A Brazen Move In Bernal Heights?
The six-unit Bernal Heights building at 300 Coleridge is on the market for $1,850,000. With all six two-bedrooms occupied by rent controlled tenants, most of which are protected and paying…
Supervisor Showdown: Wiener Versus Kim, CEQA, And Waste
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) is a State statue established in 1970 which requires local public agencies to provide analysis and disclosure of possible environmental impacts prior to the…
SF Planning Department’s Annual Report And Performance Stats
According to the Planning Department’s Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2011-2012, a total of 2,548 new housing units were permitted from July of 2011 through June of 2012 with the…
Nearly 60,000 Rentals In SF Are Currently Vulnerable To Collapse
On the agenda for the Board of Supervisors Land Use and Economic Development Committee this afternoon, the proposed Mandatory Seismic Retrofit Program for wood-frame buildings with three or more stories…
Can’t Sell As A Single-Family Home? Pitch It As A Tech Incubator!
Having cut the list price for the 8,000 square foot single-family home at 21 Buena Vista Avenue by $600,000 last month, the listing agent for the property is now taking…
Planning To Spend Their Surplus To Help Clear SF’s Building Backlog
With a backlog 356 planning cases and 106 requested building permits awaiting review, San Francisco’s Planning Department is proposing to add ten (10) new employees to help clear the backlog…
Planning’s Proposed Mission And A Deliberately Omitted Value
As we wonder about the role and reach of Planning in San Francisco, this afternoon San Francisco’s Planning Commission will vote to endorse the Planning Department’s Mission, Vision, and Value…
Should Our Planning Commission Dictate Which Businesses Survive?
As we first reported, while San Francisco’s Planning Department backs the proposal to convert the Pacific Sales building at 975 Bryant into a Orchard Supply Hardware store, noting that the…
Newly Proposed Height and Horizontality on Federal Street
A plan to demolish the two existing office buildings at 77-85 Federal Street and construct a five-story commercial building with a gym on the ground floor and an underground garage…
Tishman Teams With China On 201 Folsom, Plans To Start Soon
Tishman Speyer is teaming with China Vanke Co. to finance the development of the 201 Folsom Street project. China Vanke will contribute $175 million and have a 70 percent stake…