According to the previous owner, it takes a "very special buyer" to want to live inside a century-old former church.
- On the edge of a sprawling park in one of San Francisco's hottest, hipster neighborhoods is a century-old church-turned collection of four luxury townhomes.
- Stunning they may be, but the condo at 651 Dolores St. has sat untouched for two years on one of the country's most competitive real estate markets.
- "It's 24 months later and the home STILL hasn't sold - in San Francisco - during the best economic times in 20 years and with a wave of SF tech IPOs like Uber, Airbnb, Lyft, Slack, and Pinterest," Ryan Allis, CEO of networking community Hive Global and the unit's former owner, wrote in an August 2019 Facebook post.
- It was finally listed for lease instead of for sale in late September 2019 for $22,000 a month, McGuire Real Estate leasing agent Jeanne Zimmermann told Business Insider.
- Zimmermann also said there's a reason why a luxury townhouse built into the shell of a historic church didn't immediately find a buyer.
- "Conversion properties are very popular to a niche market," Zimmermann said. Take a look around the stunning luxury condo.
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