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Infamous Sea Cliff Mansion Now in the Hands of a Trustee

Infamous Sea Cliff Mansion Now in the Hands of a Trustee

With the sudden $2.1 million price cut for the infamous seven-bedroom home at 224 Sea Cliff Avenue, which was foreclosed upon by a junior lender last year, having failed to move the property, the home is now in the hands of a bankruptcy trustee, the agent for whom is... Read More »

Calling All Billionaires, or Deep-Pocketed Developers, Take Two

Calling All Billionaires, or Deep-Pocketed Developers, Take Two

Having sat vacant since the former house which had occupied the prime Russian Hill parcel on the northwest corner of Broadway and Taylor was demolished back in 1910, big plans to redevelop the oversized 1000 Broadway site were pitched back in 2006. In 2012, the hedge fund which had... Read More »

Prime Russian Hill Parcel Sits Squarely in the City’s Sights

Prime Russian Hill Parcel Sits Squarely in the City’s Sights

Nearly two decades ago, back in January of 2000, the three-story, 3,700-square-foot home which had occupied the oversized Russian Hill parcel at 850 Francisco Street since 1910 was purchased for $5 million. Plans for a new, relatively modest, four-story home to rise on the 6,200-square-foot parcel, down the street... Read More »

Former Police Station and Jail on the Market for $8.4M

Former Police Station and Jail on the Market for $8.4M

Decommissioned in 1994, the former Mission Police Station and jail at 1240 Valencia Street, between 23rd and 24th, was sold to a private party for $560,000 in March of 1997. Measuring a little over 8,000 square feet, the concrete and steel building has since been converted to a small... Read More »

SF Mansion Newly Listed for a Million Dollar Loss

SF Mansion Newly Listed for a Million Dollar Loss

Having been painstakingly renovated and restored in 2002, the 6,000-square-foot “Grande Dame” at 1450 Masonic Avenue sold for $4.95 million in 2005 and then again for $5.375 million in July of 2014. Four months later, plans to remodel the home’s kitchen and three of its five and one-half bathrooms... Read More »

Headed to the Courthouse Steps for $219K

Headed to the Courthouse Steps for $219K

The dilapidated single-family home at 1408 19th Avenue has seen better days, with front steps that have been in a state of disrepair since at least 2002. In and out of default since 2010, a foreclosure auction is scheduled for the 1,812-square-foot home tomorrow morning, August 11, with $218,745.92... Read More »

The Rare Exception Or Foreshadowing Of Things To Come?

The Rare Exception Or Foreshadowing Of Things To Come?

Purchased for $1.3 million in 2013 and extensively remodeled since, the buyer of the Potrero Hill home at 837 Wisconsin Street appears to be around $200K past due on his accumulated loans and the property is scheduled to hit the courthouse steps this afternoon with $2.2 million in debt... Read More »

Mission Bay Block 7 Update: Timeline And Occupants

Mission Bay Block 7 Update: Timeline And Occupants

The timeline for the groundbreaking of the 200-unit apartment building to rise on the western portion of Mission Bay Block 7, fronting Fourth Street between China Basin and Mission Bay Boulevard North, has slipped by about a month from April to May, but the development remains on-track to be... Read More »

Looking For A Brick And Timber SoMa Warehouse To Call Home?

Looking For A Brick And Timber SoMa Warehouse To Call Home?

While currently only permitted for office use, the 2,760-square-foot brick and timber SoMa warehouse at 32 Heron Street has been seismically retrofitted and outfitted with two bedrooms, a designer kitchen, hardwood floors and a two-car garage behind the roll-up door which is just down the street from the LEVYdance... Read More »

The Deal Of The Century: Three New Condos Under $270K

The Deal Of The Century: Three New Condos Under $270K

Three of the 22 new condos at 2200 Market Street – the building which rose on the site of the former Leticia’s/Thai House restaurants and has been dubbed “The Century” – are Below Market Rate (BMR) units which are now on the market and priced at $227,198 for the 849-square foot one-bedrooom and $266,987... Read More »