Pace of U.S. Home Sales Hits Nine-Year High, Price Sets a Record
The seasonally adjusted pace of existing-home sales in the U.S. ticked up 1.8 percent to an annual rate of 5.53 million sales in May, 4.5 percent higher versus the same…
New Timing and Details for That Twisty 400-Foot Tower Project
The Disposition and Development Agreement for Transbay Block 1, upon which Tishman Speyer is planning to build a twisty 400-foot-tall tower designed by Jeanne Gang at the corner of Folsom…
An Appeal to Prevent Marijuana Sales on Lombard
While the controversial plan to open the first (legal) Medical Cannabis Dispensary (MCD) north of Geary Boulevard, at 2414 Lombard Street on the border between Cow Hollow and the Marina,…
SoMa Rising Closer to Reality (or Not)
Approved for the development of a nine-story building, with 15 apartments and 88-feet in height, at the end of last year, the Western South of Market parking lot parcel at…
Even Bigger Plans for More Housing and Height in the Mission
While currently only zoned for building up to 55-feet in height, the two players picked by the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development to redevelop the Mission District parking…
Stunning Pac Heights Home Re-Listed at a $2 Million Loss
Designed by renowned architect Joseph Esherick and built in 1962, the Mid-Century Modern ‘Larsen House’ at 2610 Scott Street traded hands for the first time in late 2014, listed for…
From a Coat Factory to Tech Space as Proposed
As proposed by Hudson Pacific Properties and slated to be approved by San Francisco’s Planning Commission this week, the three-story Burlington Coat Factory structure at 899 Howard Street, on the…
Former Summer Cottage Fetches $8.2 Million
Built in 1892 as a honeymoon cottage at which to spend summers and weekends away from the hustle and bustle of San Francisco, and since remodeled for year-round use and…
Employment in San Francisco Drops Along with its Labor Force
While the unemployment rate in San Francisco dropped to 2.9 percent last month, the lowest unemployment rate since the dot-com boom when it hit 2.4 percent, the drop from 3.1…
Over 100,000 More Employed in Alameda County Since 2010
For the first time since early 2001, the unemployment rate in the East Bay has dropped below 4 percent, dropping from 4.1 percent in April to 3.9 percent in May…