Plans for 218 Apartments and Retail on Oakland’s Auto Row Progress
The formal application to build two seven story buildings on either side of Broadway at 28th Street, along Oakland’s Auto Row, has been filed. And as proposed, the “Broadstone on…
Governor Jerry Brown Sells $2.4M Oakland Hills Home for $50K Less
Governor Jerry Brown has just sold the Japanese inspired Oakland Hills home at 7257 Skyline Boulevard which he purchased for $2.425 million in 2007 for $2.375 million having listed it…
East Bay Ghiradelli Mansion Now Listed for a Million Less
Purchased for $4 million in late 2012, the 6,500-square-foot Piedmont mansion at 636 Highland Avenue, which was built for the Ghirardelli family in the early 1900’s, at which time the…
San Francisco Rents Slip, East Bay Rents Climb
Having inched up by $4 a month in the first quarter of 2016, the average asking rent for an apartment in a building with over 50 units in San Francisco…
Landmark Berkeley Castle Price Cut $500K
Having hit the market on the last day of March listed for $5 million, the asking price for the landmark Berkeley castle at 2900 Buena Vista Way, which was modeled…
Plans for Building up MacArthur Boulevard Even Higher Than Zoned
The days are numbered for the MacArthur Carwash and tire shop at the corner of MacArthur and Martin Luther King Jr. Way in Oakland, as the corner site traded hands…
Bay Area Home Sales Slip but Edge Up in Napa and San Francisco
While the number of single-family homes and condos that traded hands across the Bay Area ticked 8 percent from May to June, which is typical for this time of the…
East Bay Office Market Cause for Concern?
While not specifically quantified, the volume of office tenants in San Francisco seeking new space in the East Bay “dropped significantly” over the past quarter, according to an accounting by…
Progress and Timing for a Major Development on Oakland’s Auto Row
The City of Oakland has just finished its preliminary analysis for the proposed 18-story building to rise upon the Oakland Acura Dealership site 277 27th Street, a development which includes…
The Claremont Hotel’s Condo and Expansion Project Rendered
With the required Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the proposed expansion of the landmark Claremont Hotel & Spa about to get underway, we now have the detailed renderings of the…