With Friends And Bloggers Like These…
From the front page story on SFGate this morning: The real estate market in San Francisco has picked up quite a bit since the big slump. Some neighborhoods have been…
Great Pacific Heights “Appreciation” And Yet A Rather Poor ROI
As we first wrote about the Pacific Heights home at 2209 Pacific last year: Purchased as a 4,960 square foot four-bedroom home for $5,150,000 in late 2005, and since remodeled…
A Precedent Setting Decision And Objection For Development(s)
Fourteen years ago, the owner of the parcel at 70 Crestline Drive, upon which a 14-unit building and 6,300 square feet of undeveloped Vista Francisco land currently sits, proposed to…
You’ve Been Warned: Let There Be Less Light And Fewer Views
As proposed, a story would be added atop the four-story building at 1856 Pacific Avenue and its façade redesigned, resulting in a 55-foot building within an 80-foot height district. In…
Zynga’s Business Is Now worth Less Than Its Building
Having cut projections once again, Zynga is currently trading at $2.32 a share for a market cap of $1.76 billion. With around a billion and a half dollars of cash…
The Four America’s Cup Challengers And 2013 Racing Schedule
With the deadline to enter having expired at midnight on August 1, four teams (Artemis Racing, Emirates Team New Zealand, Luna Rossa Challenge and Team Korea) will be challenging Oracle…
Over $9 Million Invested, But You Can (Still) Have It For Under Eight
As we wrote about 2209 Pacific Avenue a year ago, almost to the day: Purchased as a 4,960 square foot four-bedroom home for $5,150,000 in late 2005, and since remodeled…
Playing The Preservation Card To Block Building Atop 601 Dolores
An attempt to block the conversion of the 17,000 square foot Castle on the Park from private residence into a school and building of a roof deck and garden atop…
Vandals In SF: Mayoral Q&A (Question & Accusation)
Tomorrow’s question and accusation from Supervisor Wiener that Mayor Lee is scheduled to answer with a scripted response: Only a few days after the opening of the wonderful new children’s…
The Development Drama Behind The Stagehouse Lofts. And…Action!
While the proposed development of a two-story automobile repair garage at 246 Dore Street wouldn’t affect the views of the foreclosed upon Stagehouse Lofts developer’s unit which sold for $897,500…