Nothing Like A Little Leverage In San Francisco (So To Speak)
According to J.K. Dineen, the Lembi family (think CitiApartments and Skyline Realty) has added at least 593 more rental units to their housing portfolio (which is now estimated to total…
Rumor Busters: Fillmore Center Apartments Going Condo?
A longtime resident of the Fillmore Center writes: “I heard from a realtor that are going Condo. He didn’t give a time frame, but I’ve lived here for 13 years…
Rincon Towers: From Apartments, To Condos, To Apartments
A year ago, the Rincon Towers apartment building at 88 Howard was sold to a developer intent on converting the building into condos. Three months ago (and over on the…
Readers Report: Big Demand For Big Rentals (For Big Money)
While we can’t confirm a reader’s comment yesterday about recently renting 2786 Broadway, it does remind us that we’ve been remiss in publishing another contribution from Seb (a seriously plugged-in…
JustQuotes: No Surprise, Bay Area Rents On The Rise
“In San Francisco proper, average occupancy now exceeds 97% and monthly effective rents have increased 7% in each of the past two years….In San Jose, average occupancy is in excess…
555 Mission Rock Apartments: Additional Details And Timing
Additional details on 555 Mission Rock, a 192-unit apartment building under construction in South Mission Bay: Eight stories (previously reported as nine); one and two bedroom units ranging in size…
Trinity Plaza: Just One Signature (And Around Three Years) To Go
San Francisco’s Trinity Plaza project has been approved by the Board of Supervisors. And now it’s in the hands of our Mayor Newsom to add his signature and final approval…
My Rent Is Too High, My Rent Is Too Low, My Rent Is Just Right
We can’t vouch for its accuracy, but as a “plugged-in” reader notes, rentometer.com might help shed some light on the question of what currently constitutes market rate rents. Potential landlords…
Rent Control In San Francisco: The Real Rules
In general, apartment buildings constructed before June 14, 1979; illegal units (such as in-law apartments); and single family homes and condos with tenants that moved in prior to 01/01/96 are…
Trinity Plaza One Big Step Closer To Reality (And Condos?)
The fate of Trinity Plaza now rests in the hands of the full Board of Supervisors as the proposal for 1,900 new housing units unanimously passed yesterday’s Land Use Committee…