Contemporary Penthouse Under Cover Of Victorian Façade Take Two
As we wrote about 1770 Fell Street #5 in July of 2010: You should know we’re suckers for natural light and indoor/outdoor living (especially when off the kitchen). Radiant heat,…
350 Mission Street: Permits Issued For 350-Foot Tower To Rise
Approved for a 27-story office tower reaching 350 feet last year, the fully entitled site at 350 Mission Street has been sold to Kilroy Realty with the transfer in the…
AT&T Will Be Rocking, So Presentation Of Mission Rock Plans Delayed
With the first pitch of the 2012 World Series being thrown tonight, and our Giants stepping up to the plate, the Port’s presentation of the latest plans for the development…
Financial Partner Secured To Build San Francisco’s Transbay Tower
As we wrote last week with respect to the recently approved 61-story Transbay Tower to rise at 101 First Street: In terms of the land on which the tower would…
New U.S. Home Sales Up From August And An All-Time Low Last Year
The seasonally adjusted annual pace of new single-family home sales in the U.S. ticked up to 389,000 in September, up 5.7 percent from a revised rate of 368,000 in August…
Pushing The Architecture + Design Envelope Over In Noe
As we wrote and revealed about 264 Clipper Street back in 2009: The Envelope Architecture + Design remodel of 264 Clipper Street over in Noe Valley lands in The New…
Speaking Of Adding Floors And Altered Views: 680 Folsom Topped Out
Speaking of adding floors and unprotected views, a reader wonders how much higher the soon to be re-skinned building at 680 Folsom Street will rise. Our answer: with two floors…
Resurrected Plans For The Corner Of 19th And South Van Ness Ave
The gas station at the corner of 19th Street and South Van Ness Avenue stopped pumping gas at the end of 2004. An application to build five-story mixed use building…
You’ve Been Warned: Let There Be Less Light And Fewer Views
As proposed, a story would be added atop the four-story building at 1856 Pacific Avenue and its façade redesigned, resulting in a 55-foot building within an 80-foot height district. In…
It’s No Slam Dunk Nor Layup For A Warriors Arena In San Francisco
With San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee deeming it his legacy project, and the project sponsors lining the pockets of nearly every political, development, and public relations consultant in the city,…