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Conversion of Iconic Building Even Closer to Reality

September 3, 2021

As we outlined earlier this year: The plans for redeveloping the iconic I. Magnin/Macy’s Building on the southwest corner of Geary and Stockton, across from Union Square, have been refined…

City Planning Industry Stuff Remodeling and Renovation

Approved But Not Permitted and a Couple of Familiar Names

September 2, 2021

Plans to add a new Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) to the four-unit Noe Valley building at 1475 Church Street were drawn and approved back in mid-2018. And the completed work…

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Plans for Development of Key SoMa Site Closer to Reality

September 1, 2021

In exchange for the additional height and density afforded by San Francisco’s Central SoMa Plan, new office developments in the area are required to incorporate ground floor Privately‐Owned Public Open…

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Refined Plans for Modern Buddhist Temple Slated for Approval

September 1, 2021

Having been on hold over the past few years, the refined plans for a modern six-story temple to rise on the American Buddhist Cultural Society’s office and bookstore building parcel…

Apples To Apples Bay Buildings Industry Stuff Real Estate Economics

Apples-to-Apples Versus The Index for a Luxury Two-Bedroom

August 31, 2021

Purchased for $1.945 million in April of 2018, the two-bedroom, two-bath unit #27B in the Lumina tower at 201 Folsom Street, which “exemplifies urban luxury,” with high-end finishes and city…

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Index for Bay Area House Values Up 22.1 Percent YOY

August 31, 2021

Having ticked up 2.6 percent in May, the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index for single-family home values within the San Francisco Metropolitan Area – which includes the East Bay, North Bay…

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Approved Grubstake Redevelopment Challenged Anew

August 30, 2021

In the works since mid-2015, as we first reported at the time, San Francisco’s Planning Commission approved the bonus-sized plans for a modern 8-story building to rise up to 83…

Breaking News Real Estate Economics Trends

Pending Home Sales Drop, Inventory Ticking Up

August 30, 2021

Having dropped 1.9 percent in June, the National Association of Realtors Pending Home Sales Index, a seasonally adjusted index for which 100 denotes “an average level” of activity, dropped another…

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Bonus Plans for a 58-Story Tower to Rise Right Here

August 27, 2021

Plans for a 58-story tower to rise up to 575 feet in height on the South of Market parcel at 620 Folsom Street, upon which a three-story, 43-foot-tall office building…

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Modern Dolores Heights Infill Mansion Slated for Approval

August 27, 2021

Purchased for $6.853 million in May of 2019, plans to raze the remodeled 2,317-square-foot Dolores Heights home at 376 Hill Street, along with its pool and 499-square-foot pool house, a…

Fact on Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops
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Brahma (incensed renter) on Modern Noe Valley Compound Now Listed for 33 Percent Less
152 days after after the revised listing mentioned in the penultimate paragraph above, 1647 Sanchez's listing was removed from the…
Brahma (incensed renter) on “Full(er) House” Home Back on the Market
Sold for 7.7 percent under asking. From India Roby at Architectural Digest, yesterday, in a story headlined The Full House…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Office Vacancy Rate in San Francisco Hits a New High, Leasing Drops
Apparently, developers believe that S.F. doesn't have enough office space. But the vacancy rate is rising. According to an article…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Construction of Prominent Hub District Tower Has Commenced
Might have been underway when the above was posted, but we weren't kept plugged-in. Lendlease’s tower to rise at 30…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Modern New Development Fails to Sell, Taken Back by The Bank
Grubber2 pretty much nailed it. Sold by Avidbank to HSH Holdings for $14 million, or about 13.6 percent under the…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Prominent Nob Hill Corner Closer to Proposed Reality
My bad. Even realtor dot com is now showing that correct amount in its listing. I should have not taken…
steve on Prominent Nob Hill Corner Closer to Proposed Reality
I think someone mistyped the HOA fees. Redfin is now showing that as $1,764/mo. It doesn't change your main point,…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops
It's not all bad at The Millennium Tower, and we can take a look at the unit namelinked above by…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Prominent Nob Hill Corner Closer to Proposed Reality
Not only has the building — now dubbed Crescent Nob Hill — been completed since the above post, but certain…

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Conversion of Iconic Building Even Closer to Reality

Approved But Not Permitted and a Couple of Familiar Names

Plans for Development of Key SoMa Site Closer to Reality

Refined Plans for Modern Buddhist Temple Slated for Approval

Apples-to-Apples Versus The Index for a Luxury Two-Bedroom

Index for Bay Area House Values Up 22.1 Percent YOY

Approved Grubstake Redevelopment Challenged Anew

Pending Home Sales Drop, Inventory Ticking Up

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Modern Dolores Heights Infill Mansion Slated for Approval

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