In For A Penny…
The single-family Sunnyside home at 698 Joost Avenue was purchased for $705,000 without a garage or off-street parking space in January of last year. Last month, the buyer of the…
40-Story Rincon Hill Tower Rising Ahead Of Schedule
Construction of the 40-story Rincon Hill tower rising up to 400-feet at 340 Fremont Street has topped out ahead of schedule (i.e., it’s not rising any higher). And the 348…
Commercial Investment In Bay Area Real Estate Slipped In Q3
$6.49 billion of Bay Area commercial real estate, defined as properties valued at over $5 million apiece, traded hands in the third quarter of 2015, down 5.7 percent from $6.88…
So, You Think This Site Is Simply Too Small For A Tower?
As we noted yesterday and a few years ago as well, the 220 Battery Street site upon which a two-story office building current sits, and upon which a modern three-story…
San Francisco Landlord Tops List Of Bay Area Tax Delinquents
Of the top 500 tax delinquents in California, former CitiApartments Managing Partner and cousin of the late Walter Lembi, David M. Raynal, is number six with $2.59 million owed, the…
Refined Designs For Lower Pac Heights Development
With Brand + Allen Architects having closed its doors in the four years since their design for the ‘out-of-scale’ redevelopment of the Booker T. Washington Community Services Center at 800…
Legislation To Allow Building Up To Three Stories Higher
Proposed legislation which would allow developers in San Francisco to build up to three stories higher than currently zoned, depending upon the percentage of ‘affordable’ units included on-site, has been…
What’s It worth to Get Rid of Elderly Tenants in S.F.?
Five months ago, the two-unit Mission District building with an unwarranted in-law at 867-869 South Van Ness was purchased for $1.625 million. At the time of the sale, the in-law…
Uber Paid $123.5 Million For Uptown Oakland HQ
According to Alameda County records, Uber paid $123.5 million to acquire its future East Bay headquarters in Oakland’s Uptown. At 380,000 square feet, that’s $325 per square foot and exactly…
Supervisor Fanning North Beach Subway Site Flames
The City isn’t about to lose a key Central Subway site to condos as the Examiner recently reported, for those plans were proposed and approved years ago. Or as we…