Pipeline of Residential Development in San Francisco Drops
With the number of new units of housing in San Francisco that finished up construction in the third quarter of the year having outpaced the total of those which were…
Landmark Uptown Oakland Club Building on the Market
The colorful Uptown Oakland building at 2120 Broadway, which also fronts Franklin Street and is home to both the landmark Club BNB (formerly Bench and Bar) and its sister Club…
Little Movement in the Benchmark Mortgage Rate
With the downstream impact of the Federal Reserve’s rate hike last week already priced in, the average rate for the benchmark 30-year mortgage was 3.94 percent as of yesterday and…
Plans for Building up Geary and a Potential Psychological Toll
Plans to level the 3-story medical office building at 3330 Geary Boulevard, between Commonwealth and Parker Avenues and across from Mel’s Drive-In, have been drawn. And as envisioned, a six-story…
Pace of Existing U.S. Home Sales Jumps, except in the West
Having ticked up 2.0 percent in October, the overall pace of existing-home sales in the U.S. jumped 5.6 percent in November to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.81 million…
Unpermitted Live/Work Warehouse on the Market in the Mission
While not currently permitted for either office or residential use, the Mission District warehouse building at 3075 21st Street has been carved up into a warren of “offices,” at least…
Sale of Uber’s Uptown Station Has Closed, Opening Late 2018
The sale of the waylaid Uptown Station development at 1945 Broadway in Uptown Oakland, which has been under construction since 2015 when Uber purchased the former Sears building for $123.5…
Oakland A’s Relegate New Ballpark Site to the Disabled List
Two weeks ago the Peralta Community College District’s Board of Trustees directed the college district’s Chancellor to immediately discontinue talks with the Oakland Athletics who were positioning to acquire the…
Details behind the City’s Big Deal for Beleaguered McDonald’s Site
While originally expected to cost the city around $10 million, an agreement for the City of San Francisco to purchase the beleaguered McDonald’s at the corner of Stayan and Haight…
Tenant Buyouts of up to $310,000 in San Francisco since 2015
Since March of 2015, when San Francisco started regulating “buyout agreements” between landlords and their tenants, a total of 772 buyout agreements have been inked and reported, as mapped above.…