Blooming Big Plans For San Francisco Flower Mart Site
While the site of the two-story San Francisco Flower Mart complex is currently zoned for development up to 55 feet in height, as part of Planning’s Central Corridor Plan the…
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Beware The Renderings Of Giants
San Francisco’s Planning Commission will decide whether or not to approve Chipotle Mexican Grill’s application to renovate and open in the vacant Upper Market building at 2100 Market Street on…
Do Developers Need Stimulation Or Neighborhoods The Cash?
In 2009, near the nadir of requests for new building permits in San Francisco, Mayor Newsom initiated a fee deferral program for developer in an effort to provide an economic…
Will San Francisco’s Condominium Lottery Legislation Be A Winner?
Having been sent back to San Francisco’s Land Use and Economic Development Committee for another round of amendments, the proposed condominium conversion lottery bypass legislation is once again slated to…
Contemporary Cow Hollow Redevelopment and Design on Greenwich
Purchased for $1,635,000 in January of 2012 with two vacant units, an occupied in-law (which was leased for $500 per month), and one parking spot, the Cow Hollow building at…
SOMA Grand Homeowners Follow And File Suit
SOMA Grand homeowners at 1160 Mission Street have just filed suit against the building’s developer, builder and architects claiming “construction defects and building standard violations,” primarily stemming from common waterproofing…
Proposed Security Deposit Legislation: New Penalties And Payments
As it stands, security deposits for unfurnished apartment rentals in California cannot exceed two months’ rent, must be returned or accounted for within three weeks of a tenant vacating, and…
TIC Owners, Occupiers, Buyers, Agents And Attorneys Take Note
With Supervisor Wiener dissenting against the amended legislation which he originally co-sponsored, San Francisco’s full Board of Supervisors is scheduled to vote on the proposed condominium conversion lottery bypass this…
Planning’s Push To Stimulate Construction Of 2,600 Approved Units
Roughly 190 projects were authorized for development by San Francisco’s Planning Commission over the past eight years with a three year window within which to start construction or risk losing…
See Supervisor Kim Introduce Competing CEQA Legislation
With a hearing for Supervisor Wiener’s proposed California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) reform legislation having been delayed by at least another two weeks, Supervisor Kim is set to formally introduce…