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Bay Area home sales zip up nearly 7% in October

Analysts caution that while the numbers may show the housing market moving toward a more traditional model - with fewer distressed properties and bargain-basement buyers - they must be taken in the context of historic price declines. The median price ...

From ROBERT SELNA, San Francisco Chronicle,  19 Nov 2009

Target might be considering Metreon location

But Sony sold the building, and now Target, one of the nation's favorite retailers, is said to be interested in the four-story structure, raising questions about how the middlebrow merchandiser would be received in a city known for its opposition to ...

From ROBERT SELNA, San Francisco Chronicle,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Home Depot, Inc.,  Sony,  American Apparel,  Costco,  Best Buy

Empire State Building goes green the retro way

"There are no solar panels, and we are not planting a green roof," said Anthony E. Malkin, president of the company that manages the Empire State Building. "Everyone talks about going with high-tech materials. We went low-tech." Malkin spoke at San ...

From ROBERT SELNA, San Francisco Chronicle,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Clinton Climate Initiative,  Gavin Newsom

Vote today on granting shipyard developer delay

But at a time when construction is at a standstill, the shipyard developer, Lennar Corp., has little choice but to try to obtain loans and figure out the best way to attract buyers. Lennar has partnered with the city to build out nearly all of San ...

From ROBERT SELNA, San Francisco Chronicle,  3 Nov 2009

S.F.-area home prices inch upward, report says

Prices in the San Francisco metropolitan area rose 2.8 percent, following an increase of 3.3 percent from June to July, and 3.8 percent the previous month, according to the Case-Shiller/S&P Home Price Index. Despite the monthly increases, the region's ...

From ROBERT SELNA, San Francisco Chronicle,  28 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Standard Poor's

Food-processing plants make comeback in Oakland

Oakland's food prowess waned as companies consolidated and moved away, but the city's edible economy appears to be on the rise and innovating once again. With help from city-backed incentives and funds, entrepreneurs are tapping into the local demand ...

From ROBERT SELNA, San Francisco Chronicle,  24 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Jack London,  University of California Berkeley,  Safeway Inc.

Lowe's to move forward soon on S.F. store

The Lowe's store is one of the few projects going forward in the city during a time when construction loans are hard to obtain and demand for new retail space has all but dried up. "We see this as a wonderful opportunity to serve our customers and we ...

From ROBERT SELNA, San Francisco Chronicle,  21 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Home Depot, Inc.

Bureaucracy, costs limit seismic retrofitting

The city's Board of Supervisors soon will consider giving incentives to homeowners and landlords who retrofit these buildings, the so-called soft-story structures that are the city's top seismic safety concern. They have a large window or opening such ...

From ROBERT SELNA, San Francisco Chronicle,  16 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Gavin Newsom

Bay Area cities lag in making housing quake-safe

But when it comes to housing - where people spend most of their time - many Bay Area cities have done little to prepare for a major temblor that scientists say has a 62 percent chance of striking the region in the next 30 years. Only a handful of ...

From ROBERT SELNA, San Francisco Chronicle,  12 Oct 2009

Related Topics: University of California Berkeley,  Massachusetts Institute of Technology,  Gavin Newsom

Signs of life in Mission Bay real estate market

(10-07) 18:15 PDT -- A growing online gaming company is negotiating to lease a vacant waterfront building at Mission Bay, and a biotech firm says that it will relocate nearby, indicating that the development area is making progress and possibly ...

From ROBERT SELNA, San Francisco Chronicle,  7 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Pfizer Inc.

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