Refined Plans for a 35-Story Oakland Tower (And More)
As proposed and rendered along with a placeholder for the approved 24-story development to rise at 2270 Broadway, the building permits for which are in the works, the refined plans…
Pace of Existing Home Sales in the U.S. Ticks Up
Having slipped 0.4 percent in April, the seasonally adjusted pace of existing-home sales across the U.S. ticked up 2.5 percent in May to an annual rate of 5.34 million transactions…
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Mega-Project Has (Partially) Broken Ground
Approved by Planning back in 2015 but waylaid by legal challenges, the ground for the massive 5M Project – which spans a 4-acre South of Market site stretching from Mission…
Plan for Presidio Redevelopment Rejected
In a move which shouldn’t catch any plugged-in readers by surprise, the Presidio Trust’s Board of Directors has formally rejected the refined plans for redeveloping the Presidio’s 30-acre Fort Winfield…
Mortgage Rates Hover Near Two-Year Lows, Primed to Drop
While the average rate for a 30-year mortgage was unchanged over the past week, holding near a two-year low of 3.82 percent, Freddie Mac’s latest Mortgage Market Survey was conducted…
City Seeking Interim Proposals for Fenced Housing Site
While the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development is now seeking a qualified team to build affordable housing on the fenced corner parcel at the corner of 7th and…
East Bay BONE Home Fetches $3.3 Million
As we outlined in early May: Listed as Project 16-693 in Bone Structure’s portfolio of buildings, the contemporary Claremont Pines home at 6226 Acacia Avenue, which sits above Oakland’s Rockridge…
Record Pipeline of Development in SF (And Building Is Up)
With the number of newly proposed units of housing to be built in San Francisco having outpaced the number of units that recently finished up construction for the sixth quarter…
Planning to Build Up in Hayes Valley
Having paid $900,000 for the Bruce’s Automotive building at 159 Fell Street back in 2012, the French American International School placed the former garage back on the market earlier this…
Long-Awaited Eagle Plaza About to Break Ground
With Build Inc’s 136-unit development rising at 1532 Harrison Street, across from the Eagle in Western SoMa, the ground for the long-awaited Eagle Plaza, which will transform a portion of…