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Tehama Grasshopper, Estate of the Day

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Intriguing architecture doesn't always equate to a quick sale. Fougeron Architecture's Tehama Grasshopper in San Francisco's SoMa area turned heads when it debuted in 2007. It made the cover of Metropolitan Home magazine and was a 2007 American Institute of Architects (AIA) tour home and later received a national AIA Institute Honor Award. The striking 5,000-square-foot loft residence turned a warehouse into a modern confection of concrete, steel, glass, wood and marble. The home has a lightfilled courtyard that connects the building to the new penthouse above and to the sky. The interior courtyard and skylights fill the home with light. It was listed at $4.128 million but can now be had for $3.995 million. Socket Site reports that the unit below, the former Fougeron office is also for sale for $1.5 million.

Gallery: Tehama Grasshopper

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Ritz-Carlton Residence Up For Auction In San Francisco

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Filed under: Estates, Auctions, Real Estate Developments

A San Francisco luxury condo heads to auction on December 10. Concierge Auctions is offering a bank-owned condominium, located at the luxurious Ritz-Carlton Residences on Market Street in the heart of downtown San Francisco. The two-bedroom unit was originally listed for $1,274,490, there is no minimum bid required to participate. The sale is being conducted in cooperation with listing broker Jeffry Peargin of Pacific Union International, an affiliate of Christie's Great Estates.

The unit up for sale is a 1,195-square-foot, classic condo with two master suites and two and a half bathrooms. It has an open kitchen with Kohler fixtures, granite countertops, a Viking refrigerator and Miele dishwasher. Each bathroom also has Kohler fixtures, and the laundry closet is outfitted with a GE washer and dryer.

The building was constructed more than a century ago by Chicago architects Daniel Burnham and John Root as the original Chronicle Building, the West Coast's first skyscraper. It is now home to 101 individual residences with amenities such as private lounge access, wine storage, valet parking, a fitness center and full service doorman. For more information, visit www.SanFranRitzAuction.com.

Gallery: San Francisco Ritz-Carlton

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Pacific Heights, Estate of the Day

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Should he not be moving to Sacramento, it almost seems like Gavin Newsom, candidate for California's lieutenant governor position, should buy today's estate. It's a lovely mansion in the Pacific Heights area of San Francisco and it was designed in 1904 by Samuel Newsom of the renowned firm Newsom & Newsom Architects. The four-level manor is done in a lavish Classic Revival style that sets a note of florid elegance with a rotunda portico entrance supported by decorative Roman columns. Inside, the home opens with a dramatic Imperial staircase framing a massive foyer which opens into grand-scale rooms with carved wood details, massive fireplaces and fresco-like borders. The nine-bedroom home is a mixed bag, some rooms are gorgeous and flawless (especially the library and sitting rooms) while others seem in need of a little attention. The kitchen might not appeal to the demands of today's buyers although its retro appeal is adorable.

San Francisco real estate blog SocketSite discussed this one back in August and revealed all sorts of fun details including the fact that the owners once kept white doves in a coop on the top floor balcony. The doves would be released to fly around the area. This home is listed at $14 million.

Gallery: Pacific Heights Mansion

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The Design Of Community: The New La Vie Dimension at the Millennium Towers in San Francisco

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Filed under: Dining, Luxury Travel & Hotels, Wine, Real Estate Developments, By Design

A viable sense of community is becoming a needful element in the world of the high end condo hotel/residence world. These days, those who want a second home often purchase one in a city where they have always wanted to live. One of the drawbacks, however, is how few people the new residents actually know in the place they move to, over and above a few family members and friends. However, if they buy at Millennium Tower, they will meet their neighbors in the most affable of circumstances, due to a unique dimension not yet found in the emerging Urban Resort universe.

La Vie is a unique collection of opportunities and activities, designed to enhance greater community for the residents living at Millennium Tower, the 60-story, ultra-luxury residential tower (see above) located at 301 Mission Street in San Francisco. It is a monthly events program designed to deepen the Millennium Tower resident lifestyle and showcase the amenities available at Millennium Tower's 20,000-square-foot Club Level. La Vie offers residents a calendars of intriguing offerings, from film screenings in the Club Level's screening room to engaging fireside chats with local and national celebrities, on- and off-site winemaker events, market-to-table cooking experiences, musical performances, and more.

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$65 Million in San Francisco, Estate of the Day

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We've seen the big prices in New York but now let's take a look at a big listing on the other side of the country. The mansion shown here on Broadway in San Francisco was originally sold for $32 million back in 2002 and is now on the market for $65 million. Yes, that's right $65 million. What do you get for your money? Two homes, a 17,500-square-foot limestone main home and 5,000-square-foot guest house which are still under construction. Details on the listing are slim but one thing isn't for certain, no acreage. And even though it has been said that the current owner Peter Sperling (the son of the founder of the University of Phoenix) has put $18 million into construction, the rumor is that it will take another $8 million to $16 million to finish it (that explains why there are no interior listing pictures). After the jump, more exterior shots and one of the gorgeous view.

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