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Shuttered Brewery Hits the Market, Tower Plans Shelved

October 5, 2022

As we revealed earlier this year, a team was exploring the possibility of demolishing the Thirsty Bear Brewery building at 661 Howard Street and developing a bonus-sized residential tower rising…

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A Skinny Infill Tower Could Rise Right Here

April 8, 2022

While plans have yet to be formalized, publicized or even submitted to the City for review, a project team is exploring the possibility of demolishing the Thirsty Bear Brewery building…

Brahma (incensed renter) on Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops
As far as “what other uses that [more modern, yet currently vacant] office space could be converted to”, at the…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops
Sure. But as private entities, I think it's safe to assume that the funds and/or partnerships that KKR and Oakland-based…
Notcom on Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops
the decline was linear over each relevant time frame That, of course, is the complication since the peak likely came…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops
While it was only one data point, what I was going for was to suggest that with an 89.5 percent…
Notcom on Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops
S(mall) S(ample) S(size) was the gist of my qualifying: clearly CRE has entered a territory few would have thought possible…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops
Compare that acquisition (however it took place) of the 15-story 180 Grand Ave. and its neighboring 370-stall parking garage in…
Notcom on Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops
If you're referring to 180 Grand, the story is a little more complex: the "buyer" didn't buy it , per…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops
I concede that all manner of regulatory concessions have been legislated into being over the past two years, but they…
Fact on Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops
Oakland office tower has just sold for 82% discount from 7 years ago. Oakland office vacancy rate 20%, compare to…
Daniel on Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops
re: "nothing is being done" https://www.sf.gov/news/mayor-breed-proposes-eliminating-office-housing-conversion-fees-advance-30-x-30-plan-downtown An estimated $70k to $90k in fees waived per unit, quite a chunk.