San Francisco Development News
Knapsack Hike 04 by Tom Hilton, on Flickr
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I decided to carry this thread over from SkyscraperPage.com to give everyone a rundown of San Francisco's projects. Enjoy!
San Francisco Now:
Recently Completed
JP Morgan Chase Building
function: office
height: 433'
floors: 31
architect: Cesar Pelli Architects
completion: 2002
Rendering:
The Paramount
function: residential
height: 420'
floors: 43
architect: Elkus/ Manfredi Architects
completion: 2002
Rendering:
Four Seasons Hotel and Residences
function: residential, hotel
height: 398'
floors: 40
architect: Gary Edward Handel & Associates
completion: 2001
Rendering:
199 Fremont
function: office
height: 364'
floors: 27
architect: Kaplan McLaughlin Diaz
completion: 2000
Rendering:
101 Second
function: office
height: 354'
floors: 26
architect: Craig Hartman of SOM
completion: 2000
Renderings:
55 Second
function: office
height: 330'
floors: 25
architect: Heller Manus Architects
completion: 2002
Renderings:
150 California
function: office
height: 330'
floors: 23
architect: HOK
completion: 2000
Rendering:
W Hotel
function: hotel
height: 315'
floors: 31
architect: Hornsberger & Worstell
completion: 1999
Rendering:
Two Folsom (Gap Inc. Headquarters)
function: office
height: 275'
floors: 15
architect: Robert A.M. Stern
completion: 2000
Rendering:
Bridgeview Towers
function: residential
height: 250'
floors: 26
architect: HKS Inc.
completion: 2002
Rendering:
The Metropolitan I and The Metropolitan II
function: residential
height: 250' and 200'
floors: 27 and 22
architect: Heller-Manus Architects
completion: 2004
Renderings:
Avalon at Mission Bay I
function: residential
height: 160'
floors: 16
architect: Fisher Friedman Architects
completed: 2003
Images:
250 King Street also known as The Beacon
function: residential
height: ~160'
floors: 16
architect: SOM
completion: 2003
Rendering:
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Under Construction
St. Regis Museum Tower
function: residential, hotel, museum/ cultural institution
height: 484'
floors: 42
architect: SOM
completion: 2005
Renderings:
New Federal Building
function: office
height: 234'
floors: 18
architect: Thom Mayne and Morphosis
completion: 2005
Rendering:
Bryant Street Seawall I and II aka The Watermark
function: residential
height: 220'/ 135'
floors: 22/ 13
architect: Moore Ruble Yudell
completion: 2005
Rendering:
Avalon at Mission Bay II
function: residential
height: 160'
floors: 16
architect: GGLO architects
completion: 2007
UCSF Mission Bay Student Housing
function: residential
height: 155'
floors: 15
architect: SOM (?)
completion: 2005
Rendering:
199 New Montgomery
function: residential
height: 150'
floors: 16
architect: Heller Manus Architects
completion: 2005
Renderings:
*********************************************************************
Approved
These are the projects that are mostly likely to be constructed in the next few years.
301 Mission Street
function: residential, hotel
height: 625'
floors: 58
architect: Gary Handel + Associates
completion: 2007
Renderings:
555 Mission Street
function: office
height: 482'
floors: 34
architect: Heller-Manus Architects
completion: 2007/2008
Rendering:
*On hold due to high vacancy in Downtown San Francisco. Currently seeking anchor tenant. Barclays Global Investors has recently been listed as a possible tenant.
201 Folsom and 300 Spear Streets
function: residential
height: podium- 80'; 2 400' towers and 2 350' towers
floors: 40, 40, 35, 35
architect: Heller Manus Architects and Arquitectonica
completion: 2007-2009
Renderings:
* 300 Spear, which has been redesigned by the architecture firm, Arquitectonica, will be the first of the two projects to be built. As of April 2005, work has begun on the site.
InterContinental Hotel
function: hotel
height: 320'
floors: 31
architect: Patri Merker Architects
completion: 2007
Rendering:
(The rendering does not do the project justice!)
* The developer has lined up the financing for the project, and it should begin construction soon.
10th and Market
function: office, residential
height: the 14 story tower will rise to 150'; the 21 story tower will rise to 200'; and the 24 story tower will rise to 345'
floors: 3 separate towers rising to 24, 21, and 14 stories
architect: SOM
completion: 2006/2007
Rendering:
Poor rendering of the base of the 320' tower:
14 story tower:
* Office portion may be dropped, if city decides to purchase an existing building.
524 Howard Street
function: office
height: 310'
floors: 23
architect: Heller Manus and Robert Frank Architects
completion: ?
