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The proposed demolition: The vacant 24-foot-high, 23,600-square-foot (sq.ft.) retail building (Cala Foods) and removal of the existing 42-space parking lot at 690 Stanyan. The proposed project: A “four-story,” 115,400-sq.ft. retail/residential…
“U.S. regulators removed limits on the combined $1.5 trillion mortgage portfolios of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, enabling the companies to increase financing for the slumping housing market. The asset…
Four teams, four overviews, and four proposals (in their entirety). One place (or rather two) to compare, contrast and summarize your thoughts (and perhaps lobby a bit as well). And…
Kenwood’s proposal for San Francisco’s Seawall Lot 337 includes “approximately 1,100 new rental homes (20% of which will be affordable), great open spaces , restaurants, galleries, retail spaces, community performance…
“The Federal Development Project Concept calls for integrating revenue producing new land uses within a matrix of substantial open space. The new uses include a 170-room Four Star Hotel, two…
UPDATE (2/28): Sorry folks, but the renderings for 1450 Owens Street (Parcel 7), 1500 Owens Street (Parcel 5) and Parcel 26 in Mission Bay have been removed at the request…
For those who missed it in person last weekend, or haven’t recently browsed the MLS, we’ll note that a few interior shots of 270 Castenada have been added to the…
“Relenting to City Hall pressure, the Academy of Art University appears ready to pull out of a controversial plan to buy the San Francisco Flower Mart, potentially an 11th-hour reprieve…
According to the December 2007 S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index (pdf), single-family home prices in the San Francisco MSA fell 3.2% from November ’07 to December ’07 and are down 10.8%…
From “One Rincon Hill Resident” (the reader formerly known as “FrustratedBuyer”): I was told by the excellent sales team at One Rincon Hill that the developer would be changing its…