Are “Leaning Tower” Condos Worth Top Dollar?


“Millennium Towers [sic] is one of the most luxurious condominium buildings in San Francisco,” this new listing boasts, and in all fairness that is actually true; we’ve been in that building a lot, it runs like a self-contained, vertical neighborhood, the hype is definitely real. But that of course is not what people associate this … Continue reading Are “Leaning Tower” Condos Worth Top Dollar?

Rich People Are Still Buying Homes In the Sinking, Tilting Millennium Tower


Last week saw the news of still more structural problems in the sinking and tilting Millennium Tower, which is now seeing some plumbing problems due to its uneven settling. It’s just more bad news for this top-dollar building with rock-bottom problems. What’s interesting though is that even after five solid years of basically nothing but … Continue reading Rich People Are Still Buying Homes In the Sinking, Tilting Millennium Tower

Why Millennium Tower Is Sinking Yet Again


Millennium Tower, the home of multi-million dollar condo views and $100 million headaches at 301 Mission Street, has got that sinking feeling again, as the city has pushed pause on attempts to fix the tilting tower’s structural woes. UC Berkeley engineer Rune Storesund told NBC Bay Area that attempts to repair the sinking luxury highrise’s … Continue reading Why Millennium Tower Is Sinking Yet Again

Bargain Hunting At Millennium Tower


This week it’s residence 31E at Millennium Tower claiming the top spot on the weekly Underbid list, selling just shy of $300,000 UNDER asking price, and narrowly beating out unit 49B, also at Millennium Tower, which just closed $995,000 under asking, but still $2413.27 per square foot… In fact, four of the top 10 underbids … Continue reading Bargain Hunting At Millennium Tower

Millennium Tower, San Francisco California, “Top 10 Residential Buildings In The World”


There’s been a lot said from yours truly about Millennium Tower in the past. I’ve watched her grow and shared my stories and photos with all of you over the years. Millennium Tower was erected, sold like hotcakes during the pre 2009 boom, sold not like hotcakes during the bust…but she’s back, and buyers are … Continue reading Millennium Tower, San Francisco California, “Top 10 Residential Buildings In The World”

Both Millennium Tower’s Grand Penthomes Are Sold, Thanks To A Yacht


In news of the top of the world today, we’ve been told both Grand Penthouse Residents on top of Millennium Tower have now been sold (ink is dry, it’s a done deal). Grand Penthouse A (GPHA), which is on the Northwest corner of the building with a nice big patio, closed escrow recently (somewhere around … Continue reading Both Millennium Tower’s Grand Penthomes Are Sold, Thanks To A Yacht

Millennium Tower San Francisco Now 15% More Affordable


If you’ve been waiting to purchase one of the units in the Millennium Tower, your patience has been rewarded. Not only are they offering their available units at 15% less, but they’re extending that refund to those already in contract. Such love… That means if you were previously looking at $2M units, you can now … Continue reading Millennium Tower San Francisco Now 15% More Affordable

Millennium Tower, San Francisco: A walkthrough, a few photos, a little scoop, and my opinion


For those of you that read this San Francisco real estate blog on a regular basis, you’ll know I’ve been watching the progress of many of the new developments around town. One of my favorites happens to be Millennium Tower (301 Mission). Not because I’ve sold many units there, but because it truly stands out … Continue reading Millennium Tower, San Francisco: A walkthrough, a few photos, a little scoop, and my opinion

We talked fast cars, now we’re talking VB, who’s listening?


Back in November, we advised Luxury High Rise Condo/hotel developers… to take note about a new car club in town and apparently One Rincon Hill did, with the addition of DRIV into their “One Club”. “Your One Rincon Membership grants you 75 points and 900 miles (up to 11 reservation days) which are debited for … Continue reading We talked fast cars, now we’re talking VB, who’s listening?

Millennium Tower: A “First Look” inside


If you’ve kept up with this site, you should be getting a grasp of what’s happening with Millennium Tower. Sales have been brisk, construction is moving along, the views are incredible, and now the inside: Anyone fancy a bath (insert British accent here). Very nice finishes. Views from a corner 1 bedroom unit. Of course … Continue reading Millennium Tower: A “First Look” inside

Millennium Tower, Topping off again (we’re talking mid-rise)


Again, we posted this on the new .org and we’re ironing out the kinks. There are soooo many more ways to get involved than this typical top down (we post, you comment) structure of the blog here. There is a forum, each member can have their own blog, you can upload photos, files, video, and … Continue reading Millennium Tower, Topping off again (we’re talking mid-rise)

Millennium Tower: Dem some views, eh?


Since we’re on the subject of Millennium Tower, and their apparent record price per square foot, we thought we’d share some more good stuff. We know, we know… you’ve seen the daytime views from the top of Millennium Tower in the papers, on other blogs, and everywhere else in between, but we all know the … Continue reading Millennium Tower: Dem some views, eh?

Is Millennium Tower setting records?


Right when we’re about to fill you all in as to some records the Millennium might be setting (we’re talking price per square foot of an empty shell sold), the Chronicle goes and scoops us (at least we know they’re working). Not to fear, if you’ve been reading theFrontSteps for a while you would have … Continue reading Is Millennium Tower setting records?

Millennium Tower 51st Floor Picture


You know we have Millennium Tower wired (literally and figuratively). How else do you think we got this picture of the views from the 51st floor on such a nice day? We’ve also been told construction is up to the 52nd floor. There are some fabulous units still available, and we have to say, the … Continue reading Millennium Tower 51st Floor Picture