A Gold Mine Hill Apple (38 Topaz Way) And Peek Into The Past
The sale of 38 Topaz Way up in Gold Mine Hill closed escrow yesterday with a reported contract price of $790,000 (12% under asking and 10.9% under its last sale…
Delaying Development Fees In An Attempt To Un-Delay Development
From the San Francisco Examiner with respect to various development fees: Because of the dismal economy…city officials are drafting new legislation that could allow developer fees to be paid after…
Eastern Neighborhoods Plan In Action (As Proposed): 750 2nd Street
As the one-story-with-mezzanine, 25-foot high former warehouse at 750 2nd Street looks today above. As is proposed to replace the existing warehouse with an eight-story plus mezzanine, 95-foot mixed-use building…
Temporary Transbay Bus Terminal: First Prefab Buildings Placed
The site was cleared in January and now the first of the prefab buildings that will compose the Temporary Transbay Terminal at 200 Folsom have been placed on site. A…
One Hawthorne: It Goes No Higher
An inquiry from a reader: Has One Hawthorne topped off, and if not, how many more floors are left to build? I am trying to figure out how much it…
Not Quite So Easy (And A Little Less Fresh For Now)
Tesco’s plans to open three new Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Markets in San Francisco have been slowed down with mid-2010 now looking to be the first opening. The store in…
A Historic Look At 437 Hoffman (Before Noe Was All Builts Up)
Who could resist a historic look at 437 Hoffman atop Noe Valley circa 1905, versus as it looks today after all those damn density hounds had their way with the…
Off The Tree And Into Our Apple Cart For 715 Cole (Valley)
The sale of that “Cole Valley Apple With Potential” we picked out in April has closed escrow with a reported contract price of $1,300,000. Purchased four years ago for $1,326,000.…
Transbay Block 8: No Deal Or Development In 2009
While the expected grand opening of San Francisco’s new Transbay Terminal has been pushed back a year to 2015, J.K. Dineen now reports the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency has “suspended…
Transbay Terminal: Banking On Stimulus Funds And Opening In 2015
Banking on $400 million in federal stimulus funds to be announced by the Federal Railroad Administration in October, the Transbay Joint Powers Authority has modified construction plans for San Francisco’s…