Design Center Tenants Could Be Saved, Pinterest Space Constrained
The landmark loophole which the owners of the San Francisco Design Center have been planning to invoke in order to convert the 330,000 square foot building from showroom to office…
Developers Will Pay Transbay District Tax, But With Lower NPV
The trio of developers leading the charge against the 0.55 percent tax they had agreed in principle to pay the City in exchange for an already adopted up-zoning of their…
Developers Fighting Tax To Fund SF’s Transbay Transit Center
Not satisfied with the $160 million discount they were given on their purchase of the 101 First Street site, the site upon which the 1,070-foot Salesforce Tower is being constructed,…
Cost To Build Affordable Housing On Sixth Street: $690K Per Unit
With a 99-year ground lease from the City of San Francisco for which Mercy Housing will pay a total of $99 as proposed, the projected cost of building the affordable…
Redfin Rolls Out 3D Home Tours, Gimmick Or Game Changer?
While not yet available in San Francisco but coming soon, Redfin has started rolling out interactive 3D tours of homes listed by the brokerage in Seattle. Powered by Matterport, the…
Framework To Legalize, But Limit, Airbnb-ing In SF Approved
Supervisor Chiu’s proposed framework to legalize, but limit, short-term rentals in San Francisco has been amended and approved by San Francisco’s Planning Commission. The framework will now head to San…
Public Registry Of All Short-Term Rentals And Strict Limits Proposed
Supervisor David Chiu’s proposed law which would lift the existing outright ban on short-term rentals in San Francisco but establish a new set of rules and disclosures by which all…
Proposal To Regulate Tenant Buyouts, Penalize Those Who Do
As expected, the language for an ordinance which would require the public disclosure of all tenant buyout agreements in San Francisco, and prohibit buildings which are emptied by way of…
Tenant Buyouts Are on the Rise in SF as Are the Dollars Involved
The number of tenants in rent controlled apartments who received a buyout offer to vacate and sought counseling from the San Francisco Tenants Union has increased from 90 in 2007…
Landlords Suing To Overturn Payout For Evicted Tenants In S.F.
The San Francisco Apartment Association and Coalition for Better Housing are preparing to file a federal lawsuit today which seeks to overturn the newly adopted and accelerated city law which…