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Old Posted Mar 8, 2012, 10:54 PM
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Two new very large rental buildings are under construction as we speak.

So happy to hear about the old Pacific Telephone Building. It's one of my favorites and I can't wait to see it return to life. Also hope they bring back the external lighting at night. Can't believe I didn't think about this with all the news about SOMA office demand lately. Should have seen this coming!
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Old Posted Mar 11, 2012, 12:01 AM
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10th and Market Streets - Progress, May 10, 2011

Not a hole in the ground anymore! The view of the former St. Joseph's Catholic Church from this block will be gone in a few months.



10th and Market Sts.03-10-2012


10th and Market Sts. 03-10-2012
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Old Posted Mar 12, 2012, 11:05 PM
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The long-dormant proposal for a skyline-busting skyscraper next to the Transbay Terminal has come back to life - a bit slimmer and shorter, but still aiming to be San Francisco's tallest tower.

The glassy white high rise would be 60 stories and 1,070 feet tall with an entrance at First and Mission streets, according to new plans submitted to the city. It would contain 1.35 million square feet of office space and be accompanied by a half-acre public plaza.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...#ixzz1owklpDJw
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Old Posted Mar 13, 2012, 3:03 AM
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I guess it's still a nice tower, but no where near what SOM had proposed. Although, who knows if that tower would be in the same configuration today either.
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Old Posted Mar 13, 2012, 8:50 PM
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Two new very large rental buildings are under construction as we speak.

So happy to hear about the old Pacific Telephone Building. It's one of my favorites and I can't wait to see it return to life. Also hope they bring back the external lighting at night. Can't believe I didn't think about this with all the news about SOMA office demand lately. Should have seen this coming!
exactly, you have to go huge in this city to build rental units, unless it's assisted living or something.
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Old Posted Mar 14, 2012, 2:14 AM
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Rentals rates in SF? Crescent Heights

It costs more than $450 PSF to develop these rental projects. That requires monthly rent of nearly $4.00 PSF or $3,200 for an 800 SF (cheaply built) apartment.

Does anyone have actual rent numbers?
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Old Posted Mar 14, 2012, 2:15 AM
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Attractive building. Who needs 1.35 million sf of office space?
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Old Posted Mar 14, 2012, 3:18 PM
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It looks better in these renderings, for sure. It's still not a knockout, but this is a step in the right direction in terms of looks.

Thanks for posting!
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Old Posted Mar 14, 2012, 10:02 PM
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according to curbed.com, the fairmont tower is officially dead:

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Thwarted in the their attempt to demolish the Fairmont Hotel's mid-century tower and replace it with a new condominium tower, partners in the Nob Hill icon have sold it for $200,000,000, or around $340,000 per room. And that doesn't include room service. Fairmont will stay on as operator. The motley- but ultimately successful posse of opponents to the project had the usual concerns. With the elimination of half the hotel rooms, jobs became an issue and opposition from the powerful hotel workers union dealt the final blow and trumped any support from the construction trades, along with predictable complaints over construction dust and asbestos from neighbors, fans of irony and tropical drinks at the Tonga Room, and basically everyone else in town....
http://sf.curbed.com/archives/2012/0...00000.php#more
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Old Posted Mar 15, 2012, 5:03 AM
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according to curbed.com, the fairmont tower is officially dead:
http://sf.curbed.com/archives/2012/0...00000.php#more
It's been dead since you last posted about it in April, 2011.
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...=181262&page=3
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Old Posted Mar 15, 2012, 1:55 PM
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It's been dead since you last posted about it in April, 2011.
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...=181262&page=3
Hahaha. Oops.

Bad short term memory.
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Bay Bridge Lights UPDATE

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The Bay Lights Gaining Traction, Moving Closer to Funding Goal…
from:http://www.livesoma.com/2012/03/15/t...ng-goal-video/

First and foremost, the Bay Lights Project has made some significant progress on their donation path, picking up a $3 Million matching grant from a single anonymous donor....