Renderings:
* 524 Howard is on hold as a result of the high office vacancy rate in downtown San Francisco. If entitlements are pulled, another project could move foward. Site is zoned for 450'- 400' (which means >500' with a crown and setbacks).
Exchange Place (350 Bush Street)
function: office
height: 250'
floors: 19
architect: Heller Manus
completion: 2007(?)
Rendering:
* Project is on hold. Project sponsor is currently looking for an anchor tenant. The current structures have been demolished on the site.
1146-1160 Mission Street
function: residential
height: 235'
floors: 24
architect: AGI Capital
completion: ?
Renderings:
* Project was approved by the Board of Supervisors on February 10, 2004.
48 Tahama Street
function: office/ residential
height: 216'
floors: 20
architect: Komorous-Towey Architects
completion: ?
Renderings:
* Approved September 2001.
325 Fremont Street
function: residential
height: 200'
floors: 20
architect: Baum Thornley Architects
completion: ?
Renderings:
available at http://www.btarchitects.com/indexf.html
Bovet Place
function: residential, retail
height: 200'
floors: 17
architect: Donald Macdonald Architects
completion: ?
*Project was approved in 2001, but no work has been done. In all likelyhood, entitlements have been (or will be) pulled and another project can move into site.
**************************************************************
Proposed
Harbor Village Resort
function: residential, commercial, open space
height: 3 towers: 650'
floors: 61 each
architect: ?
completion: ?
Renderings:
none
One Rincon Hill:
function: residential
height: 550' and 465'
floors: ?
architect: Solomon Cordwell Buenz & Associates
completion: 2007 (?)
Renderings:
45 Lansing Street
function: residential
height: 400'
floors: ?
architect: ?
completion: ?
340-350 Fremont Street
function: residential
height: 400'
floors: ?
architect: ?
completion: ?
399 Fremont
function: residential
height: 350'
floors: 37 (5 below grade parking levels)
architect: ?
completion: ?
Renderings: none
375 Fremont
function: residential
height: 350'
floors: 33
architect: Beverly Prior Architects
completion: ?
Renderings: none
* This tower may be eliminated under the plan being proposed by the Planning Department (see bottom of post). Unfortunately, this tower would sit too close to other towers on Rincon Hill.
535 Mission Street
function: residential
height: ?
floors: 30
architect: ?
completion: ?
Renderings: none
* This tower is a replacement for an office proposal made in the 1990s.
690 Market Street
renovation
function: residential, hotel
height: 312'
floors: 24
architect: ?
completion: 2006
Renderings:
1177 Market I, II, III, IV, and V
function: residential, retail
height: 240' - 120'
floors: 24 - 12
architect: Arquitectonica
completion: ?
Renderings:
*Project is being redesigned by Arquitectonica.
631 Folsom Street
function: residential
height: ~200'
floors: 21
architect: ?
completion: 2007 (?)
Renderings:
Pavilion Mixed Use Project
function: hotel (conference), residential, retail
height: residential portion ~200'
floors: ?
architect: Michael Willis Architects
completion: 2007-2008
Rendering:
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Never Built
The Hemisphere
function: residential
height: 475'
floors: 51
architect: Heller Manus Architects
completion: n/a
Rendering:
* Project was cancelled. The Board of Supervisors voted on September 28, 2004 to use their powers of eminent domain to take the parcel that the Hemisphere would have occupied. The parcel is apart of the ROW for the new Transbay Terminal.
Bloomingdale's Hotel
function: hotel
height: 400'
floors: 31
architect: Hornberger + Worstell
completion: n/a
Renderings:
535 Mission Street
function: office
height: ?
floors: 24
architect: HOK
completion: n/a
Renderings:
* Project was dropped after office market was flooded with excess space. Developer is now seeking to build a 30 story, 251 unit residential tower on the site.
Sofitel Hotel
function: hotel
height: 320' (?)
floors: ~30
architect: SOM
completion: n/a
Rendering:
* Project was dropped after the economy soured. Another 500 room hotel project is being proposed for the same site, but the design will be different.
Sofitel Hotel- Other Proposal in Design Competition
function: hotel
height: ?
floors: 33
completion: n/a
architect: Hornberger + Worstell
Renderings:
* Proposal lost to SOM's Sofitel Hotel proposal.
************************************************************************
In addition to all these proposed projects, San Francisco is also developing plans for its first two high-rise residential neighborhoods, the Transbay Terminal and Rincon Hill. One tower in the Transbay Plan may include a new tallest for San Francisco!
