Ballot Measure To INCREASE Height Limits For Pier 70 Project
In a preemptive move designed to counter the likely passage of Proposition B (the Waterfront Height Limit Right to Vote Act), a ballot measure to increase the existing building height…
Big Oakland Hills Development Back In Play
Irvine-based SunCal has re-purchased the 167-acre Oak Knoll project site in the Oakland Hills, a site upon which the developer had previously planned to build nearly 1,000 homes, over 80,000…
KRON-TV’s 1001 Van Ness Building Sold To Housing Developer
As we first reported earlier this year, KRON-TV’s parent company had placed its 1001 Van Ness Avenue building on the market, positioning the deal as “an opportunity to entitle and…
The City’s Responses To Waterfront Building Heights Measure
With Mayor Lee having requested that City agencies review the impact of the Waterfront Height Limit Right to Vote Act, Proposition B on the June ballot, The Port, Mayor’s Office…
Market Street Honda Dealership Site Sold To Housing Developer
Crescent Heights, developer of the 754-unit mid-market apartment building known as NEMA at Market and Tenth Streets, has acquired the two-story Honda dealership building at the intersection of Market and…
Nob Hill Development Unwrapped, Unexpected Detailing Revealed
The top floors of the six-story, mixed-use development rising at 1645 Pacific Avenue have been unwrapped, unveiling a bit of unexpected detail work, as captured by a tipster:
Hayes Valley Block Razed For Housing And Grocery To Rise
With the exception of the Jehovah’s Witnesses building on the corner of Fulton and Octavia, the Hayes Valley block upon which the five-story 555 Fulton Street development will rise has…
The Acute Gap In San Francisco’s Housing Production Versus Plan
With 18,087 housing units built in San Francisco since 2007 and another 12,340 units entitled for development, San Francisco is within 2.5 percent of the minimum number of housing units…
Bay Area Is The Fastest Growing Region In California
Having grown by an estimated 16,962 residents last year, the population of San Jose is now over the one million mark (1,000,536) while the population of San Francisco has grown…
Going, Going, And…Gone On Cathedral Hill
From going, going, to gone, the old Jack Tar Hotel on Cathedral Hill has been razed and it’s on to months of digging for the foundation and parking garage of…