Category: Real Estate

MUST LIKE FOG | CLAUDINE ZAP Long-time conductor of the San Francisco Symphony Michael Tilson Thomas — known widely as MTT — died in April at age 81. His musical legacy is vast. But he also left behind quite a real estate legacy. The conductor and his husband, Joshua Robison, who also died earlier this…

MUST LIKE FOG | CLAUDINE ZAP The frenzy for multi-million-dollar listings in San Francisco has caused feverish bidding wars. In June, 44 homes sold for $1 million or more over the asking price. While that’s a small slice of the overall market, my colleague Erik Gunther notes that it shows “there’s a small, concentrated group…

MUST LIKE FOG | CLAUDINE ZAP As I walked through this year’s Decorator Showcase at 2015 Broadway, I was particularly drawn to the dining room. I asked the dining room’s designer, Stephanie Marsh Fillbrandt, owner and principal designer of Marsh & Clark Design on California Street, about her inspiration for the space and ideas for…

IT’S BEEN EMPTY since Noosh closed soon after investor Neil Mehta bought the corner building at 2001 Fillmore during his Fillmore buying spree in 2024, at least on the ground floor. But the small businesses in the upstairs offices have not been affected — until now. All got letters on April 24 that they must…

IT’S BEEN THE most striking modern sculpture — or, depending on your perspective, the biggest eyesore — on Alta Plaza Park since it first appeared in 2006 at the top of the neighborhood. Now the home at 2606 Jackson, designed by star architect Olle Lundberg, is set to become the most expensive sale on the…

By THOMAS REYNOLDS Sometimes it pays to complain. And now there is hope that further destruction of a classic Victorian in the Webster Street Historic District — the city’s first — has been stopped and may even result in something better. The Italianate Victorian at 2229 Webster, like most of its neighbors, was built in…

FINALLY THERE’S A proposal to replace the shuttered Safeway grocery store on Webster Street — with more than 1,800 new units of housing. Four buildings that could reach a height of 300 feet, or 30 stories, would replace the store and parking lot, according to a preliminary application developer Align Real Estate has submitted to…

REAL ESTATE | CYNTHIA TRAINA Where have all the single-family home sales gone? In February, only one single-family home closed in Pacific Heights, Lower Pacific Heights, Presidio Heights or Cow Hollow. The 1,763-square-foot Victorian home at 1829 Scott Street sold for $2.9 million and set a record per-square-foot price south of California Street at $1,645…

THE TALK OF the neighborhood is on the front page of today’s New York Times. It’s the fallout from a lawsuit filed by Jesse Powell, the crypto pioneer and founder of Kraken. He’s suiting the residents of 2500 Steiner, the tower at the corner of Jackson and Steiner, who don’t want him as their neighbor.…

REAL ESTATE | CYNTHIA TRAINA Typical of the holiday season, there was a slowdown in sales in December. Only four single-family homes closed in the neighborhood in December, compared to seven homes in November and 12 in October. Sales ranged from $2.4 million for 2660 California, which needs significant renovations, to $8.35 million for 2610…