CHECK OUT THE NEW WARRIORS STADIUM PLANS

  DESIGN CONCEPT FACTS Venue Footprint: 170,000 square feet Venue Height: 125 feet. For reference, AT&T Park is 183 feet to the light standard, 132 feet to the top of the seating bowl Venue Seating Capacity: 18,000. For reference, the capacity of Oracle Arena is (...read more...)

WHAT’S COMING UP IN SOUTH BEACH? HERE IS A GREAT LIST, AND MAP!

  Update of developments waiting to break ground   5M PROJECT The so-called “creative development” mixed-use project by Forest City would develop the 4-acre site at Fifth and Mission Streets by rehabbing the Chronicle Building and Dempster Printing Building, demoing six (...read more...)

181 FOLSOM

Having acquired the Transbay parcel and approved plans to build a 52-story tower with 14 floors of condos over 400,000 square feet of office space and a spire reaching 800 feet, Silicon Valley builder Jay Paul plans to break ground on 181 Fremont as soon as possible.  While many have seen the (...read more...)

BRANNAN STREET WHARF PROJECT

Check out details, photos and renderings here: http://sfport.com/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentID=4133   Located on The Embarcadero Promenade between Pier 30-32 and Pier 38, the Brannan Street Wharf will be a new 57,000 square foot public park over the water and parallel to the (...read more...)

The Green Designs For Block 6: Folsom Street From Fremont To Beale

According to SocketSite, the winning proposal to develop Transbay Block 6/7, from Folsom Street to Clementina Alley and Fremont to Beale, includes a 300-foot tower on the corner of Folsom and Fremont, 40-foot townhomes along Clementina, and three 50 to 85-foot mid-rise buildings on Fremont, Beal, (...read more...)

New High Rise Development in South Beach

201 Folsom is the eagerly awaited follow-up to Tishman Speyer’s Infinity towers, which upped the ante in the luxury high rise condo market in 2008 with spacious floor plans, private balconies, and first-rate hotel style amenities. As San Francisco’s market has finally pulled out of its long (...read more...)

Pier 38 to be Revamped

Bids to rehabilitate the Pier 38 bulkhead structure and a portion of the Pier 38 shed, the pier from which a whole host of startups and two venture capital firms were evicted last year, are now being sought with a deadline of February 22, 2013 to respond. From a plugged-in tipster who attended (...read more...)

THE WARRIORS AREA IMPACT AND OPTION – MOVING RED’S?

With the financial framework for the proposed Warriors Arena on Piers 30-32 having been approved by San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors, San Francisco’s Planning Department is quickly moving forward with the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) necessary for the billion dollar arena and (...read more...)

$1.7 BILLION APPROVED FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TREASURE ISLAND

The China Development Bank has approved a $1.7 billion loan to finance the development of theHunters Point Shipyard, Candlestick Point and Treasure Island, developments which represent nearly 20,000 new homes in San Francisco's housing pipeline. From the Business Times with respect to the (...read more...)

MORTGAGE RATES REMAIN NEAR RECORD LOWS

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Rates on the average 15-year, fixed-rate mortgage hit a new low this week, falling to 2.66%, according to mortgage giant Freddie Mac. The 15-year is particularly popular with homeowners who want to refinance their old mortgages to a lower rate and pay off their loan more (...read more...)