San Francisco - Real Estate & Development
San Francisco Portola
Century-old Portola District nursery might be reimagined as agricultural learning center
The neglected greenhouses at 770 Woolsey Street in the Portola District were once part of a thriving flower nursery over 100 years ago. However, they might be restored as an education center for urban farming after the land was offered to be sold to a local nonprofit. Read More
San Francisco Potrero Hill
A slice of Google’s $1 billion affordable housing initiative lands in Potrero Hill
Five current or under-construction affordable housing projects in Potrero Hill just got a major boost from Google’s billion-dollar housing effort. Read More
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San Francisco Design District Potrero Hill
Amazon submits plans for proposed six-acre warehouse at Potrero Hill Recology site
The online retailer hopes to demolish everything that’s currently on seven lots along Seventh Street, and build a three-story delivery and distribution station. Read More
San Francisco Cole Valley Inner Sunset
Neighborhood groups sue to halt massive UCSF Parnassus campus rebuild and housing project
Former SF mayor Art Agnos is among those speaking out and filing lawsuits claiming that an environmental impact report on the expansion was shoddy and rushed. Read More
San Francisco Hayes Valley Western Addition
House parade: moving day for the Englander House in photos
Hundreds of San Franciscans gathered to watch the 139-year-old Victorian house move from 807 Franklin St. to its new home at 635 Fulton St. on February 21, 2021. Here's a recap of the day in photos in case you weren't among them. Read More
San Francisco SoMa
Vice President Kamala Harris has sold her SoMa condo
The sitting vice president of the United States no longer needs her SoMa apartment, and it sold with an asking price of $800,000 just one week after the listing hit the market. Read More
San Francisco Hayes Valley Western Addition
Historic Victorian to be moved from Franklin Street to Fulton Street on Sunday
A historic Victorian house standing alone near the corner of Franklin and Turk Streets will be moved to a new home on Sunday morning after nearly eight years of planning. Read More
San Francisco Cole Valley Inner Sunset
UCSF pledges to build 1,260 new housing units as part of its Parnassus campus rebuild
UCSF and the City of San Francisco announced a community benefits package that will go along with an agreement for the university to rebuild and expand its Parnassus Heights hospital over the next decade — and it includes 1,263 new units of housing, 40 percent of which will be designated as affordable. Read More
San Francisco Chinatown Mission Mission Bay SoMa
San Francisco seeks developers interested in nine affordable housing sites
The City of San Francisco is seeking interest from qualified developers to build affordable rental housing at nine sites across eastern San Francisco, including an unassigned parcel at Pier 70 and several SoMa locations. Read More
San Francisco Castro Mission
Notorious Castro drug den sells for $4.8 million after complete renovation
After undergoing a complete renovation, a notorious Castro neighborhood building at 517-519 Sanchez Street (near 18th Street) has sold for $4.8 million. Read More
San Francisco Mid-Market SoMa
Planning Commission to consider long-delayed plans for 1145 Mission development
The San Francisco Planning Commission tomorrow will consider a proposal to construct a new five-story housing development to fill a lot on Mission Street that has been vacant for nearly two decades. Read More
San Francisco Mission Mission Bay Nob Hill Polk Potrero Hill
San Francisco exodus is real, Nob Hill has the most move-outs
Postal Service change of address data indicates as many as 90,000 households may have moved out of SF in the pandemic, with Nob Hill the most frequently fled neighborhood. Read More
San Francisco Fillmore Western Addition
A Fillmore District affordable housing project may transform into a massive, 2,500-unit development
Freedom West Homes, the 47-year-old, 382-unit affordable development on four blocks bounded by Fulton, Gough, Golden Gate, and Laguna in the Fillmore District, may be replaced by a massive new development that will both re-house the existing co-op owners there, and create 100 more affordable units alongside 2,000 market-rate units. Read More
San Francisco Cole Valley Upper Haight
Developers host planning meeting for 730 Stanyan affordable housing project this evening
Tonight from 6 to 8 p.m., developers of the 100% affordable housing project slated for construction at 730 Stanyan Street will host a third community meeting for area residents, to answer questions, reveal further information about potential site design, and solicit feedback. Read More
San Francisco Financial District
Long-delayed FiDi luxury hotel gets sleek new proposed design, still nowhere near approval
They’re basically building a 200-room glass hotel on top of the current Cort Furniture brick facade at Battery and Merchant Streets, but nary a Planning Department permit has been granted for the new plan. Read More
San Francisco Inner Richmond
Supervisor Fewer unveils plan for 99-unit senior housing development at 4200 Geary
The project, now in the earliest stages of planning, is slated for a former funeral home at Geary and 6th Avenue in the Richmond. Read More
San Francisco Visitacion Valley
Visitacion Valley home listed for $650K is a 120-year-old serious fixer-upper
This $650,000 fixer-upper in Visitacion Valley is proof that reasonably priced SF real estate usually means something is terribly, terribly wrong. Read More
San Francisco Fisherman's Wharf
Iconic Ghirardelli sign returns to Ghirardelli Square after restoration
The landmark illuminated Ghirardelli sign went back up Thursday morning, after a dark and dismal couple of months in which it was missing. Read More
San Francisco Cole Valley Upper Haight
New survey seeks input on the next round of design for 730 Stanyan project
A new survey from the site's development team seeks input on potential uses for its ground floor space. Read More
San Francisco Duboce Triangle Hayes Valley Lower Haight Mid-Market
Nixing navigation center plans, city considers 33 Gough St. for safe sleeping site
The site was approved as a navigation center in March, but the city has scrapped those plans, and is now evaluating it for a potential tent village. Read More
San Francisco Cole Valley Upper Haight
Developers reveal new plans for Haight & Stanyan affordable housing complex
Currently a safe sleeping site for the unhoused, the lot will eventually have over 100 housing units for low-income residents. Read More
San Francisco Mission
City unveils proposed location for new Mission safe sleeping site
The new city-sanctioned tent site, with room for 40-50 people, will offer an alternative to unhoused Mission residents as shelters remain at limited capacity. Read More
San Francisco Lower Haight
FIFTY24SF gallery closes, with building listed for sale; Upper Playground to remain open
The building, listed for $2.4 million, is likely to be demolished and rebuilt. Read More
San Francisco Duboce Triangle Lower Haight
Construction crew discovers historic advertising behind facade at Duboce Park
When might the ads be from? How long has it been since anyone had a Par-T-Pak Cola? We talked to local historians to find out. Read More
San Francisco Castro
Real-estate management company takes over vacant Castro storefront
The former Clobba space has transitioned from shop to office. Read More