In actuality, they are more than half-way there with the addition of this matching grant because they have raised over $4 Million thus far. As the note says, any donation, no matter how small, will be instantly doubled by the grant, so anyone out there who is really into the concept, you may want to throw your spare change into the mix.

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Old Posted Mar 16, 2012, 4:05 AM
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Crescent Heights Rental Rates

It turns out, a very small 700 SF one Bedroom at Crescent Heights will be $2,800-$4,000 per month. The interiors/finishes have been dramatically reduced and bathrooms/kitchens are very small. Cheap apartments, high rents. Fewer amenities.

Is that sustainable?
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Old Posted Mar 16, 2012, 4:39 AM
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I love this! I wish it was going to be permanent!
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Old Posted Mar 16, 2012, 2:24 PM
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Good News from San Francisco Business Times about One Rincon Hill Phase 2:
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfranci...ncon-hill.html

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New tower to rise on San Francisco's Rincon Hill
Principle Global buys in for possible summer start
San Francisco Business Times by J.K. Dineen, Reporter
Date: Friday, March 16, 2012, 3:00am PDT

Principle Global Investors has snapped up phase two of the prominent One Rincon Hill development for $29.75 million, a sale that should finally revive construction of the long-delayed second tower at the entrance to the Bay Bridge.

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Old Posted Mar 16, 2012, 3:29 PM
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Awesome news! I hope the summer ground breaking is a reality.

This is great as well:

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The One Rincon transaction comes as a number of neighborhood sites are being revived with fresh capital and renewed interest. San Diego-based developer OliverMcMillan has reportedly bought 375-399 Fremont St., which has been languishing for more than six years since it was entitled. Crescent Heights is moving forward with 45 Lansing St., which it bought from Turnberry Associates in 2010 for $13 million. Both of those projects, which total nearly 700 units, are likely to start in the next 12 months, according to sources.
Finally! One Rincon (Tower 1) has been a bit lonely up there.
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Old Posted Mar 16, 2012, 5:55 PM
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RE: SF Apartment Rental Rates

SF Rental rates highest in the US.

San Francisco Rents The Highest Of Any City In Country (PHOTOS)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1345275.html

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Old Posted Mar 16, 2012, 7:27 PM
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Attractive building. Who needs 1.35 million sf of office space?
Considering that the vacancy rate of DTSF is somthing like 8%, I would say a lot of people do.
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Old Posted Mar 16, 2012, 7:40 PM
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It's great to see some projects coming out of mothballs.

Here are two recent national stories about SF:

Revived Project Lifts Bayview, a Blighted San Francisco Area - NYTimes.com
By BARBARA TANNENBAUM

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Now, the completion of a troubled $75 million mixed-use development at 5800 Third Street is evidence that the long-sought revitalization is finally taking root.

Divided into two mixed-use buildings with public courtyards and shared common space, the 315,000-square-foot project’s 137 condominium units are priced to appeal to first-time “work force” buyers. Holliday Development has sold the entire ground floor, as well as 50 of the 71 units in the first building. Sales of the second building’s 66 units are scheduled to begin this month.

Prices range from $300,000 for a one-bedroom with a den to the high $400,000s for three-bedroom units.
San Francisco's Hot Real-Estate Spot for the Rising Tech Generation - WSJ.com
By NANCY KEATES and GEOFFREY A. FOWLER

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A bidding war broke out in November when a small house in San Francisco's tightly packed Noe Valley came on the market.

Twenty-two people, including employees of Facebook, Zynga, Google and Pixar, battled for the home. The winning offer was $1.5 million—40% higher than the asking price. The house had a great view, but it was only 1,800 square feet and came with an old kitchen which, like most of the interior, was covered in 1970s plywood paneling. Seen from the curb, there's hardly any house at all—just a one-car garage and gate leading to small front courtyard.
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Wow Transbay starting in <2yrs. One Rincon Phase II. 45 Lansing... can this be true? What a week.
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