Cathedral Hill Rising (And Soon To Be Razed)
Up the street from the McDonald’s site and cater-corner to 1200 Van Ness, the foundation for CPMC’s Cathedral Hill Hospital is being poured and should be finished in April. The…
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Little-Known Public Open Spaces Could Be Made Private
While not widely publicized, over 12,000 square feet of public open space was constructed in the form of two sunny terraces off the fourth and sixth floors of the 31-story…
Save Two Facades, Site Cleared For Pine Street Towers To Rise
Left standing like a Hollywood set, two thin brick facades are all that remain of a pair of historic buildings on the north side of Pine between Franklin and Van…
Permit To Raze Candlestick Issued, But Without An Implosion
A permit for the mechanical demolition of Candlestick Park Stadium was issued to Lennar on Tuesday, a permit which would require the exclusive use of heavy machinery, and no explosives,…
Big Plans For A Cursed Nob Hill / Van Ness Corridor Corner
Plans to raze the Pacific Heights Auto Body shop at 1675 Pacific Avenue and the perennially cursed restaurant space on the southeast corner of Van Ness and Pacific, across the…
Planning For Balboa Park Reservoir Redevelopment Underway
As we wrote about the Balboa Park Reservoir a year ago next week: With a 100-year drought underway, it would be nice if it were filled the brim, but the…
Plans For 162-Unit Pill Hill Development Dusted Off
Approved for development in 2007 but waylaid by the great recession and a parking lot since the former Courthouse Athletic Club Building on the site was hastily razed in 2009,…
From $1M In 2009 To $2M In 2015 For A Mission Bay Two-Bedroom
Brand new and listed for $1,150,000 in 2009, the two-bedroom Mission Bay condo #702 at 330 Mission Bay Boulevard (a.k.a. Radiance) ended up selling for $925,000, or roughly $575 per…
Legislation To Protect Clubs From Encroaching Condos
With noise complaints from residents in buildings that have recently risen or been converted in neighborhoods that were formerly commercial in character and have historically catered to clubs and other…
Modern Mid-Market Development Ready For Review
The Environmental Impact Report for Trumark Urban’s proposed 12-story building to rise along Market Street, between Franklin and Van Ness, with 109 condos over three ground-floor retail spaces and an…