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Benchmarking San Francisco versus Sixteen Peer Cities

February 21, 2017

The City of San Francisco has just completed benchmarking itself versus sixteen (16) peer cities in the areas of demographics, livability, public safety, transportation and finance. The peer cities against…

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New Condo Sales Drop to a Multi-Year Low in San Francisco

February 21, 2017

At a time of the year when sales typically start ticking up, fewer than twenty contracts for new condominiums in San Francisco were signed last month, which is 67 percent…

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Inventory of Homes for Sale in S.F. Ticks Up Post Presidents Day

February 21, 2017

While slowed by the holiday weekend, the number of single-family homes and condos currently listed for sale in San Francisco ticked up to 510 over the past two weeks, which…

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Bigger Plans to Transform This Tenderloin Block and Local Icon

February 17, 2017

The Fifth Church of Christ, Scientist has been working on plans to redevelop the Tenderloin parcel upon which their 27,000-square-foot church sits, as we first reported back in 2013. As…

As Proposed City Planning Design & Architecture Neighborhoods

Economic Development Agency Opposes More Height on Mission

February 17, 2017

In the works since 2013, the plans for a modern seven-story building to rise on the southwest corner of Mission and 15th Streets, replacing the two-story Performance Auto shop which…

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Streamlined Review for Renzo Piano Tower Approved

February 16, 2017

As the proposed 36-story Renzo Piano tower to rise at 555 Howard Street is being designed to meet LEED Platinum standards, its processing has been fast-tracked by Planning as a…

City Planning Industry Stuff Neighborhoods

Balboa Reservoir Announcement Pushed Back

February 16, 2017

While all the teams interested in buying, entitling and redeveloping the western 17 acres of the Balboa Reservoir site, which is currently a 1,000-space parking lot under the jurisdiction of…

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Affordable Development Challenged

February 15, 2017

While plans for a nine-story building with 127 units of affordable housing to rise on the northern half of the parking lot parcel at the corner of Folsom and 17th…

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The Redevelopment of Stuff

February 15, 2017

Billed as a “rare redevelopment opportunity in one of the most desirable areas…of San Francisco,” the 16,500 square foot building at 150 Valencia Street, which is currently home to STUFF,…

As Proposed Design & Architecture Neighborhoods

Major Western SoMa Development Closer to Reality

February 15, 2017

The refined designs for a 372-unit development to rise up to seven stories in height at 1140 Harrison Street, upon the Western SoMa parcel currently occupied by the German Motors…

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