Two Designer Dogpatch Condos For Under $300K Apiece
Two of the new condos in the Stanley Saitowitz/Natoma Architects designed Dogpatch building at 616 20th Street were designated as Below Market Rate (BMR) units and will be sold for…
Designs For 94 New Dogpatch Dwelling Units Along Third And Illinois
Plans for a six-story residential building to rise at 2051 3rd Street will be presented to San Francisco’s Planning Commission next week. The proposed Dogpatch development would raze two mid-block…
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Cathedral Hill Demolition Watch: No Rooms At The Inn, Offices Next
Our plugged-in photographer reports the old Jack Tar Hotel’s event spaces, garage and hotel rooms have mostly been razed and the wrecking crew is staring to work on the remaining…
Plans For A Sixty-Foot Nob Hill Building On An Eighty-Foot Lot
Currently a parking lot with space for twenty-two cars, half of which are designated for car sharing services, a six-story building is proposed to rise at 832 Sutter Street. The…
Appeals Denied, Approved 400-Foot Rincon Hill Tower Cleared To Rise
Having rejected the three appeals filed by a neighboring high-rise’s HOA, San Francisco’s Board of Appeals has cleared the way for Equity Residential to begin demolishing the existing buildings at…
A Hard Lesson For CA Teachers: $44M Lost On 8 Washington Project
A public records request has uncovered that The California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS) invested $45 million and has lost $44 million on the failed waterfront development known as 8…
They’ve Literally Struck Gold While Digging Downtown
A plugged-in tipster reports that they have struck gold, quite literally, while excavating Transbay Blocks 6 & 7 for the 32-story tower and mid-rise to rise along Folsom Street. Okay,…
HOPE For Hunters View And 400 New Market Rate Units
With the rebuilding of San Francisco’s Hunters View public housing development having kicked-off in 2010, a resolution authorizing the issuance of up to $45 million of residential mortgage revenue bonds…
6,000 Housing Units Under Construction In San Francisco, Another 44,000 Units In The Pipeline
While fewer than 2,000 new housing units and 140,000 square feet of commercial space in San Francisco was completed in 2013, there were roughly 6,000 housing units and 2.8 million…
Measure To Limit Waterfront Building Heights Qualifies For June Ballot
The proposed Waterfront Height Limit Right to Vote Act has qualified for the June ballot. If passed, the ballot measure would prohibit increasing the existing maximum building heights for parcels…