Plans to Convert Podium Parking into Dwelling Units
There are currently 228 parking spaces in the podium of the 227-unit Bay Towers building at 388 Beale Street, the majority of which are tucked away behind the vented semi-circles…
Pace of New Home Sales in the U.S. Drops, Median Price Down
Having jumped an upwardly revised 20.9 percent in June, the pace of new single-family home sales in the U.S. dropped 12.8 percent in July to a seasonally adjusted rate of…
City Seeking Another Interim Use for an Affordable Housing Site
As with the fenced corner parcel at 7th and Brannan, the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development is now seeking proposals for a self-sustaining “interim use” of the underdeveloped…
Mortgage Rates Continue to Drop, Odds of an Easing Slip
The average rate for a 30-year mortgage dropped another 5 basis points over the past week to 3.55 percent, which is down 139 basis points (1.39 percentage points or 28.1…
Number of Homes for Sale in SF Is About to Jump
With a typical seasonal nadir now a week away, the number of homes listed for sale in San Francisco has ticked down to 530, which is 4 percent fewer than…
Landmark Doelger Building Back on the Market
Built for Henry Doelger back in 1932, the now landmarked Art Deco building with a Streamline Modern addition at 320-326 Judah Street served as the headquarters, warehouse and sales office…
Pace of Existing Home Sales in the U.S. Ticks Up 2.5 Percent
Having slipped 1.7 percent in June, the seasonally adjusted pace of existing-home sales across the U.S. ticked up 2.5 percent in July to an annual rate of 5.42 million transactions…
Supersized West Oakland Project Redesigned, Slated for Approval
Facing continued pushback from Oakland’s Planning Department with respect to the “monotonous and bulky massing,” the lack of a “rich public-private interface” and a lackluster tower design for the proposed…
Planning Pushing for a Higher-Rise in the Excelsior
Speaking of the processing of Preliminary Project Assessments (PPAs) for newly proposed developments in San Francisco, Planning has completed its preliminary review of the proposed seven-story building to rise upon…
San Francisco’s Streamlined Approval Process
In general, it now takes between a year and three for a newly proposed multi-unit development in San Francisco to be preliminarily assessed, processed, analyzed, reviewed and readied for a…