Residential Conversion of Historic Garage Slated for Approval
Having skirted foreclosure by way of a bankruptcy filing two years ago, at which point the building was on the market as a high-end development site with an $8.9 million…
Plans to Convert Podium Parking into Dwelling Units
There are currently 228 parking spaces in the podium of the 227-unit Bay Towers building at 388 Beale Street, the majority of which are tucked away behind the vented semi-circles…
Plans for Infilling within the Alamo Square Landmark District
Speaking of plans for building new accessory dwelling units (ADUs) in San Francisco, the development of which has greatly lagged expectations, plans to remove ten (10) of the eleven (11)…
An Audit of SF’s Accessory Dwelling Unit Program to Date
Discretely enacted in 2014, rolled out across the entire city in 2016, and expanded to increase flexibility for the inclusion of single-family homes in 2017, San Francisco’s Accessory Dwelling Unit…
Will Millennials Tax Family Housing in SF or Flee with Kids in Tow?
San Francisco has the lowest percentage of children of any major city in the United States, with only 18 percent of San Francisco households including a child under 19 years…
Legislation to Allow New In-Law Units throughout San Francisco
San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors is slated to approve legislation which will allow more in-law units to be added to existing buildings throughout San Francisco. And the bargaining chip ballot…
Initiative to Allow More In-Laws in San Francisco
Speaking of potential housing related ballot measures and legislative bargaining chips, Supervisor Mark Farrell has submitted the paperwork for an initiative to allow more in-law units to be added to…
New In-Law Legislation Expected To Create 400 Units In The Castro
The proposed ordinance which would allow the construction of new “Accessory Dwelling Units” (i.e., In-Law Units) in the Castro and within 1,750 feet of the District’s boundaries could be approved…