Into The Cart For Another Marina Apple On Mallorca Way (#142)
While the address was “undisclosed” on the MLS in May, the June sale price for 142 Mallorca Way was disclosed, although not until a few days ago in July. Purchased…
A Five To Ten Year (Currently) Empty Lot Plan
As we wrote in February with regard to numerous recently cleared but undeveloped lots now dotting the landscape in San Francisco facing the loss of their city entitlements: Our suggestion,…
The Fishers Break CAMP With Respect To The Presidio’s Main Post
According to John King, “Gap founder Donald Fisher and his family have decided to abandon their efforts to build a contemporary art museum at the Main Post of San Francisco’s…
San Francisco Retail Space Update: Vacancy Rate Up Four-ish Fold
According to Colliers International retail broker Ross Portugeis, “San Francisco’s retail vacancy rate leaped in the past year from 3 or 4 percent to 12 or 13 percent” but Portugeis…
JustQuotes: Think New Life, Lifestyle, And Landscaping
“The Painted Ladies charmed her. The de Young wowed her. But Liesbeth van der Pol also savored a part of San Francisco that many locals ignore – Mission Bay.” (Chief…
Union Street’s Metro Theater: Saving Its Skin In Order To Un-Shutter
In a deal with preservationists, the re-developer of the Metro Theater on Union Street is expected to to restore the theater’s exterior “to reflect its “vintage heyday”” and sign “a…
Japantown’s Better Neighborhood Plan Update: Draft Acknowledged
While 3D Investments’ redevelopment of the Japan Center Mall and Peace Plaza was pushed back by the economy late last year, the Planning Department’s Japantown Better Neighborhood Plan has been…
Strata And Avalon III Riding A Mission Bay Rental Wave
“The Strata, the first development on the still-unopened new Fourth Street, has leased 103 apartments in 90 days…four apartments a month above leasing goals, although Urban Housing Group has slashed…
Will SWL 337 Or SWL 351 Meet The Same Fate As Transbay Block 8?
“With many developers predicting that highrise development of any sort won’t work economically for another five years, public agencies are struggling with a development model in which private builders pay…
Will We See 70 Williams Touted On The News Tonight?
As we wrote about 70 Williams last month under the headline of “A Single-Family In The Threes (But Expect At Least As Many Offers)“: So Williams isn’t the most scenic…