Plans to Restrict New Roof Decks in San Francisco
Building permits to add a new roof deck atop a single-family home or little residential building in San Francisco can currently be approved “over-the-counter,” without the need for a Residential…
Ambitious Franklin Street Infill Project Newly Rendered
Assuming plans to relocate and redevelop the historic ‘Englander House’ at 807 Franklin Street are approved, a new 8-story infill building with 48 residential units over a garage for 17…
Mortuary Redevelopment Closer to Reality
Plans to add a setback fourth story and rear addition to the Bryant Mortuary at 635 Fulton Street and convert the historic Hayes Valley structure into a residential building could…
Pace of New U.S. Home Sales Slips with Inventory at a 9-Year High
Having dropped an upwardly revised 2.4 percent in June, the seasonally adjusted pace of new single-family home sales in the U.S. slipped another 1.7 percent in July to an annual…
Transbay Budget for Sinking Tower Litigation Nears $16 Million Mark
On the heels of the grand opening celebration for San Francisco’s new Transbay/Salesforce Transit Center two weeks ago, the Transbay Joint Powers Authority (TJPA) is about to seek board approval…
Concept Proposals for Fort Scott Slated for Formal Review
The concept proposals for redeveloping roughly two dozen buildings in the Presidio, buildings which are spread across 30 acres near the Golden Gate Bridge and comprise Fort Winfield Scott, will…
Lucca’s Mission District Parking Lot in Play
While Lucca Ravioli is expected to remain in business on the southwest corner of Valencia and 22nd Streets in the Mission, its detached parking lot parcel a few doors down…
Pace of Existing Home Sales in the U.S. Continues to Drop
Having slipped 0.7 percent in May and 0.6 percent in June, the pace of existing-home sales across the U.S. dropped another 0.7 percent in July to a seasonally adjusted annual…
Average Asking Rents in San Francisco and Oakland Slip
The weighted average asking rent for an apartment in San Francisco, including one-off rentals as well as those in larger developments, slipped another 1.4 percent over the past month to…
Renovated Cow Hollow Home Reduced to its 2015 Price
With a previously renovated kitchen which has since been renovated anew, along with a couple of other improvements, it’s not perfectly apples-to-apples. But having been purchased for $4.6 million in…