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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
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Timing for New 55-Story Tower and Podiums on Transbay Block 8

January 9, 2018

Having broken ground at the end of 2016, the 55-story tower and two podium buildings rising along Folsom Street, on Transbay Block 8 between Fremont and First, are now expected…

As Proposed City Planning Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Neighborhoods

Plans for 96 Affordable Studios to Rise Right Here

January 8, 2018

While not currently zoned for the development of residential units, plans for a five-story building with 96 below market rate studios to rise over 2,100 square feet of ground floor…

Apples To Apples Design & Architecture Neighborhoods Remodeling and Renovation

High-End Mission District Home Drops 16 Percent

January 8, 2018

Rebuilt, remodeled and expanded to 3,500 square feet, the modernized single-family home at 948 Hampshire Street in the Inner Mission traded hands for $3.8 million in December of 2015. The…

As Proposed City Planning Design & Architecture Neighborhoods

Conservatory of Music Project Positioning for Approvals next Month

January 5, 2018

The refined designs for the San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s proposed twelve-story building to rise at 200 Van Ness Avenue, between Hayes Street and Dr. Tom Waddell Place, will be…

As Proposed City Planning Commercial Neighborhoods Real Estate Legislation Trends

Plans to Limit Restaurants and Bars as Neighborhood Retail Falters

January 5, 2018

With the rise of online retail sales and services impacting the viability of brick and mortar retail in San Francisco, landlords are seeing an increase in demand for street-level spaces…

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Timing for New Transbay District Parks Pushed Back

January 5, 2018

With the timing to complete San Francisco’s new Transbay Transit Center having slipped, the groundbreaking for the future Transbay Park, which will occupy the middle third of the Temporary Transbay…

Breaking News Commercial Neighborhoods

Approved Plans for a Supersized Safeway Scrapped

January 5, 2018

In the works for over a decade, the approved plans to completely overhaul and supersize the outdated Sunnyside Safeway at 625 Monterey Boulevard have been scrapped. Instead, the existing store…

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Development Driving the Office Market in San Francisco

January 4, 2018

The average asking rent for office space in San Francisco inched up 0.7 percent in the fourth quarter of 2017 to end the year at an all-time high of $71.02…

As Proposed Breaking News City Planning Design & Architecture Neighborhoods

Timing for Contentious Development at the Base of Telegraph Hill

January 4, 2018

With the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development having formally determined that the proposed development of 178 affordable apartments to rise up to six stories in height across the…

Apples To Apples Bay Buildings Listings (for sale) RealRecentReductions Remodeling and Renovation

Now Angling for a Bidding War in The Bellaire

January 4, 2018

Purchased for $1.21 million in November of 2015, the 1,003-square-foot unit #303 in the classic Russian Hill building known as Bellaire Tower (1101 Green Street) returned to the market with…

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    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

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

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  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…

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

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