Refined Designs for Building up in Berkeley
As proposed, the Downtown Berkeley retail complex fronting the west side of Shattuck Avenue, between Durant Avenue and Channing Way, will be demolished and an eight-story development dubbed “Logan Park”…
Mortgage Rates Inch up Along With the Odds of an Earlier Easing
Having dropped to 3.73 percent at the end of last month and bouncing around a 32-month low, the average rate for a 30-year mortgage inched up 6 basis points over…
U.S. Housing Starts Slip, Permit Activity Drops to a Two-Year Low
The annual pace of new housing starts in the U.S. slipped 0.9 percent from May (1.265 million units) to June (1.253 million units) but remains 6.2 percent higher versus the…
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Looking for an Incentive to Purchase a Penthouse Shell?
Technically it’s not a price cut, the prevalence of which has been on the rise in San Francisco, as the list price for the 5,700-square-foot penthouse shell #41A atop the…
Bonus Plans for Building up Valencia Street Closer to Reality
As we first revealed back in 2017: Plans to level the 4.5-star San Francisco Auto Works shop at 1021 Valencia Street are in the works. And as envisioned, up to…
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Refined Plans for Redevelopment of San Francisco Tennis Club Site
As we outlined last month: Plans to level the 41-foot-tall San Francisco Tennis Club at 645 5th Street and build up to 243 feet in height upon its 2.6-acre Central…
Reductions on the Rise as Pace of Home Sales Drops in SF
While the number of homes listed for sale in San Francisco hit a seasonal peak last month, inventory levels ticked up 12 percent over the past post-holiday week to 650,…
Neighbors Angling to Landmark Decaying Development Site
Established back in 1921, the Garibaldi Nursery was one of around two dozen local Italian and Italian-American cut-flower nurseries that dominated the Portola District back in the early twentieth century.…
Market Street Mortuary Redevelopment Is Officially Underway
In the works since the end of 2014, as we revealed at the time, the Prado Group formally broke ground on the redevelopment of the Sullivan’s Funeral Home site at…
$135 Million East Bay Estate Now Listed for Over $100 Million Less
According to the agent for the 22-acre “Fieldhaven” estate at 7 Country Oak Lane in Alamo, David Duffield, the co-founder of PeopleSoft and Workday, invested over $135 million in building…