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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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Et Tu Little Buildings? Boutique SoMa Unit Drops to Sub-2015 Pricing

August 3, 2017

The top floor “penthouse” unit atop the three-unit development at 56 Ringold Street was purchased for $975,000, or roughly $1,300 per square foot, back in March of 2015, having been…

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The Economics Dooming the Opera Plaza Cinemas and Its Ilk

August 3, 2017

As we first reported last week, plans to shutter the Opera Plaza Cinema are in the works. And as proposed, the 6,381-square-foot space will be converted into “Retail Sales and…

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SoMa Rising: Plans to Add 22 Apartments Right Here Progress

August 3, 2017

As we first reported last year: A developer recently met with San Francisco’s Planning Department to discuss the potential for an eight-story building with up to 22 condos to rise…

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Key Approvals for Long-Vacant Lombard Site Secured, but No Permit

August 3, 2017

The plans for a contemporary four-story building to rise on the former Marina Chevron site, which was leveled over a decade ago, have been approved. The major appeal periods have…

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Sub-2015 Pricing in the Mission Take Two (or Three)

August 2, 2017

While the list price for the Mission District penthouse unit #504 at 3590 20th Street and Valencia (a.k.a. the “V20” building) has been further reduced to $2.398 million, which is…

San Jose (And South)

Massive Silicon Valley Ranch has Just Sold

August 2, 2017

Adjacent to the even more massive San Felipe Ranch, which totals over 28,000 acres of Silicon Valley land and is owned by the heirs of Bill Hewlett and David Packard,…

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Later Lucy, North Face Planning New Concept Store

August 2, 2017

The Lucy brand is being “phased out” and the Cow Hollow store at 1974 Union Street is slated to close in January. But The North Face, which owns the Lucy…

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The Bestest Priced Two-Bedroom in SF’s Premier High-Rise?

August 1, 2017

Purchased for $1.495 million in September 2015, the 1,418-square-foot Lumina unit #2A at 318 Main Street returned to the market this past June listed for $1.649 million and touting: “Best…

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More Sub-2015 Pricing in South Beach

July 31, 2017

Purchased as new for $952,000 or roughly $1,213 per square foot back in November 2015, the 785-square-foot, one-bedroom condo #403 at 72 Townsend Street returned to the market this past…

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Site of Project Blocked by Supes to Be Sold Rather Than Developed

July 31, 2017

With the approved plans for a 6-story, 30-room hotel to rise upon the vacant Lower Nob Hill parcel at 824 Hyde Street having been overturned by San Francisco’s Board of…

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…
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…
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…
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 -…
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…
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…
Notcom on New Tower Tops Out, on Track for Delivery This Year
I would diagnose this type of disconnect: Ass Burgher's Syndrome
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…
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.…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Another Motivated Seller and Near Million Dollar Drop
San Francisco clearly isn't doing enough to be a warm, welcoming and inclusive city for elite tech founders with lots…

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