Shorter Still For The Tall McSweeney Home On Santa Paula Avenue
The Angus McSweeney designed home at 250 Santa Paula Avenue was purchased for $910,000 in 2003 having sat empty for 25 years. Following a major renovation and expansion, the St.…
A Plan For San Francisco’s Central Subway To Stop In North Beach
The construction plan for San Francisco’s five stop Central Subway line has long called for digging to continue beyond the last northern stop on the line at Washington and Stockton…
Picking Up The Slack For Six Million Dollars On Sacramento
Built on bedrock in 1891, the Slack Mansion at 2224 Sacramento Street survived the great quake of 1906. Commissioned by Judge Charles Slack, and having once served as a bed…
Latest SF Skyscraper Scoop: 181 Fremont Redesigned And Rendered
Back in 2007, the proposed skyscraper to rise at 181 Fremont street which was designed by HellerManus reached 900 feet and would have yielded around 500,000 square feet of office…
The Economic Value Of Being Labeled Green In California
From San Francisco’s Assessor-Recorder’s office with respect to their new Green Labels for properties in San Francisco: “While no re-assessments will be triggered by earning an environmental distinction for your…
Green Labels Migrate From Marketing Materials To Property Records
San Francisco’s Assessor-Recorder’s office has started recording and tracking “Green Labels” for individual properties as part of the official land records maintained by the City and County of San Francisco.…
Great Pacific Heights “Appreciation” And Yet A Rather Poor ROI
As we first wrote about the Pacific Heights home at 2209 Pacific last year: Purchased as a 4,960 square foot four-bedroom home for $5,150,000 in late 2005, and since remodeled…
Trader Joe’s At California And Hyde Has Opened Its Doors
While the ribbon cutting ceremony isn’t until next week, the new Trader Joe’s at 1401 California and Hyde has opened its doors. A CVS Pharmacy will join the redevelopment of…
The Next Big Housing Thing To Define The New Mission
Plugged-in people have long known about the plans to renovate the New Mission Theater and develop the adjacent lot at 2558 Mission Street, upon which the Giant Value building currently…
A Precedent Setting Decision And Objection For Development(s)
Fourteen years ago, the owner of the parcel at 70 Crestline Drive, upon which a 14-unit building and 6,300 square feet of undeveloped Vista Francisco land currently sits, proposed to…