Ghirardelli Garage Redevelopment Closer to Reality
As we first outlined early last year: Plans to level the two-story Ghirardelli garage at 915 North Point have been in the works since 2016. And as now formally proposed,…
Take Two for a Previously Flipped Nob Hill Condo
Purchased for $1.74 million in May of 2015, renovated (“including all new kitchen, all new bathrooms, a lighting system, hardwood floors and window coverings”) and then successfully flipped for $2.255…
More Storage for Stuff as Envisioned, with a Rooftop Twist
Plans to demolish the existing “Stop & Stor” self-storage facility at 2285 Jerrold Avenue, which is primarily composed of re-purposed shipping containers set on a 68,000-square-foot corner lot in the…
Benchmark Mortgage Rate Ticks Up, Odds of an Easing Jumps
The average rate for a 30-year mortgage inched up 3 basis points over the past week to 4.20 percent, which is up 14 basis points since the end of March…
Dramatically Reduced Former Consulate Fetches $15.85M
Having hit the market at the end of 2016, priced to “define the city’s high end with a $22-million price tag,” the former Egyptian Consulate at 3001 Pacific Avenue has…
Pace of New Home Sales in the U.S. Is Up, Median Price Down
Having gained an upwardly revised 5.9 percent in February, the pace of new single-family home sales in the U.S. ticked up another 4.5 percent in March to a seasonally adjusted…
Modern Bayview Development on the Boards
Plans to raze the dilapidated storage shed which currently spans four underdeveloped Bayview parcels on the corner of 3rd Street and Thornton Avenue have been drafted. As envisioned, the four…
Renovated Victorian Fetches 7 Percent over its 2017 Price
Purchased for $3.4 million in June of 2017, having been remodeled in 2015, the “meticulously re-designed” Victorian at 2385 Bush Street, a three bedroom, three and one half bath Lower…
Mission Bay Is Nearly Built Out, Mission Rock in the Wings
When San Francisco’s 300-acre Mission Bay neighborhood is “fully developed,” it is slated to encompass 6,500 units of housing; 4.4 million square feet of clinical, office and other commercial space;…
Pace of Existing Home Sales in the U.S. Drops
Having jumped in February, but failed to gain on a year-over-year basis, the seasonally adjusted pace of existing-home sales across the U.S. dropped 4.9 percent in March to an annual…