Where the two project sites are located:
Rincon Hill:
Transbay Terminal:
If built as planned:
Other Notable Projects
Westfield San Francisco Center
status: under construction
function: retail, office
height: ?
floors: 8 (above ground); 1 (underground)
architect: (?) developer: Forest City/ Westfield
completion: 2006
Renderings:
James R. Herman International Cruise Terminal and Bryant Street Park
status: under construction
function: residential, retail, open space, office, maritime (cruise terminal)
height: n/a
floors: n/a
architect: SOM
completion: Bryant Street Seawall Condo Tower: 2005; Bryant Street Pier: 2006; Cruise Terminal: 2008
Renderings:
* Facts on the new terminal:
-Terminal: 100,000 square feet
-Public Open Space: 215,000 square feet (more than 35 percent of the total site area), includes public plazas, waterfront walkways and terraces
-Retail: 180,000 square feet, including a grocery store, restaurants, a multi-screen cinema and other neighborhood-serving retail
-Office: 360,000 square feet
-Parking: 425 spaces
-Two berths: a 1,000 foot berth and an approximately 825 foot berth
de Young Museum
status: under construction
function: museum, cultural
height: tower portion: 144'
floors: n/a
architect: Herzog & de Meuron
completion: 2005
Renderings:
* As a result of its copper skin, the museum's exterior will eventually turn from its brownish reflective hue to a green to match the surrounding park.
The California Academy of Science
status: under construction
function: museum, cultural, educational
height: n/a
floors: n/a
architect: Renzo Piano
completion: 2008
cost: $370 million
Renderings:
* The Academy of Sciences is located across the concourse from the de Young museum (above).
Jewish Museum San Francisco
status: under construction (foundation is currently being laid)
function: cultural, museum
height: n/a
floors: n/a
architect: Daniel Libeskind
completion: Fall 2007
Old Renderings:
New Rendering:
Transbay Terminal
status: approved
function: retail, transportation
height: ~80'
floors: 4 (above ground) and 1 (below ground)
architect: n/a
completion: 2011
cost: $2 billion+
Conceptual Renderings:
* Project will link all of the major Bay Area transit providers in one location in downtown San Francisco. In addition, project will also feature an underground extension of the Caltrain commuter rail line as well as future high speed rail service to Los Angeles.
If you want to add more, please do!
Knapsack Hike 04 by Tom Hilton, on Flickr
===================================================================================================
I decided to carry this thread over from SkyscraperPage.com to give everyone a rundown of San Francisco's projects. Enjoy!
San Francisco Now:
Recently Completed
JP Morgan Chase Building
function: office
height: 433'
floors: 31
architect: Cesar Pelli Architects
completion: 2002
Rendering:
The Paramount
function: residential
height: 420'
floors: 43
architect: Elkus/ Manfredi Architects
completion: 2002
Rendering:
Four Seasons Hotel and Residences
function: residential, hotel
height: 398'
floors: 40
architect: Gary Edward Handel & Associates
completion: 2001
Rendering:
199 Fremont
function: office
height: 364'
floors: 27
architect: Kaplan McLaughlin Diaz
completion: 2000
Rendering:
101 Second
function: office
height: 354'
floors: 26
architect: Craig Hartman of SOM
completion: 2000
Renderings:
55 Second
function: office
height: 330'
floors: 25
architect: Heller Manus Architects
completion: 2002
Renderings:
150 California
function: office
height: 330'
floors: 23
architect: HOK
completion: 2000
Rendering:
W Hotel
function: hotel
height: 315'
floors: 31
architect: Hornsberger & Worstell
completion: 1999
Rendering:
Two Folsom (Gap Inc. Headquarters)
function: office
height: 275'
floors: 15
architect: Robert A.M. Stern
completion: 2000
Rendering:
Bridgeview Towers
function: residential
height: 250'
floors: 26
architect: HKS Inc.
completion: 2002
Rendering:
The Metropolitan I and The Metropolitan II
function: residential
height: 250' and 200'
floors: 27 and 22
architect: Heller-Manus Architects
completion: 2004
Renderings:
Avalon at Mission Bay I
function: residential
height: 160'
floors: 16
architect: Fisher Friedman Architects
completed: 2003
Images:
250 King Street also known as The Beacon
function: residential
height: ~160'
floors: 16
architect: SOM
completion: 2003
Rendering:
************************************************
Under Construction
St. Regis Museum Tower
function: residential, hotel, museum/ cultural institution
height: 484'
floors: 42
architect: SOM
completion: 2005
Renderings:
New Federal Building
function: office
height: 234'
floors: 18
architect: Thom Mayne and Morphosis
completion: 2005
Rendering:
Bryant Street Seawall I and II aka The Watermark
function: residential
height: 220'/ 135'
floors: 22/ 13
architect: Moore Ruble Yudell
completion: 2005
Rendering:
Avalon at Mission Bay II
function: residential
height: 160'
floors: 16
architect: GGLO architects
completion: 2007
UCSF Mission Bay Student Housing
function: residential
height: 155'
floors: 15
architect: SOM (?)
