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Planning Commission rejects plan to save low income people from displacement

Sup. Chyanne Chen has introduced legislation that would require developers who demolish housing in vulnerable communities replace existing affordable units with new units at the same price. It’s a pretty basic concept. As Chen noted at a Planning Commission hearing Thursday, a developer who tears down a five-unit building in...

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Marina Safeway project wins final city approval despite neighborhood outrage

The San Francisco Planning Department has given final approval to a plan to raze the Marina Safeway and replace it with a 22-story, 848-unit apartment building on a waterfront site zoned for 40 feet. In a Nov. 6 letter to developer Align Real Estate, planners said the project qualified for...

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Florida Firm Grabs Google-Leased SF Tower, Eyes Bigger Bay Area Buying Spree

A Florida real estate firm just made its first bet on downtown San Francisco, and the building it picked comes with a built-in tenant: Google. 1754 Properties closed on a six-floor office building at 40 Jessie St. at the end of October for nearly $28 million, according to city records, marking the company's first investment in the city and its first-ever office purchase.

Palo Alto Online

New housing project bolsters city’s vision for future of San Antonio

Palo Alto’s plan to transform a stretch of San Antonio Road into the city’s newest residential community received a boost Monday, when the City Council reviewed and largely supported a proposal to demolish three commercial buildings and construct a 200-apartment complex next to the Mountain View border. Located...

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San Francisco Chronicle

Half-century-old Napa winery sold on auction block to its creditor

Signorello Estate — the 49-year-old winery in Napa that burned to the ground in 2017, was rebuilt and then went into foreclosure — has officially been sold to its creditor in an auction.

Napa, CA · 5d

San Francisco Chronicle

Exclusive: Controversial Marina Safeway project wins S.F. approval after yearlong fight

The project would replace the decades-old Marina grocery store with a large mixed-use complex featuring two towers reaching 22 and 18 stories, a new Safeway store and 848 homes.

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California Just Made It Easier to Buy a New Home — And the Insurance Problem May Already Be Solved

California voters just passed something that could genuinely change the math on homeownership. Proposition 37, approved on November 3 with 61% of the vote, authorizes the California Housing Finance Agency to issue up to $25 billion in bonds to help middle-income buyers purchase newly built homes. Governor Gavin Newsom endorsed...

California · 6d

SFGate

SF architectural wonder Gallery House didn't even have time to hit the market

As local Pokemon Go players already knew, the property is a showstopper.

San Francisco, CA · 4d

A court-ordered sale is sometimes the cleanest exit from a co-owned house

Your sibling won’t answer your texts, your ex won’t sign a listing agreement, and the house on Marengo holds a mortgage plus forty years of family memories. You’ve offered a buyout. You’ve offered a clean split. Every suggestion died in the group chat. Here’s the part...

Pasadena, CA · 2d

San Francisco Chronicle

Lawsuit: Acclaimed California winery might be sold off to pay $17.5 million debt

Failla founder and winemaker Ehren Jordan was sued for breach of contract by his lender, First-Citizens Bank & Trust Co., last week.

Napa Valley, CA · 3d

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The Atherton Train Station’s Second Life

For nearly a century, Atherton’s train station served as a connection between the town and the rest of the Peninsula. After Caltrain announced the end of its service in the town in 2020, the station’s future became uncertain. On Oct. 18, the previous station reopened its doors, this time as a museum dedicated to preserving the town’s railroad history.

Atherton, CA · 5d

San Francisco Chronicle

‘It’s like Facebook again’: How AI IPOs could further upend the real estate market

So far, demand has risen mostly in neighborhoods and cities that were already exclusive. Some say that could change.

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