The Economics Of Urban Trees
As part of the due diligence for San Francisco’s Urban Forest Plan, an inventory and accounting for 24,858 publicly managed “street trees” was conducted. And while the math is a…
San Francisco Officially Bids For Another America’s Cup
In a letter to sent to Oracle Team USA’s CEO yesterday, Mayor Ed Lee has officially expressed San Francisco’s interest in hosting the 35th America’s Cup in 2017, but with…
Presentation Of Proposals For Presidio Redevelopment Set
With the National Park Service having expressed their serious concerns about George Lucas’ proposed Cultural Arts Museum and strongly recommending that the Presidio Trust defer any decisions with respect to…
Having Peaked In 2012, Foreclosures Plummeted In 2013
As we first reported last December, with over 500 homes being taken back by the bank or sold to a third party on the courthouse steps, 2012 was the peak…
Luxury Platinum Living In Noe Valley
Purchased as an 810-square-foot Noe Valley fixer for $850,000 in 2011, an expansion of 4365 26th Street’s main floor by 540 square feet and the addition an all-new 1,300 square…
San Francisco Is Closing In On Dot-Com Days Peak Employment
The unemployment rate in San Francisco ticked down from 5.3 percent in October to 5.2 percent in November, matching the lowest unemployment rate in the city since June of 2008…
Salesforce Tower Supersized To 30 Stories
Having survived an appeal and then an appeal to re-hear the appeal, the paperwork has been signed to allow the office tower under construction at 350 Mission Street to reach…
Plans For A 16-Story Hotel In Downtown Berkeley
A proposal to construct a 16-story building with a 290-room hotel, three floors of office space, and ground floor retail at the corner of Shattuck Avenue and Center Street is…
Four-Story Marina Building Approved To Rise
The proposed four-story building to be built on the south side of Lombard between Pierce and Scott has been approved to rise with 21 market rate dwelling units over ground…
Mortgage Rates Tick Up On Taper Talk
The average rate for a conforming 30-year mortgage ticked up to 4.47 percent over the past week to within 11 basis points of the 4.58 percent two-year high recorded this…