A Billion Dollar Proposal To Rebuild SF’s Two Busiest BART Stations
A third of BART’s daily riders exit or enter the transit system at either the Embarcadero or Montgomery Street stations. With total ridership up six percent over the past year,…
The Big Plans For This East SoMa Block, Bigger Than Planned In Fact
Speaking of height limits in San Francisco, the current zoning for the eastern two-thirds of the SoMa block roughly bounded by Second, Harrison, Third and the Caltrans parcel under Interstate…
Is 535 Mission Street Selling Itself And San Francisco Short?
While some celebrate the news that construction on the 378 foot tower to rise at 535 Mission Street will soon recommence, others wonder if the developers aren’t selling themselves and…
Will Any Rare And Coveted Architectural Details Survive?
The three-bedroom house at 912 Noe Street was built by John Anderson. And according to its listing for $1,199,000, the home has “all the rare and coveted architectural details that…
Pagoda Theater Demolition Vote Delayed Until Muni Has A Lease
While Muni has a plan to demolish the derelict Pagoda Theater and extract the Central Subway tunneling machines from the North Beach site rather than digging up Columbus Avenue for…
A Blue Kitchen, Green Apple, And The Grey Area Below
Purchased for $975,000 in December 2007 and then remodeled, the “mid-century modern” home at 218 Clipper Street last sold for $1,200,000 at the end of 2008. With three bedrooms and…
Modern 27-Story Mission Street Tower Set For A Quick Restart
Boston Properties has completed its acquisition of the 535 Mission Street development site for $71.0 million and expects to recommence construction on the approved HOK-designed 27-story office tower within weeks,…
A Quick Retake Out On Lake Street
Following our post on the remake of 2975 Lake Street, the listing was quickly updated with a hastily taken photo of the property’s new façade and new new landscaping:
The 5M Project’s Buildings, Timing, And Public Open Space Plans
As we first reported yesterday, Forest City’s proposed 5M Project, as in Fifth and Mission, would yield over a million square feet of renovated or new office space, 750 new…
San Francisco’s Condominium Conversion Lottery Results 2013
While San Francisco’s Land Use Committee couldn’t reach a decision and decided to delay their vote on the proposed condo conversion lottery bypass for another month in hopes of finding…