Developer Ditches Plans for 750-Foot Transbay District Tower
The debacle surrounding the City’s sale of Transbay Parcel F continues to grow as Crescent Heights, which had committed to paying $165 million for the parcel which is zoned for…
Supervisors Reject Sale of Mid-Market Tower Site
While the sale of the City’s five-story building at 30 Van Ness Avenue, a building which sits upon a parcel which is zoned for development up to 400 feet in…
Developer Angelo Sangiacomo Dies at 91 Years of Age
Developer Angelo Sangiacomo, who founded Trinity Properties back in 1949, has passed away at 91 years of age. Known by some as “the father of rent control” in San Francisco,…
CPMC’s Cathedral Hill Hospital Has Topped Out
A white beam with a Christmas Tree is about to be raised atop CPMC’s Cathedral Hill hospital that’s rising at Geary and Van Ness. And once welded into place, the…
From Hotel Rooms to Apartments as Proposed
Approved as a residential hotel project and designed for short-term tenants, “such as professors or other people coming to the city for brief periods who need a place to live,”…
City Seeks Injunction to Combat Predator Landlord
Accused of waging an ongoing war of “harassment, intimidation, and retaliation” against dozens of rent-controlled tenants in an attempt to raise her rent-roll, City Attorney Dennis Herrera is now seeking…
Six Years Later and a Tenderloin Site Sits Undeveloped
Back in 2005, the then-owner of the parking lot parcel on the southeast corner of Jones and Turk filed for permits to build a 5-story building at 180 Jones, a…
Mayor Calls for Ballot Measure to Require More Affordable Housing
Mayor Ed Lee and Board of Supervisors President London Breed have officially called for a 2016 ballot measure to increase the required percentage of below market rate (BMR) units of…
Developer Flips Dolores Heights Duplex for a Loss
Purchased as a vacant two-unit building on an idyllic block, with “period details and wood floors throughout,” for $2.1 million in May of 2014, the Liberty Hill duplex at 4121-4123…
Listed Inventory in SF Slips on Seasonality but 20% Higher YOY
The inventory of single-family homes and condos actively listed for sale in San Francisco (422) dropped 16 percent over the past week, with unsold homes being withdrawn from the MLS…