van Ness Corridor Site Closer to Reality
As we first reported last year: Plans to raze the former KRON TV building at 1001 Van Ness Avenue and develop a 14-story building, with 239 condos over 5,000 square…
423-Foot-Tall Oakland Tower Approved, but There’s a Problem
The refined plans for Rubicon Point Partners’ proposed 37-story residential tower to rise up to 423 feet in height at 1750 Broadway, between 17th and 19th Streets in Uptown Oakland,…
Chic Central SoMa Loft Nearly Fetches its 2016 Price
Purchased for $1.2 million February of 2016, the “chic” penthouse unit #801 at the Palms on 4th Street, returned to the market listed for $1.295 million at the end of…
Redevelopment of Iconic Joe’s Cable Car Site Closer to Reality
Having shuttered back in 2014, after nearly five decades of serving freshly ground burgers to a legion of adorning fans, a permit to raze the iconic Joe’s Cable Car shack,…
Remodeled Pac Heights Mansion Fetches 45% of Original Price
As we outlined earlier this year: Purchased out of foreclosure for $2.525 million in 2013, the “grandly proportioned circa 1898 Victorian mansion” at 1945 Franklin Street, on the eastern edge…
Bonus Plans for Building Up Hayes Valley
As we first reported last week: The little four-unit building at 630 Octavia Street and its adjacent parcel, which is currently used as a parking lot, recently traded hands for…