Pushback on Modern Bay Window Design for Big Bubble Site
Having reviewed the preliminary designs for a proposed building to rise up to seven stories in height upon the Big Bubble Laundromat site at 2525 Van Ness Avenue, adjacent to…
G’s Penthouse Lair Delisted (Again)
Speaking of infamous high-end lairs on the market around San Francisco, despite an effective $4 million reduction from an asking price of $12 million last year, the listing for Gurbaksh…
Infamous Marin Mansion Finally Fetches $12 Million
On the market for $24.9 million in 2009, the nearly 14,000-square-foot Tiburon mansion at 185 Gilmartin Drive has finally sold for $12 million. The 1.4-acre property was once owned by…
California College of the Arts Inks Potrero 1010 Lease
Speaking of Equity Residential, which just lowered its revenue forecast for 2016, due in part to a recent underperformance in the company’s San Francisco portfolio of apartment projects, the developer…
From Fabled Flip to Reality
While we debunked the misreported flip of a two-bedroom Nob Hill condo at 1150 Sacramento Street last year, the unit has since been flipped for real and $515,000 more. Purchased…
Big Developer Lowers Expectations Citing Lower Than Expected Rents
As we wrote when we first reported that asking rents in San Francisco had barely moved in the first quarter of the year, “there are roughly 7,300 units of housing…
A Quiet Cut for Villa Tara in Tiburon
Listed for $10.9 million eight months ago, the asking price for the “Villa Tara” at 12 Tara Hill Road in Tiburon was reduced to $9.8 million in October and then…
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One Day on the Market at $3.55M in Potrero Hill
Listed for $3.8 million in February, the asking price for the newly renovated two-unit building now being marketed as 838 Rhode Island Street (with the legal studio on the ground…
A Third West Oakland Home Breaks the Million Dollar Mark
The newly built 2,245-square-foot West Oakland (“WeOak”) infill home at 862 Wood Street, which was listed for $824,500 last month, closed escrow today with a reported contract price of $1,025,000…
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back Re: Plans for Flower Stand Site
The plans to level the Sunset District flower stand and two undeveloped lots on the southwest corner of Quintara and 19th Avenue, and construct a four-story building across the site,…