Bayview Police Station On The Market For $1.4M
Built in 1915 to serve residents of Bayview and Potrero Hill, the original South East Police Station on Newcomb Avenue between Third and Newhall was shuttered in the 1990’s when…
2% Annual Appreciation Since 2007, With A Bit Of Volatility Between
Purchased as new for $810,000 in July of 2007, the top-floor one-bedroom condo #411 at 310 Townsend Street resold for $575,000 in December of 2011, a 29 percent drop for…
Former Socialist Party Hall Fetches $6.5M In The Mission
The former meeting hall at 143 Albion Street, which was once home to San Francisco’s Socialist Party, as well as to Tom Waddel, the late founder of the Gay Games,…
Albion Hall On The Market For $6.5M
Built in 1907 as Tivoli Hall and once home to San Francisco’s Socialist Party (at which point it was known as “Equality Hall”) as well as the International Longshoreman’s Association,…
Park Hill Penthouse Listed For $100K Less Than Recent Sale
Built as St. Joseph’s Hospital in 1926, with a façade that was cast as the sanatorium in Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo, 355 Buena Vista Avenue East was converted to the Park…
Downtown Loft Doubles In Price, Harbors A Serious Handbag Habit
Purchased for $530,000 in early 2011, the three-level loft condo #108 at 16 Jessie Street (a.k.a. One Ecker) returned to the market listed for $998,000 eight days ago and is…
Battle Over Mid-Market Building And Tenant Evictions Take Two
Illegally converted to “live-work” spaces over a decade ago, back when Mid-Market was a lot less desirable, San Francisco’s Department of Building Inspection issued a notice to the owners of…
The Appeal Of 340 Bryant Street’s Creative Conversion
Plans to raze the former Machine Works building at 340 Bryant Street and build up to 150-condos on the site were explored but never pursued. Instead, the then-new owners decided…
Millennial Buyers Rule The Roost At Emeryville Development
It took eight years, including a two-year hiatus from 2009 to 2011 when the unsold units were lost to foreclosure, but the 424-unit Bridgewater complex in Emeryville, a complex which…
A High-Tech Conversion Of Saint Joseph’s Church
Vacant since damaged by the Loma Prieta Earthquake in 1989, the plans to rehab the Saint Joseph’s Church, parish hall and rectory at 1401 Howard Street, and convert the church,…