Plans to Redevelop Gas Light Company’s Garden House Formalized
As we first reported last year: With the redevelopment of the adjacent gas station site underway, plans to raze the historic San Francisco Gas Light Company’s former garden house and…
Existing U.S. Home Sales Tick Up, Median Price Hits New High
Having slipped 2.3 percent in April, the pace of existing-home sales in the U.S. ticked up 1.1 percent in May to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.62 million transactions,…
Record-Setting Pac Heights Home Sold for $38 Million
As we first reported last week, the 12,000-square-foot spec home at 2712 Broadway, which had been on the market since the end of last year with a $40 million price…
Massive Silicon Valley Estate Sells for 30 Percent of Original Price
On the market for $100 million in 2013, the asking price for the 47.5-acre de Guigne estate at 891 Crystal Springs Road in Hillsborough, which includes a classic 16,000-square-foot mansion,…
Ambitious Plans to Move This Historic Victorian Half a Mile Away
As we first reported a little earlier today, plans to redevelop the Bryant Mortuary at 635 Fulton Street are in the works, plans which include moving the mortuary to the…
Hayes Valley Mortuary Could Become Housing (and More)
Plans to add a fourth story and rear addition to the Bryant Mortuary at 635 Fulton Street have been drawn. And as proposed, the historic Hayes Valley building would be…
Stirrings for Long-Shuttered Mission District Site
With the redevelopment of Elbo Room moving closer to reality, we turn our attention to the long-shuttered furniture store space next door at 657 Valencia Street. Having sat empty for…
Chef Pushing Forward with Plans for Former Oakland Fire Station
An Oakland-based chef and restaurateur is close to closing escrow on the purchase of the former City of Oakland Fire Station No. 14 at 3455 Champion Street, around the corner…
Challenge of Elbo Room Redevelopment Slated to Fail
The building permits for the proposed three-story addition and residential conversion of the two-story Elbo Room building at 645-647 Valencia Street have been requested and triaged. And the formal challenge…
Pricing for New Condos in S.F. Slips along with Sales and Inventory
While sales activity for new condos in San Francisco doubled from April to May with seasonality in play, versus tripling from April to May last year, the number of purchase…