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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
Industry Stuff Neighborhoods Rentals

S.F. Sues Owner and Operator of Dungeon-Like Death Trap

August 23, 2017

A warren of 20 illegally constructed rental units were discovered in the basement of the Clean Wash Center building at 4680-4690 Mission Street, on the border of Mission Terrace and…

Breaking News Commercial Neighborhoods

Buca Di Beppo Shuttered, Plans to Transform Its SoMa Space

August 21, 2017

After a twenty-year run, the Buca di Beppo at 855 Howard Street has been shuttered. And another restaurant isn’t expected to take its place. Instead, permits to start gutting the…

Real Estate Economics Rentals Trends

Rents in San Francisco Lower Than at the Same Time Last Year

August 21, 2017

Based on a comparison of over 2,000 listings in San Francisco proper, including one-off rentals as well as units in larger developments, the weighted average asking rent for an apartment…

As Proposed City Planning Design & Architecture Neighborhoods

185 New Apartments Really Closer to Reality

August 18, 2017

As we first reported last week: With Orchard Supply Hardware having been controversially denied their bid to convert the Pacific Sales building at 975 Bryant Street into a 33,000 square…

As Proposed Bay Buildings City Planning Design & Architecture Neighborhoods New Developments

Massive Pier 70 Project Slated for Approvals

August 18, 2017

In the works for over a decade and now expected to take another 10 to 15 years to complete, the key approvals for the redevelopment of San Francisco’s 28-acre Pier…

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Two-Acre Portola District Parcel in Play

August 18, 2017

Plans to develop 36 townhomes and 18 duplexes upon the 2-acre Portola District parcel at 495 Cambridge Street having been approved by the City. And the permit to start demolishing…

Real Estate Economics Trends

Employment in San Francisco Nearing Negative Growth

August 18, 2017

With a typical influx of summertime residents and workers in play, the number of people living in San Francisco with a job increased by 5,000 in July to 546,600 while…

As Proposed Breaking News City Planning Design & Architecture Neighborhoods

Big Plans for Shuttered Lucky Penny Site Have Been Supersized

August 17, 2017

As we first reported a few months ago, while the shuttered Lucky Penny site at 2670 Geary Boulevard is only zoned for moderate density and building up to 80 feet…

As Proposed Design & Architecture Neighborhoods

127-Unit SoMa Development Streamlined and Reslated for Approval

August 16, 2017

While the public hearing for the proposed 127-unit development to rise up to 8 stories in height on the western side of 5th Street, between Shipley and Clara in Central…

Apples To Apples Design & Architecture Fixtures & Furnishings Neighborhoods Remodeling and Renovation

Neo-Victorian in Noe Fetches 2 Percent Under 2016 Price

August 15, 2017

Built in 1895, the Noe Valley Victorian at 228 Day Street was completely renovated and redesigned as a 2,370-square-foot “Neo-Victorian” home two years ago, with an open floor plan, soaring…

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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

  8. Brahma (incensed renter) on New Tower Tops Out, on Track for Delivery This Year

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

  9. Daniel on Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops

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

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