Proposed Moorish Fortress Closer To Reality?
New renderings and details for Ken Sarachan’s proposed “El Jardin” development, the six-story Moorish fortress designed to rise on the long vacant Berkeley lot at the corner of Haste and…
Oakland’s Uptown Neighborhood Is Great, But It’s Not Number One
Oakland’s Uptown has landed on the American Planning Association’s list of “Great Neighborhoods” this year, a list which included San Francisco’s Chinatown in 2013. While Uptown appears atop the list…
Trulia Deems San Francisco Overvalued, San Jose And Oakland Too
Based on ratios of home prices, incomes and rents, San Francisco, San Jose and Oakland all made Trulia’s latest top-ten list of the most “overvalued” housing markets in the U.S.,…
Prefabulous In Emeryville For $500 Per Square Foot
While the garage and ground floor of the modern Emeryville house at 5507 Beaudry Street were built in place, the rest of the home was prefabricated in five sections down…
Building Up Berkeley: “StoneFire” Development Slated For Approval
Having determined that the construction of the proposed “StoneFire” development would not be detrimental to the “health, safety, peace, morals, comfort, or general welfare” of the people living or working…
Oakland’s “Coliseum City” Rendered And Master Plan Revealed
Despite the fact that the Golden State Warriors are on their way out and the Oakland A’s have been angling for a move as well, the City of Oakland has…
Rocking The Rockridge Vibe, Lifestyle, And Value(s)
The two-bedroom bungalow at 5668 Broadway is a half-mile stroll from the Rockridge BART station and Market Hall, and not too much farther from Zachary’s (yes, we have our priorities…
Inevitable Slowdown For S.F. Rents, Acceleration For The East Bay
While the average asking rent for an apartment in San Francisco rose to $3,229 in the second quarter of 2014, up a little over 9 percent since the second quarter…
Approved East Bay Parker Place Development Seeks More Parking
Lennar’s 155-unit “Parker Place” development was approved to rise on the west side of Shattuck Avenue at Parker Street, about one-half mile south of the Downtown Berkeley BART station, replacing…
San Francisco Rents Rise, Oakland Rents Rocket
The average asking rent for an apartment in the Bay Area increased to $2,158 a month in the second quarter of 2014, up 10.3 percent versus the second quarter of…