It’s true, the two adjacent buildings at 657 Mission and 667 Mission Street have traded hands, purchased from separate sellers by Chinese developer Vanke and local partner Align Real Estate, as reported by the San Francisco Business Times. And according to the Business Times, the two buildings, which are... Read More »

While the 15,000-square-foot penthouse atop LUMINA’s 42-story Tower B is on the market for $49 million, the existence of which we first reported last year, there’s an even bigger and higher floor penthouse in the works in San Francisco. As currently envisioned and rendered above, the entire top floor... Read More »

Purchased for $2,250,000 in 2007, remodeled with a wall of glass between a bedroom and living room to provide more light, and then listed for sale asking $2,595,000 in 2008, the rather voyeurlicious™ two-bedroom St. Regis condo #23F sold in a short sale for $1,588,000 in 2012. While never... Read More »

Purchased for $1,930,000 in January of 2013 having traded for $2,100,000 in July of 2008, the 1,527 square foot St. Regis condo #25F has since been completely remodeled. The wall between the living room and second bedroom has been removed to open up the space, replaced with a sliding... Read More »

As we first reported earlier this week, the bank-owned penthouse atop the San Francisco St. Regis was in contract having been listed for $35 million, down from $70 million in 2008. According to our sources, the sale of the penthouse atop 188 Minna has just closed escrow with a... Read More »

According to a plugged-in tipster over at the St. Regis, a buyer has emerged for the $35 million bank-owned two-floor penthouse atop the building at 188 Minna, the most expensive bank-owned residential property in the U.S. We’re working on details, but “no comments” and apparent non-disclosure agreements keep getting... Read More »

Purchased for roughly $30,000,000 as a raw shell in 2005 by local real estate developer Victor MacFarlane, listed for $70,000,000 in 2008, and last asking $49,000,000 having finished an uberexpensive five year renovation, the 20,000 square foot penthouse atop San Francisco’s St. Regis at 188 Minna has been deeded... Read More »

As a plugged-in tipster reported in September: The St. Regis service elevators have been working overtime for weeks shuttling men and material up to the top. I would expect this to return very soon…and very finished. Now let’s see what Victor (MacFarlane) does with the price. As a plugged-in... Read More »

As we wrote about the St. Regis penthouse in July: According to a plugged-in source…construction should be finished in a couple of months and the renderings will give way to reality. As a plugged-in tipster adds today: The St. Regis service elevators have been working overtime for weeks shuttling... Read More »

It’s a plugged-in reader that catches a slight change to the asking price for the Penthouse atop San Francisco’s St. Regis (188 Minna). Asking $70,000,000 in August of 2008, now listed on the Sotheby’s website for $49,000,000. Once again, 20,000+ square feet (including 2,900 of terraces); six bedrooms (including... Read More »