A Penthouse Monopoly And Moving On Up From Pacific Heights
As a plugged-in reader wrote when we first reported that 1170 Sacramento #19B was in contract having been listed for $6 million or $3,000 per square foot: No doubt the…
Sweat Equity In Action For A 630 Square Foot Single-Family Home
The resale of 169 Yukon Street isn’t going to be “apples-to-apples” but rather sweat equity in action as the property’s parking pad has been extended, fifty-five feet of new foundation…
Five Stories And Nineteen Studios Ready To Rise At 246 Ritch Street
Approved for development in 2009, a plugged-in reader reports the 4,130 square foot lot at 246 Ritch Street has been excavated. As plugged-in people know, it’s a five-story, 50-foot tall…
480 Potrero Avenue: Designs for 84 Condos, But No Commercial Space
While the proposed number of residential units to rise at 480 Potrero Avenue is 84, as a plugged-in reader correctly reports, the developer has scratched plans for 13,000 square feet…
Oh Thank Heaven For The Renovation Of 220 Battery
The little building at 220 Battery Street is owned by the Japanese company Kokubu Kensetsu Kogyo. And in the words of a plugged-in tipster, the building has been more or…
Airbnb: A Hit List For San Francisco Landlords Too
As we first noted in April, according to San Francisco Administrative Code Chapter 41A, it is “unlawful for any owner to offer an apartment unit for rent for tourist or…
A History Of Property Tax Appeals In SF And Tip To Save $30
From 1999 to 2009, the number appeals filed for reductions in assessed value for properties in San Francisco averaged 1,500, hitting 2,257 in 2003 and peaking at 2,476 in 2009.…
The New Mission: Don’t Fear The Multiplex (Or Change)
Under the framework of the plans for the New Mission Theater, we promote a plugged-in reader’s comment to an editorial on “The New Mission,” not only in terms of the…
Renderings For UCSF’s Latest Mission Bay Building: Block 25A
A plugged-in tipster delivers WRNS Studio’s renderings for UCSF’s proposed Academic Building to rise at Fourth and Sixteenth Streets on Mission Bay Block 25A, with a plaza on the corner…
Fighting To Save Their Lower Potrero Hill Neighborhood (And Views)
Kaiser Permanente’s proposed development of an 84-foot tall medical office building fronting 16th Street west of Mississippi in Lower Potrero Hill, “LoPo” if you will, has a group of Potrero…