PriceChopper: Jackson Square One Bedroom Gets Sent to the Chopping Block

× Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed. Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox. Wednesday, January 2, 2013, by Sally Kuchar Was: $699,000
Now: $649,000
You Save: $50,000

We featured this property on our weekly Open House Report, but unfortunately that wasn't enough to entice a buyer. The 1-bed, 1-bath, 909-square-foot condo at 733 Front Street in Jackson Square has been on the market since early December, and took a price chop of $50,000 on December 26. By way of Redfin agent David Pemstein we learn that It's a "Very large 1 bedroom and nice bathroom. Very sleek and modern design. Fitness room and roof deck with amazing view of East Bay." Readers, what's the problem? It's a boutique luxury building with 69 condos, and there's a door person during business hours. Monthly HOA dues are $651 and only leased parking is available for an additional $350 per month.
· 733 Front Street, #201 [Redfin]
· Weekend Open House Report: One Bedroom Edition [Curbed SF]

733 Front Street, San Francisco, CA

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House of the Day: Jackson Hole's Paintbrush Ranch Offers Picture-Perfect Views

× Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed. Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox. Thursday, February 16, 2012, by Rob Bear

Have a nomination for a jaw-dropping listing that would make a mighty fine House of the Day? Get thee to the tipline and send us your suggestions. We'd love to see what you've got.

Location: Jackson Hole, Wyo.
Price: $8,495,000
The Skinny: Encompassed by National Park and National Forest, the aptly-named Paintbrush Ranch displays perfectly-framed mountain vistas through broad picture windows. This five-acre property sits at just the right distance from the famous Teton Range, capturing the jagged peaks in their entirety, and from nearly every room in the house. The 9,100-square-foot main house has an exposed wood frame construction that adds that mountain vibe, and while the interior design and architecture leave a little to be desired—ahem, is that a velvet painting in the bedroom?—there's little here that a little sprucing up couldn't fix. Plus, there's space galore, with a detached three-car garage topped by a two-bed apartment, a one-bedroom caretaker's cottage, and two "shop" buildings to store all the toys. The price may be hefty, at $8.5M, but that's a major discount on the original asking price, which was almost $14M.
· Paintbrush Ranch [Hall & Hall]

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Ask Curbed SF: What's Up With the Belli Building in Jackson Square?

× Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed. Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox. Tuesday, February 7, 2012, by Alex Bevk A curious reader asks:

I was walking down Hotaling place in Jackson Square and noticed renewed construction on the Belli Building. Do you know what will come of it? Will it be more condos?

Looks like work has indeed resumed on the project at 722-728 Montgomery Street, better known as the Belli and Genella Buildings. Originally built in 1851, the buildings are both city historic landmarks and previously operated as a cigar warehouse, theatre, and public bath house (not all at the same time, of course). Famed/infamous SF attorney Melvin Belli bought and restored the properties in 1958, but they fell into major disrepair after he died in 1996. A project was approved back in August 2007 for a 12 residential and 5 commercial condo conversion out of the old office space, but due to some...financial issues with Belli's widow, the property was sold and the project stalled. It wasn't until December 2010 that building permits were finally filed to complete the work. According to the permits, the upper two floors will be converted into the residential units, with commercial space below.
· Previous "Ask Curbed SF" [Curbed SF Archives]
· Historic Landmark Listing for Belli Building [SF Planning]
· Belli’s Barbary Coast (And At One Time) Belle Of A Building [SocketSite]
· Historic Landmark Listing for Genella Building [SF Planning]

722 Montgomery Street, San Francisco CA

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Alan Jackson Lists: Look at country crooner Alan Jackson...

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