completion: 2005
Rendering:
199 New Montgomery
function: residential
height: 150'
floors: 16
architect: Heller Manus Architects
completion: 2005
Renderings:
*********************************************************************
Approved
These are the projects that are mostly likely to be constructed in the next few years.
301 Mission Street
function: residential, hotel
height: 625'
floors: 58
architect: Gary Handel + Associates
completion: 2007
Renderings:
555 Mission Street
function: office
height: 482'
floors: 34
architect: Heller-Manus Architects
completion: 2007/2008
Rendering:
*On hold due to high vacancy in Downtown San Francisco. Currently seeking anchor tenant. Barclays Global Investors has recently been listed as a possible tenant.
201 Folsom and 300 Spear Streets
function: residential
height: podium- 80'; 2 400' towers and 2 350' towers
floors: 40, 40, 35, 35
architect: Heller Manus Architects and Arquitectonica
completion: 2007-2009
Renderings:
* 300 Spear, which has been redesigned by the architecture firm, Arquitectonica, will be the first of the two projects to be built. As of April 2005, work has begun on the site.
InterContinental Hotel
function: hotel
height: 320'
floors: 31
architect: Patri Merker Architects
completion: 2007
Rendering:
(The rendering does not do the project justice!)
* The developer has lined up the financing for the project, and it should begin construction soon.
10th and Market
function: office, residential
height: the 14 story tower will rise to 150'; the 21 story tower will rise to 200'; and the 24 story tower will rise to 345'
floors: 3 separate towers rising to 24, 21, and 14 stories
architect: SOM
completion: 2006/2007
Rendering:
Poor rendering of the base of the 320' tower:
14 story tower:
* Office portion may be dropped, if city decides to purchase an existing building.
524 Howard Street
function: office
height: 310'
floors: 23
architect: Heller Manus and Robert Frank Architects
completion: ?
Renderings:
* 524 Howard is on hold as a result of the high office vacancy rate in downtown San Francisco. If entitlements are pulled, another project could move foward. Site is zoned for 450'- 400' (which means >500' with a crown and setbacks).
Exchange Place (350 Bush Street)
function: office
height: 250'
floors: 19
architect: Heller Manus
completion: 2007(?)
Rendering:
* Project is on hold. Project sponsor is currently looking for an anchor tenant. The current structures have been demolished on the site.
1146-1160 Mission Street
function: residential
height: 235'
floors: 24
architect: AGI Capital
completion: ?
Renderings:
* Project was approved by the Board of Supervisors on February 10, 2004.
48 Tahama Street
function: office/ residential
height: 216'
floors: 20
architect: Komorous-Towey Architects
completion: ?
Renderings:
* Approved September 2001.
325 Fremont Street
function: residential
height: 200'
floors: 20
architect: Baum Thornley Architects
completion: ?
Renderings:
available at http://www.btarchitects.com/indexf.html
Bovet Place
function: residential, retail
height: 200'
floors: 17
architect: Donald Macdonald Architects
completion: ?
*Project was approved in 2001, but no work has been done. In all likelyhood, entitlements have been (or will be) pulled and another project can move into site.
**************************************************************
Proposed
Harbor Village Resort
function: residential, commercial, open space
height: 3 towers: 650'
floors: 61 each
architect: ?
completion: ?
Renderings:
none
One Rincon Hill:
function: residential
height: 550' and 465'
floors: ?
architect: Solomon Cordwell Buenz & Associates
completion: 2007 (?)
Renderings:
45 Lansing Street
function: residential
height: 400'
floors: ?
architect: ?
completion: ?
340-350 Fremont Street
function: residential
height: 400'
floors: ?
architect: ?
completion: ?
399 Fremont
function: residential
height: 350'
floors: 37 (5 below grade parking levels)
architect: ?
completion: ?
Renderings: none
375 Fremont
function: residential
height: 350'
floors: 33
architect: Beverly Prior Architects
completion: ?
Renderings: none
* This tower may be eliminated under the plan being proposed by the Planning Department (see bottom of post). Unfortunately, this tower would sit too close to other towers on Rincon Hill.
