Bank Owned No Longer On The South Slope Of Bernal (622 Gates)
As we wrote in May: Purchased for $510,000 in September 2005 and then flipped five months later for $631,000 (“Buy, sell, repeat, retire!”), 622 Gates Street was taken back by…
The Designs For 246 Ritch Street: From SLI To SRO As Proposed
The project description from the preliminary mitigated negative declaration (a good thing if you’re in favor of development) for the proposed development of 246 Ritch Street: The approximately 4,130 square…
As Seen On The Temporary Transbay Terminal Construction Cam
While a couple of plugged-in readers provided us with Temporary Transbay Terminal close-ups of its palms arriving and being planted, another points to the construction cam. And with respect to…
A Peek Into NEW PEOPLE (And Future For Japantown?) At 1746 Post
The NEW PEOPLE complex (previously known as the J-Pop Center) opened its doors this weekend at 1746 Post. There’s a small theater dedicated to Japanese productions in the basement, eats…
SummerHill Bails On Proposal To Develop Parkmerced Center
A plugged-in tipster reports: “The owner of the Park Merced Shopping Center has decided to lease up the building after its to sale Peninsula residential builder SummerHill Homes fell through.…
It’s Time To Get Our Sea Cliff Trivia (And Comments) Straight
The confusion isn’t too difficult to understand. But while the Sea Cliff home going on its thirteenth listing is 830 El Camino del Mar, it’s 890 El Camino Del Mar…
From The Top Of Noe To The Courthouse Steps: 647 Grand View #1
From the agent’s website for 647 Grand View Avenue #1 back in 2007: With a large, open plan design, unusually high ceilings and the highest quality finishes it is unique…
Not A Done Deal But Closer To Closing Mirant’s Power Plant In Potrero
From the Chronicle with respect to Mirant’s potrero hill power plant between 22nd and 23rd Streets off of Third: San Francisco’s dirty power plant on the eastern waterfront would shut…
Western SoMA Community Plan Outlined And Up For Impact Review
The sister project to San Francisco’s adopted Eastern Neighborhoods Plan, the Western SoMa Community Plan has been in the works since 2004 when East and West were split and the…
On The Steps Of The San Francisco Courthouse 399 Leland Sells
While 2550 Webster Street’s date with the courthouse steps was postponed once again (along with two dozen or so other San Francisco properties), and a half-dozen or so properties failed…