Refined Design for Taller Oakland Tower
With an extra 15 feet of height and an additional 19 units approved last month, the final design review for the now 452-unit tower approved to rise up to 395…
Former Yahoo Exec’s Perch Fetches 54 Percent of Original Price
Dubbed “The Perch,” the nearly 8-acre Silicon Valley estate owned by Yahoo’s former Chief Marketing Officer in Woodside, which includes over 7,000 square feet of finished space, with a four-bedroom…
Timing and Cost of Affordable Family Housing to Rise in Mission Bay
As we first reported earlier this year: As designed by Paulett Taggart Architects and Studio Vara for Mercy Housing, the proposed development to rise up to 74 feet in height,…
Plans to Transform Shuttered Alexandria Theater Progress
As we first reported at the end of 2016: With the redevelopment of the former parking lot parcel behind the dilapidated Alexandria Theater at 5400 Geary Boulevard underway, new plans…
Limited Plans for Building Up San Bruno Avenue
Plans for a four building development to rise along San Bruno Avenue, between Mansell and Ward on the northern border of Visitacion Valley, have been drawn. But a historic storybook…
Modern Mission District Development Closer to Reality
In a move which shouldn’t catch any plugged-in readers by surprise, the formal application to move forward with the demolition of the shuttered Mission District garage at 1721 15th Street…
Menlo Park House of Light Fetches $5.5 Million
Designed by the late modernist architect John Thodos and built on a wooded Menlo Park lot eight years ago, the award-winning “House of Light” at 625 Hobart Street, which first…
Plans to Convert Historic Mini Dealership Building Progress
As we first reported earlier this year: While currently leased to Mini of San Francisco, plans to renovate and repurpose the historic Willis Polk and Co. designed building on the…
Plans to Permit Illegal Remodel of Scofflaw’s Property
Having secured a permit to simply conduct an “exploratory demo to determine sheetrock and termite damage,” the new owner of the Bernal Heights home at 310 Moncalm Street, which was…
Sidelined Excelsior District Development Closer to Reality
Sidelined by the economy in 2006, not to mention ongoing concerns about the density of the proposed redevelopment and its impact on the neighborhood, the formal application to level the…