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S.F.’s Latest Project Earns Early Praise
SAN FRANCISCO—A newly completed affordable housing complex for seniors is being hailed as a prime example of environmentally sustainable design.
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Projects, Programs Launched in the West
Jack London Gateway, a proposed 60-unit affordable housing development for seniors in Oakland, Calif., is among the projects receiving a reservation of low-income housing tax credits (LIHTCs) in the state this year.
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Remembering the Forgotten
SAN FRANCISCO—The Rev. Glenda Hope stands in the lobby of an old residential hotel and says a prayer.
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BEST URBAN PROJECT:Project Binds Housing and Library
SAN FRANCISCO—David Sandow was homeless for six years before moving into his new apartment.
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Lights Off in San Francisco
On Saturday, October 20, 2007, from 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., involved homeowners, businesses, and schools in San Francisco and Los Angeles will install one compact fluorescent bulb and turn off all non-essential lighting for one hour as part of the first "Lights Out San Francisco" energy...
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Private Equity Office, Menlo Park
Working in the financial services industry is a stressful, highly charged experience in which 15-hour workdays are the norm. When one quickly growing northern California equity firm needed to move its operations to accommodate its personnel expansion, it hired Gensler to transform two unconnected...
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Should You Go Smoke-Free?
The city of Belmont, Calif., imposed a smoking ban at all rental properties in September. Oakland, Calif., is also considering a nosmoking policy. And a handful of multifamily owners and operators have already made the switch to smoke-free at their properties to protect their investments
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The Whole Package
San Francisco—In a housing market staggered by the credit crisis, The Potrero condominium development has some heavy reinforcement on its side—the largest Whole Foods Market in the city.
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The New Take On Mid-Rise Design
A four-story gleaming silver ellipse will feature new condominiums over a two-story café space at the corner of 888 Seventh St. in San Francisco
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Not your grandfather's power-tool race