Tenderloin Development Redesigned, Slated for Approval
Having been redesigned by Brick to retain and incorporate the existing garage’s façade on the O’Farrell Street site, a façade which was known to be a contributor to San Francisco’s…
San Francisco Adopting New Stay Home Order [UPDATED]
With a sharp 19 percent drop in post-Thanksgiving testing volumes, the average number of daily new COVID-19 cases identified in San Francisco dropped from a new pandemic peak of 148…
Refined Timing and RFP to Activate SF’s Temporary Terminal Site
With the waylaid redevelopment of San Francisco’s shuttered Temporary Terminal site not expected to break ground until sometime in 2022 (at the earliest), and construction on the southern third of…
Bay Area Unemployment Claims Dropped in October, But…
Having spiked to 281,462 in September, the number of new unemployment claims filed across the Bay Area dropped 17 percent to 232,908 in October but was still higher than in…
Harkening Back to When Remote Working Was Banned
As we outlined back in August of 2015: The 3-acre Woodside estate which Yahoo!’s Chief Development Officer purchased for $5.8 million in 2013 – shortly after she and CEO Marissa…
Mortgage Rates Inch Down to New Record Lows
The average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage inched down another basis point (0.01 percentage points) over the past week to 2.71 percent, which is nearly a full percentage point…
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San Francisco’s Housing Pipeline Drops 5 Percent, But…
Having hit a record high at the end of 2019, the number of apartments and condos now under development in San Francisco (i.e., the city’s housing pipeline) has since dropped…
City Seeking Developers for Nine Affordable Housing Sites
The Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development has issued a bulk request for qualified development teams interested in developing one or more of the following nine sites upon which…
Planning Angles for Housing Atop the Old Bro’s Building
As we outlined back in September, plans to add four new floors of office space atop the old Roos Bro’s clothing and gent’s furnishings building at 2 Stockton Street, which…
Highest Share of Reduced Listings in S.F. Since 2011
While the number of homes on the market in San Francisco has dropped 16 percent over the past two weeks with typical seasonality in play, inventory levels are now up…