Having received an exemption from having to complete a resource intensive environmental impact report, and with some confusion as to the historic merits of the existing, versus previous, Kaplan’s Surplus store building on the Mid-Market site having been resolved, the plans for a 10-story hotel to rise at 1055... Read More »
Back in 1908, a rather fine seven-story loft building designed by MacDonald & Applegarth was built upon the 1055 Market Street parcel which stretches from Market to Stevenson Street. A six-alarm fire started by an arsonist destroyed the Forrest Building in 1979. And in 1981, a not so fine... Read More »
Stanton Architecture, the architects behind the renovation of the Hotel Zetta and the fifteen-story Hampton Inn rising at 942 Mission Street, is working on designs for a ten-story hotel to rise at 1055 Market Street, between Sixth and Seventh, the site of the former Kaplan’s army/navy store and Burners’... Read More »
“I just saw a house I was looking at sell after 2 days in market. 10-15% above asking still seems the...” [more]
“Interesting to see how free market can do to rent what Rent Board can't do in its lifetime......” [more]
“Agreed, this would be a great ground floor use with housing above. 16th street is too important as a...” [more]
“Poor, affronted modern architecture! I think the new building proposal is a very nice design, but th...” [more]
“It would appear that SF is overrepresented - ~15% of claims and ~10% of total population; of course...” [more]
“The number of homes on the market in San Francisco, net of new sales and contract activity, has tick...” [more]
“I say no. It’s historic. We have enough building going on in the city! If it’s not affordable...” [more]
“Can you get fire insurance?...” [more]
“Fact. The Fed has already indicated publicly it won't meaningfully raise interest rates until 2023 a...” [more]
“It sounds like environmental review is still underway: according to the notice I’ve seen the comme...” [more]