A Concerning Resale and Trend
Purchased for $288,000 in December of 2006, the 254-square-foot studio unit #405 in the Book Concern Building at 83 McAllister Street resold for $365,000 in July of 2021, representing net…
Plans to Make Civic Center the Safest Place in San Francisco
Having drafted three initial frameworks to help gather public input and guide the redevelopment of San Francisco’s Civic Center Plaza, Fulton Mall and United Nations Plaza, the design team has…
Fox Plaza’s Plans to Help Gentrify Its Neighborhood
While the approved plans to expand Fox Plaza remain on hold, the Plaza’s new ownership team is about to launch a two-pronged renovation project “to greatly improve the appearance” of…
The Plans to Transform San Francisco’s Civic Center
In the works since 2016, three comprehensive plans for transforming San Francisco’s Civic Center Plaza, Fulton Mall and United Nations Plaza, as newly rendered and outlined below, will be presented…
Redesigned Golden Gate Development Closer to Reality
The new plans for an eleven-story building to rise on the site of the former Stars/Trader Vic’s/Maestro building turned Empire Room at 555 Golden Gate Avenue could be approved next…
The Economics Dooming the Opera Plaza Cinemas and Its Ilk
As we first reported last week, plans to shutter the Opera Plaza Cinema are in the works. And as proposed, the 6,381-square-foot space will be converted into “Retail Sales and…
Asian Art Museum Addition Completely Redesigned
The proposed expansion of San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum at 200 Larkin Street has been completed redesigned. The extruded aluminum screen which was envisioned to wrap around the expansion and…
Mini Condo Listed at a Big Loss
As we wrote about the Book Concern Building condo #511, which measures a legal 275 square feet and fetched $465,000, or roughly $1,690 per square foot, in June of 2015:…
Design for Asian Art Museum Addition Revealed
The proposed $25 million expansion of San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum at 200 Larkin Street has been rendered and the plans are about to be presented to San Francisco’s Architectural…
Plans for Golden Gate Avenue Project Move Forward, Retail Added
Plans to raze the former Stars/Trader Vic’s/Maestro building turned Empire Room at 555 Golden Gate Avenue and construct an eleven-story building on the site are moving forward. As proposed by…