The Tale Of Armistead Maupin’s “37 Percent Over Asking” Sale
Last month we first reported Armistead Maupin’s 1,606 square foot home was about to hit the market at 27 Belmont Avenue As we noted at the time, the property had…
Golden State Warriors Snag Snøhetta For Piers 30-32 Stadium Design
While Facebook has tapped Frank Gehry, the Golden State Warriors have snagged Snøhetta, the architecture firm behind SFMOMA’s expansion and the waterfront Norwegian National Opera and Ballet building pictured above,…
Frank Gehry Engaged To Design Facebook’s Menlo Park Expansion
While Apple has their iCon, Facebook has engaged the iconic Frank Gehry to design their Menlo Park campus expansion with plans to break ground in early 2013. From Facebook’s Environmental…
Inside The Urban Pad At 2495 Harrison And Behind The Plans For More
As we first wrote about 2495 Harrison Street last year: A saloon in 1888, vacant since 2008, and having served as a commercial space between, as proposed the single-story building…
Testing The Waters For An Eight-Story Building At 7th And Minna
With Heller Manus at the helm, a proposal to raze the Good Hotel annex at 114 7th Street and construct an eight-story building with forty-eight dwelling units, fifteen underground parking…
Moscone Center’s Expansion Plans Going Underground
Having abandoned a onetime proposal to raze 680 Folsom to make way for Moscone Center’s growth, and the re-skinning and renovation of 680 Folsom well underway, a plan to dig…
438 Roosevelt Returns Listed For 24,490 Benjamins
As we wrote about 438 Roosevelt when it was on the market in 2007 asking $2,995,000: Get over the choice of exterior paint and get inside: big windows, views and…
See How 38 Harriet’s 23 Prefab Studio Units Are Stacking Up In SF
The 23 prefab units which will become the four-story SoMa Studios development started being stacked upon their 3,750 square foot lot at 38 Harriet this week. Originally expecting to sell…
No One Made Him Move Last Month, Now Will Anyone Let Him?
Purchased for $360,000 in June 2009, last month the quaint little two-story townhome at 4431 Kirkham was quietly testing the market with a “make me move” price of $500,000. While…
Standard & Poor’s Raises Odds Of Double-Dip Recession To 25 Percent
Standard & Poor’s has raised its odds of the U.S. slipping back into recession next year from 20 to 25 percent, citing risks from the European debt crisis, China’s economy…