if a person is willing to pay $2M+ for a 3 BR in the Mission, anybody with land to sell to a developer will charge the highest
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And it is TOTALLY in their interests to force out renters, maybe even burn out renters, to cash in on this gold rush.
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but again, SF has an implicit policy where it doesn't demolish existing units to build more units unless there is a right
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of return plus relocation fees and even those deals are exceedingly rare. Can count them on one hand.
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There are lots of bldgs in SF I'd love to see demolished and replaced with higher density. But that's not what usually happens
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lot sizes in the Sunset are very, very small as well. So aggregating lots from adjacent owners is complicated.
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Yeah, absolutely. It would be great solution: 2 or 3 lots into one higher density. But impossible w/current realities.
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What IS possible: Ellis Act evictions, ugly Mission dev,, tracts of often hideous, soulless condos in Mission Bay/China Basin
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the original Supreme Court ruling that upheld zoning described the apartment building as a "mere parasite" https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/272/365 …
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Maybe not Paris as model, but Tenderloin. So many lovely bldgs, high density. (Too) vibrant street life...
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I'm helping TNDC w/ a 35th anniversary book project. But again, the Tenderloin is like 100+ years old.
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Yes. And much of the marvelous architecture dates to 1930s/40s I think.
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