Three Leading Proposals for the Redevelopment of Fort Scott
The Presidio Trust has just completed their preliminary review of the nine (9) concept proposals for the redevelopment of the roughly two dozen buildings spread across 30 acres of the…
Sidelined Excelsior District Development Closer to Reality
Sidelined by the economy in 2006, not to mention ongoing concerns about the density of the proposed redevelopment and its impact on the neighborhood, the formal application to level the…
Price Cut for Beloved Bookstore and Former Theater Site
As we first reported last year: After nearly 40 years in business, the Castro’s (second to) last remaining bookstore, Aardvark Books, appears to be done as the one-story building it…
The Vulnerability and Consequences of Sea Level Rise in SF
While a final assessment and consequences report isn’t slated to be finished until next year, a map of the San Francisco blocks most vulnerable to a projected sea level rise…
Refined Plans and Timing for Stonestown Galleria Redevelopment
In addition to a new 45,600-square-foot Whole Foods on its second floor, the refined plans for the redevelopment of Macy’s former Stonestown Galleria location now include a 72,000-square foot “sports…
Draft Plans for a Boutique Hotel with Rooftop Bar on Lombard
Plans to raze the former KFC/Taco Bell turned Poke Time building on the southwest corner of Lombard and Fillmore, which was deemed “a fixture within the Marina District neighborhood” when…
Third Street Project Redesigned, Permitted and on the Market
As originally envisioned and proposed, the vacant “3rd Street Village” building at 4712-4729 3rd Street, in the heart of Bayview, was to be razed in order for a three-story residential…
Plans to Raze The Phoenix for SRO Units to Rise
Plans to level the Phoenix Irish Bar & Gathering House at 811 Valencia Street are in the works. And as currently envisioned, a six-story building would rise up to 55…
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.…
East Bay Compound Fetches $10M under Original List
Priced at $22.5 million in 2015 and then reduced to $16.5 million last year, the massive East Bay estate at 10 Winding Lane in Orinda has just traded hands with…