April 23, 2019

Kanbar Manor 2100 Jackson st, Pacific Heights

2100 Jackson St

Recently painted 33K SQ FT 8 story Beaux Arts apartment building c. 1923. Once owned by former I. Magnin President Hector Escobosa, the building features 3400 sq ft full floor units with iconic views.

Each unit contains three bedrooms, four bathrooms and a small den-like room that used to be a servant's quarters.

About the Building and its Owner
...Several years later in 1999, Inventor-philanthropist Maurice Kanbar bought an 8-story Pacific Heights apartment building, which he has called home ever since. He lives on the eighth floor, entertains on the seventh. He is the building’s only occupant, having evicted the other tenants a year after he moved in. As he told the S.F. Chronicle in 2012, “Being a landlord was terrible. I was treated like a janitor...

Driven by ideas: inventor-philanthropist Maurice Kanbar honored by AFMDA (Jewish News of Nor Cal, 2015)

EVICTION SHOCK IN PACIFIC HEIGHTS (SFGate, 1999)

Luxury Tenants Won't Get Boot (SFGate, 2000)

Maurice Kanbar (Wikipedia)

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