Wait, hold it, reverse! Even though columnists officially declared an end to the tech boom last week, based in part on a shrinking job market, now there is a report […]
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Developments in Development: Is it over?
It’s official! Two writers have officially called the end of The Boom. It’s over, you guys. It’s done. So says Wolf Richter, anyway, the author of the Wolf Street blog […]
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Developments in Development: Pricey Coffee and Mondrian
Not the headline we need, but…hopefully not the headline we deserve? According to the Chronicle, “The $20 cup of coffee is here.” Make no mistake, it is one super-special brew. […]
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Developments in Development: “Degentrification”
Sick of the housing madness? So is Montreal – at least a group of people that  broke into, vandalized, and looted a fancy grocery store to “recalibrate” a gentrified neighborhood […]
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Developments in Development: Unplan
Watch out, planning process – big State Government is coming for you. Jerry Brown has proposed legislation that would make developments with certain percentages of below market rate housing approved […]
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Developments in Development: Outbound
You may have heard that one third of Bay Area residents are considering getting the hell out of Dodge because this area is ludicrously expensive and it takes absolutely forever […]
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Developments in Development: Complain Away
I love to complain. Apparently, I’m in good company – at least judging by this map of 311 complaints by RentCafe, which indicates calls about sidewalk cleaning and graffiti removal increased […]
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Developments in Development: Still Too Damn High
San Francisco is bracing for the next economic crash, it seems – at least that’s according to Bloomberg, which reports that the city is working on a plan that should […]
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Developments in Development: No Relief
I hope you have had a soothing time away from this column because after a brief hiatus I am back to raise your blood pressure with one of my favorite […]
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Developments in Development: Slow Build
Sorry folks: Prices are up citywide from last year despite all the bubble talk – though down overall since the peak. Median rent for a one-bedroom in the Mission is […]
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Developments in Development: Meet in the Middle
Meet in the middle! So says this writer for Fortune, calling on the tech industry to make an effort avoid turning Silicon valley into a “tech monoculture” while also denouncing […]
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Developments in Development: Primary Concern
Anticipation of the next tech crash is so buzzy that even the New York Times had to chime in. And someone else picked up those fidelity ratings I mentioned last […]
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Developments in Development: Popular Vote
Since this column has apparently turned into Bubble Watch, let’s get that out of the way first: It’s still not totally clear that the “correction,” as the more euphemistic among […]
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Developments in Development: Waiting for the SF Slowdown
Given how often I cite the exorbitant cost of living in this neighborhood in this column, you’ll be happy to know that 94110 did not place on this Business Insider […]
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Developments in Development: Feedback Loop
San Francisco may have its problems, but at least we, unlike LA, don’t have hundreds of buildings with load-bearing structures designed by engineers whose credentials were made in Photoshop. At […]
