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Infamous Castro Drug Den in Contract

Infamous Castro Drug Den in Contract

Purchased for $440,000 in 1995, the Castro District duplex at 517-519 Sanchez Street has been raided numerous times over the past seven years, resulting in the seizure of large quantities of crystal meth, heroin, ketamine, cocaine and cash. Two years ago the City of San Francisco sued the building’s... Read More »

Plans for a Boutique Hotel in the Heart of the Castro

Plans for a Boutique Hotel in the Heart of the Castro

While a reincarnation of the restaurant Maroc has recently been reported as ‘coming soon’ to the vacant Cafe La Taza space on its second floor, plans to level the Bite Me Sandwiches and former Bar Vero building at 4230 18th Street have been drawn. And as proposed, a modern... Read More »

Prominent Market and Castro Street Site Back in Play

Prominent Market and Castro Street Site Back in Play

While approved for the construction of a six-story building, with 24 residential units over 3,000 square feet of ground floor retail space and a 14-car garage back in 2013, a legal battle over the ownership and control of the prominent RC gas station site on the northwest corner of... Read More »

Plans to Transform the Former Volvo Shop on 16th

Plans to Transform the Former Volvo Shop on 16th

Purchased by Steel Arc Properties (a.k.a. the Martin Building Company) for $4.6 million last year, plans to add two modern stories and twelve apartments atop the former Volvo Centrum shop at 3512 16th Street have been drafted by BAR Architects. In addition to the twelve new residential units, the... Read More »

Challenged Market Street Project Slated for Approval

Challenged Market Street Project Slated for Approval

The Duboce Triangle Neighborhood Association (DTNA) has challenged the plans for the proposed six-story building to rise at 2201 Market Street, at the intersection of Sanchez, a development which would yield 14 market rate condos over a ground floor commercial space and an underground garage, accessed via an elevator,... Read More »

Purchased Last Year, Foreclosed upon This Week

Purchased Last Year, Foreclosed upon This Week

Listed for “$800,000” early last year, or roughly $560 per square foot in an area where properties had been selling for around twice as much, it shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise that 48-50 Pond Street in the Castro sold for $1,310,000 and nearly “65 percent over... Read More »

City Suing to Shutter Notorious Castro Drug Den

City Suing to Shutter Notorious Castro Drug Den

The City of San Francisco has filed suit against the owner of the Castro District duplex at 517-519 Sanchez Street, a property which has been raided numerous times over the past five years, yielding large quantities of crystal meth, heroin, ketamine, cocaine and cash, and most recently resulting in... Read More »

$400K Over Asking (Or $195K Under Original List)

$400K Over Asking (Or $195K Under Original List)

Listed for $2.895 million in July, the asking price for the remodeled Edwardian at 4334 19th Street was reduced to $2.3 in August. And yesterday, the sale of the four-bedroom home closed escrow with a reported contract price of $2.7 million – officially $400K “over asking” (or $195K under... Read More »

Streetlight Records Building Sold, Zoned For 65-Feet In Height

Streetlight Records Building Sold, Zoned For 65-Feet In Height

Listed for $2.4 million in July and reduced to $1.9 million after a week, the sale of the former Streetlight Records building at 2350 Market Street has closed escrow with a reported contract price of $1.85 million. Delivered vacant by the owner of the store and building, after 35... Read More »

A Quick $600K Cut In The Castro

A Quick $600K Cut In The Castro

Purchased for $1.6 million as a remodeled ‘archetype Edwardian’ without a garage in 2007, the single-family home at 4334 19th Street has since been remodeled a bit more, including a newly renovated kitchen and all-new garage. At the same time, much of the home’s “vintage character and charming details” remain.... Read More »