New development · North Beach
The Palace at Washington Square
The Pagoda Palace theater stood on this site from about 1907, when it opened as the Washington Square Theater, until it closed in 1994 and was demolished in August 2013. The cleared lot did not sit empty after that. From 2013 to 2015 the city leased it as the extraction pit for the Central Subway tunnel boring machines, Big Alma and Mom Chung. The homes now occupy the upper four floors, above a ground floor restaurant space of roughly 4,700 square feet.
1731 Powell St · North Beach, San Francisco
Worth knowing first. The street number needs checking. The Pagoda Palace theater that stood here is recorded at 1731 and at 1741 Powell, and some listings use 1750 Powell, which is the other side of the street. Confirm the recorded address before you rely on it.
What has actually sold here
3 closed sales in The Palace at Washington Square in the last 24 months, the most recent in April 2026. 21 in total since 2016. That is a small sample. Treat the numbers below as indicative, not settled.
- Median price per square foot
- $1,259North Beach: $1,026
- Median HOA dues
- $1,103 a monthNorth Beach: $796 a month
- Median days on market
- 6North Beach: 14
Closed San Francisco MLS sales through 2026-09-10, compiled by me from my own market database. Medians, not averages. HOA dues are those reported at the time of each sale and may have moved since. The neighborhood comparison covers condominiums only.
What I would ask about The Palace at Washington SquareThe street number is genuinely unsettled, the theater is recorded at both 1731 and 1741 Powell while some listings use 1750 Powell on the other side of the street, so confirm the recorded address before you rely on anything tied to it.
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Building details compiled from the building's own site, the developer's or architect's project pages, the general contractor, and San Francisco Planning records, last reviewed August 2026. Anything unverifiable was left out. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Not legal, tax, or financial advice.
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