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Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops Asking Rents in San Francisco Are Ticking Up, But… Benchmark Mortgage Rate Poised to Inch Down Asking Rents in Oakland Tick Up, Down Year-Over-Year Index Versus Reality for Another “Over Asking!” Sale
As Proposed Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Neighborhoods

Refined Plans and Timing for Semi-Massive Redevelopment

September 19, 2018

With an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the formally proposed semi-massive redevelopment of CPMC’s nearly 5-acre California Hospital Campus at 3700 California Street about to be drafted, the project team…

As Proposed City Planning Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Neighborhoods

Sexy Time Development Take Two

September 18, 2018

Plans to raze the recently shuttered Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality building at 1523 Franklin Street and construct a decidedly modern building designed by Alan Tse and Charles…

Bay Buildings Commercial Industry Stuff Listings (for sale) Neighborhoods

End of Days for the Elbo Room? Building on the Market for $4.2M

September 18, 2018

With the Elbo Room’s lease now set to expire on January 1, 2019 and plans to redevelop its site having been approved, the corner building which it currently occupies at…

Design & Architecture Fixtures & Furnishings Industry Stuff Real Estate Economics Remodeling and Renovation Trends

Whitewashed Victorian Fetches $250K More

September 17, 2018

Purchased for $2.55 million last year, the “Exceptional Eureka Valley Home” at 3751-3753 17th Street, which had been “lovingly curated” by the same owner for over 40 years, was subsequently…

Breaking News Listings (for sale) Real Estate Economics Trends

Inventory of Homes for Sale in San Francisco Hits 7-Year High

September 17, 2018

Following a trend which shouldn’t catch any plugged-in readers by surprise, the number of homes actively listed for sale in the San Francisco (900) has just hit a 7-year high…

Design & Architecture Listings (for sale) Neighborhoods

Plans to Raze Regal Residence Abandoned, Staged Instead

September 14, 2018

As we first reported last year: When the hedge fund manager who lives in the 4,400-square-foot Presidio Heights home at the corner of Walnut and Jackson learned that the home…

City Planning Industry Stuff Neighborhoods

Growing Demand in Southern Bayview

September 14, 2018

A number of large Production, Distribution and Repair (PDR) spaces in San Franciscos Southern Bayview District, as well as elsewhere in the city, have been quietly been converted to indoor…

As Proposed Design & Architecture Neighborhoods

Proposed Ballet School Tower Complex Closer to Reality

September 13, 2018

While its overall height and envelope remain the same, one floor has been eliminated from the proposed 250-foot-tall Hub District tower and podium to rise at the intersection of Otis,…

Real Estate Economics Trends

Mortgage Rates Rise, Largest YOY Increase since 2014

September 13, 2018

The average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage ticked up another 6 basis points over the past week to 4.6 percent, which is 82 basis points above its mark at…

As Proposed Commercial Neighborhoods

Plans for San Francisco’s Next Target Slated for Approval

September 12, 2018

Plans to convert the former Sports Authority building at 1690 Folsom Street into a full-service Target could be approved by San Francisco’s Planning Commission on October 4. Once again, the…

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  1. Notcom on Academy of Art’s $58 Million Settlement Plan Slated for Approval

    And don't forget the simultaneous implosion of the The California College of the Arts (CCA)...guess that move to SF wasn't…

  2. The Milkshake of Despair on Academy of Art’s $58 Million Settlement Plan Slated for Approval

    The Academy of Art is a reminder of what the city has lost with the San Francisco Art Institute. The…

  3. Brahma (incensed renter) on Academy of Art’s $58 Million Settlement Plan Slated for Approval

    Here we are, more than six years later, and in a story datelined May 11, 2026 (Academy of Art sells…

  4. Notcom on 2830 Pacific: A Tripling Of Taxes (At Half Off Initial Hopes)

    Noted. But of course I'm more interested in (what passes for) journalism over at the 'Standard'": consider this remarkable -…

  5. Brahma (incensed renter) on Coveted LEED Condo Listed Below its 2015 Price

    Wound up closing at asking 39 days after the above post. Then something happened which appeared on the MLS like…

  6. Brahma (incensed renter) on 2830 Pacific: A Tripling Of Taxes (At Half Off Initial Hopes)

    And 12 years and 8 months later, brought to market asking $35 million only to be removed 122 days after…

  7. Notcom on New Tower Tops Out, on Track for Delivery This Year

    I would diagnose this type of disconnect: Ass Burgher's Syndrome

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    Yes. You correctly understood the schtick. Business people can make up all kinds of rationalizations for their pecuniary interests that…

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    The Chron has some numbers to put to this: They just published a rundown of office occupancy by largest tenants.…

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