535 Mission Street
function: residential
height: ?
floors: 30
architect: ?
completion: ?
Renderings: none
* This tower is a replacement for an office proposal made in the 1990s.
690 Market Street
renovation
function: residential, hotel
height: 312'
floors: 24
architect: ?
completion: 2006
Renderings:
1177 Market I, II, III, IV, and V
function: residential, retail
height: 240' - 120'
floors: 24 - 12
architect: Arquitectonica
completion: ?
Renderings:
*Project is being redesigned by Arquitectonica.
631 Folsom Street
function: residential
height: ~200'
floors: 21
architect: ?
completion: 2007 (?)
Renderings:
Pavilion Mixed Use Project
function: hotel (conference), residential, retail
height: residential portion ~200'
floors: ?
architect: Michael Willis Architects
completion: 2007-2008
Rendering:
********************************************************
Never Built
The Hemisphere
function: residential
height: 475'
floors: 51
architect: Heller Manus Architects
completion: n/a
Rendering:
* Project was cancelled. The Board of Supervisors voted on September 28, 2004 to use their powers of eminent domain to take the parcel that the Hemisphere would have occupied. The parcel is apart of the ROW for the new Transbay Terminal.
Bloomingdale's Hotel
function: hotel
height: 400'
floors: 31
architect: Hornberger + Worstell
completion: n/a
Renderings:
535 Mission Street
function: office
height: ?
floors: 24
architect: HOK
completion: n/a
Renderings:
* Project was dropped after office market was flooded with excess space. Developer is now seeking to build a 30 story, 251 unit residential tower on the site.
Sofitel Hotel
function: hotel
height: 320' (?)
floors: ~30
architect: SOM
completion: n/a
Rendering:
* Project was dropped after the economy soured. Another 500 room hotel project is being proposed for the same site, but the design will be different.
Sofitel Hotel- Other Proposal in Design Competition
function: hotel
height: ?
floors: 33
completion: n/a
architect: Hornberger + Worstell
Renderings:
* Proposal lost to SOM's Sofitel Hotel proposal.
************************************************************************
In addition to all these proposed projects, San Francisco is also developing plans for its first two high-rise residential neighborhoods, the Transbay Terminal and Rincon Hill. One tower in the Transbay Plan may include a new tallest for San Francisco!
Where the two project sites are located:
Rincon Hill:
Transbay Terminal:
If built as planned:
Other Notable Projects
Westfield San Francisco Center
status: under construction
function: retail, office
height: ?
floors: 8 (above ground); 1 (underground)
architect: (?) developer: Forest City/ Westfield
completion: 2006
Renderings:
James R. Herman International Cruise Terminal and Bryant Street Park
status: under construction
function: residential, retail, open space, office, maritime (cruise terminal)
height: n/a
floors: n/a
architect: SOM
completion: Bryant Street Seawall Condo Tower: 2005; Bryant Street Pier: 2006; Cruise Terminal: 2008
Renderings:
* Facts on the new terminal:
-Terminal: 100,000 square feet
-Public Open Space: 215,000 square feet (more than 35 percent of the total site area), includes public plazas, waterfront walkways and terraces
-Retail: 180,000 square feet, including a grocery store, restaurants, a multi-screen cinema and other neighborhood-serving retail
-Office: 360,000 square feet
-Parking: 425 spaces
-Two berths: a 1,000 foot berth and an approximately 825 foot berth
de Young Museum
status: under construction
function: museum, cultural
height: tower portion: 144'
floors: n/a
architect: Herzog & de Meuron
completion: 2005
Renderings:
* As a result of its copper skin, the museum's exterior will eventually turn from its brownish reflective hue to a green to match the surrounding park.
The California Academy of Science
status: under construction
function: museum, cultural, educational
height: n/a
floors: n/a
architect: Renzo Piano
completion: 2008
cost: $370 million
Renderings:
* The Academy of Sciences is located across the concourse from the de Young museum (above).
Jewish Museum San Francisco
status: under construction (foundation is currently being laid)
function: cultural, museum
height: n/a
floors: n/a
architect: Daniel Libeskind
completion: Fall 2007
Old Renderings:
New Rendering:
Transbay Terminal
status: approved
function: retail, transportation
height: ~80'
floors: 4 (above ground) and 1 (below ground)
architect: n/a
completion: 2011
cost: $2 billion+
Conceptual Renderings:
* Project will link all of the major Bay Area transit providers in one location in downtown San Francisco. In addition, project will also feature an underground extension of the Caltrain commuter rail line as well as future high speed rail service to Los Angeles.
If you want to add more, please do!