What It Costs to Live near BART and the Relative Commute Times
The relative cost of living near BART has been newly mapped by Estately, which compiled the average sale price per square foot for all the houses, townhouses and condos that…
The Imminent Gentrification of La Parrilla Grill
As we first reported back in 2014, plans to raze La Parrilla Grill’s two-story Mission District building on the southeast corner of Folsom and 24th Streets and build a five-story…
Tenderloin Take Two: From Affordable to Market Rate
Originally approved for the development of affordable senior housing over a decade ago, neither financing nor the building permits for a five-story building to rise on Tenderloin parking lot parcel…
Bonus Height Debate Heats up, Possible Vote next Month
The debate over San Francisco’s proposed Affordable Housing Bonus Program (AHBP), which would allow developers to build up to three stories higher than currently zoned in exchange for providing more…
Recognizing and Preserving San Francisco’s Diverse History
Recognizing that San Francisco “has historically given short shrift to communities of color,” the City’s Planning Department has just finished drafting a 300-page report “to assist City staff and commissioners,…
New Designs and Density for a Mission District Development
The formal request for approval to raze the Wash Club lavanderia at 2918 Mission Street and construct a six-story building on the Mission District parcel, with 55 residential units over…
Plans for an Eight-Story Tourist Hotel on Sixth Street
The second floor of the two-story building on the northeast corner of Sixth and Mission is currently The Balmoral South, a 29-room residential hotel (a.k.a. SRO) with a sex shop…
Mission District Incomes And Demographics: 2000 To 2025
While the population of San Francisco’s Mission District has actually dropped nearly 10 percent since the year 2000 census, the number of households has increased 11 percent. And the percentage…
Ground Zero Development In The Mission Closer To Reality
The infamous Mission District bus stop at which protesters started blocking tech buses back in 2013, protesting the gentrification of the neighborhood, is cater-corner to the 76 Station gas station…
Berkeley Development Redesigned To Accommodate New Grocery
When the plans for a complex of five-story buildings – with 152 residential units over a couple of smaller retail spaces – to rise on the Grocery Outlet site at…