Plans for Boutique Union Square Hotel Back in Play
Originally approved for development in 2001 but then waylaid by the dotcom collapse, followed by a decline in tourism after 9/11, and then by “the collapse of the housing market…
Morgan Stanley’s Vision to Transform the Macy’s Men’s Store Building
With Macy’s Men’s Store building at 120 Stockton Street slated to be sold to Morgan Stanley for $250 million next year, after which Macy’s will lease the Union Square building…
Plans for a New Union Square Hotel Revealed
The formal application for authorization to convert the vacant Spring Valley Water Company Building at 425 Mason Street, which was originally designed by Willis Polk and built in 1922, from…
Plans for Another Sizeable Union Square Hotel and Less Parking
Purchased for $12.5 million in 2012, plans to level the four-story garage and Blazing Saddles shop at 433 Mason Street, adjacent to the Donatello Hotel, have been drawn. And as…
Landmark Union Square Retailer’s Days Are Numbered
Britex Fabrics has occupied the four-story building at 146 Geary Street since 1952. But late last year, the Union Square property was sold to Acadia Realty Trust and City Center…
Waylaid Hotel Redesigned, Ready To Break Ground
Highgate Hotels has purchased the parking lot at 72 Ellis Street and intends to break ground for an upscale 11-story hotel with 156 guest rooms “as soon as possible.” The…
Union Square Rents Rocket, Strongest Growth Worldwide
Rents for retail spaces around San Francisco’s Union Square have increased at the fastest pace of all prime retail areas across the globe over the past year, up 30 percent…
Planning Commission Approves Plans For Apple’s Flagship SF Store
Apple’s plans for a flagship store on Union Square have been approved by San Francisco’s Planning Commission by a vote of 5 to 1. It’s now on to San Francisco’s…
Waylaid By Two Downturns Downtown, Will There Be A Third?
First approved for development over a decade ago with plans for an 11-story hotel and restaurant to rise on the little downtown parking lot at 72 Ellis Street, the owners…
Oh My (And Bank Owned) At The Odeon On O’Farrell
Purchased for $800,000 in December 2006, Odeon (181 O’Farrell) #508 was taken back by the bank. It’s been listed at $601,400, a sale at which would represent a 25 percent…