Goings-On And Up At 3500 19th Street And Valencia
Three days after we wrote about it in June, permits were filled to prepare the site at 3500 19th Street for construction. And as a reader notes, building has since…
Transbay Tower’s Financial Backer Has Left The Building
As we reported in June: Having successfully renegotiated the amount they’ll pay The City for the land upon which to build San Francisco’s Transbay Transit Tower and Terminal from $350…
We’ve Been Looking Past The Overhyped Facebook Effect, Have You?
We took a bit of heat for suggesting our readers Look Past The Overhyped Facebook Effect in February. As we wrote at the time: “Forget the overhyped Facebook effect (a.k.a.…
99,750 Reasons Your Agent Might Now Be Bullish On One Rincon Hill
If your agent has suddenly become bullish on One Rincon Hill unit #2904, a plugged-in tipster notes there might be more than one reason why: According to an email sent…
A Negative Yet Positive Step Forward For 2175 Market Street Project
As we first reported earlier this year, having quietly acquired the land on which the 76 Station at the intersection of 15th and Market Streets sits last year, Forest City…
Employment In San Francisco Up By 4,600 In July, Up 24,900 YOY
Preliminary July labor force data counts for San Francisco, Marin and San Mateo counties pegs the unemployment rates at 7.7%, 6.7% and 7.0% respectively, down 0.1 points in San Francisco…
From In The Red To A Rather Red Apple On Auburn Street
As we first wrote about the single-family home at 12 Auburn Street in January 2011: So there’s no deeded parking and Nob Hill, but it is a rather cute little…
Redeveloping Sixth Street: Corner Of Sixth And Howard As Envisoned
As far as we know, Mercy Housing has yet to secure the $19 million it will take to raze the four-story Hugo Hotel which has sat vacant since 1987 and…
U.S. Housing Starts Up 21.5% Year-Over-Year But Still Below Average
Housing starts in the U.S. fell 1.1 percent from June to July but remain up 21.5 percent year-over-year as construction of structures with five or more units increased 9.6 percent…
1601 Larkin: Planning’s Flip-Flop And Expected Disapproval Today
Despite a revised design and the Planning Department’s recommendation that the project be approved in June, while San Francisco’s Planning Commission voted 5-2 to certify the Environmental Impact Report necessary…