Built to serve as an armory for the National Guard around 1906, and on the market for $9.9 million early last year, the asking price for the three-story parking garage at 819 Ellis Street is now down to an even $8 million. While since shuttered, the third floor of... Read More »

With the third floor of the Polk Gulch garage at 819 Ellis Street having been illegally converted into the “American International Hostel,” an un-permitted tourist hotel, the City had ordered the hostel to immediately cease operations over two years ago, at which point the building was on the market... Read More »

Taking full advantage of the current housing and hotel crunch in San Francisco, the third floor of the parking garage at 819 Ellis Street has been converted into the “American International Hostel,” the operators of which have been advertising beds for rent on a nightly basis on VRBO. Unfortunately... Read More »