New renderings and updated documents have been shared for a skyscraper at 536 Mission Street in SoMa, San Francisco. The team is still pursuing two high-density versions for the site, with a minor residential capacity for the mixed-use iteration. Lincoln Property Company and McCourt Partners are jointly responsible for the application.
Earlier this month, the developer filed a second plan check letter with the city, providing an overview of adjustments and alterations to the proposals for 536 Mission Street. The mixed-use iteration includes 385 units, a reduction from the initial plan for 396 dwelling units.
536 Mission Street mixed-use iteration, rendering by SOM
536 Mission Street mixed-use iteration view of the skyscraper’s crown, rendering by SOM
536 Mission Street sidewalk view, rendering by SOM
536 Mission Street looking at the 21-t-floor office deck, rendering by SOM
The mixed-use variant is expected to rise to around 697 feet, yielding 1.17 million square feet, including 643,500 square feet of offices, 521,450 square feet of housing, and 6,980 square feet of ground-level retail space. Parking will be provided in a four-level basement for 184 cars and 297 bicycles. The project will feature 385 apartments, ranging in sizes with 64 studios, 221 one-bedrooms, 60 two-bedrooms, and 40 three-bedrooms. 47 floors.
The office variant will rise 752 feet tall, containing nearly 1.35 million square feet of office space and 7,120 square feet of retail. Parking will be included for 218 bicycles and 64 cars in a three-story basement garage.
536 Mission Street office iteration aerial view of the amenity deck, rendering by SOM
536 Mission Street office iteration view of the crown, rendering by SOM
536 Mission Street office iteration pedestrian view, rendering by SOM
Skidmore Owings & Merrill is responsible for the design of both versions. The mixed-use iteration will split the lower 21 floors into offices, with 25 residential levels on the top floors. The rectilinear tower will feature two articulated setbacks to produce terraced open space for office employees. Residential amenities will be included on the 22nd and 47th floors. Plans for the office iteration show a sculpted tower arching away from the narrow Ecker Street alleyway.
Earlier this year, the city published the Historic Resource Evaluation, which determined that one of the existing structures is eligible for historic designation as an example of Late Modernist and Brutalist architecture.
536 Mission Street mixed-use vertical cross-section, illustration by SOM
536 Mission Street office iteration structure breakdown, illustration by SOM
Golden Gate University front elevation, image by Andrew Campbell Nelson
Elsewhere in San Francisco, McCourt Partners recently announced a new joint venture with Related California to lead the development of an office tower at 530 Sansome Street. The developer has yet to reply to a request for comment on how the new joint venture might impact their plans at 536 Mission Street.
Construction is expected to take around four years from groundbreaking to completion, with foundation work expected to start a year after demolition, and vertical construction starting 18 months after demolition. If built, 536 Mission Street could become the fifth or sixth-tallest building in San Francisco.
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Does anyone know why the residential variant is shorter?
Residential ceiling to floor are generally shorter than office ceiling to floor height. This is an older metric, but construction of high rises (back in the 2000s & early 2010s), residential towers average about 9 to 10ft per floor & office towers average about 14 to 25 ft per floor.
15ft* not 25ft typo
I am surprised that the same equity partner is behind two of the biggest potential office building developments in the city. Both would be beautiful additions to increasing vibrancy downtown, so I hope they both get built this decade
Hideous glass tower for yuppie transplants making 1/2M a year or greater….
YIMBY tools go back to Manhattan with your mindlessness. We can’t afford your offgassing.
Both towers are elegant and would be nice additions. I do hope the mixed-use version gets built; I’m curious if they plan on rental or condo? Per the design the office floors have 10′ ceiling heights and the residential floors are 9′ ceilings – It would be a luxurious feeling to go with taller ceilings for the residences too, especially when the mixed-use version is shorter.
Glass yuppie towers for transplant gentrification are anything but elegant.
They pretend to care about the housing “crisis” but cater to the ultra rich instead.
YIMBY = LIAR.
The existing building at that spot is kind of cool tbh, but this zone is sky-scraper-central at this point, so the new development makes sense. I’d obviously prefer the variant with housing, but I really like that cutaway on the ground-floor corner for the office-only variant!
The new renderings by SOM are stunning, especially how the office variant arches away from Ecker Street—it’s much more graceful than the previous massing. I’m curious though, since McCourt Partners is juggling this alongside the 530 Sansome project, has there been any discussion regarding the financial vetting of their equity partners for such high-density builds? I was reading a compliance breakdown on a different sector about verifying large-scale digital transactions and platform legitimacy at GuiadeVaideBetbrasil.com and it made me wonder if the city’s Historic Resource Evaluation also looks into the long-term capital stability of these joint ventures to ensure we don’t end up with a stalled construction site in the middle of SoMa?