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Mission Rock site north-west bird's eye view, image courtesy Mission Rock Partners, rendering by Binyan Studios

Future Visa Global HQ Tops Out at Mission Rock, San Francisco

5:30 am on September 6, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

Construction is moving quickly for Mission Rock, the multi-tower waterfront development by Tishman Speyer across from Oracle Park in Mission Bay, San Francisco. The first hints of vertical work were reported in spring, and floors started to rise for the future Visa global headquarters at block G by early summer. Now, the office building has topped out, with foundation work preparing for the vertical rise of the remaining three buildings in phase one of Mission Rock.

Four Embarcadero Center documented from the western-side of the Ferry Building, image by Andrew Campbell Nelson

Number 18: Four Embarcadero Center, Financial District, San Francisco

5:30 am on September 2, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

The 18th tallest building in the Bay Area planned or built is Four Embarcadero Center, an iconic waterfront landmark in the San Francisco skyline. It is also the tallest of the Embarcadero Center mega-development in the Financial District and the tallest waterfront building in the region. The 570-foot tall tower rises just two feet higher than One Embarcadero Center. As with the rest of the complex, John Portman & Associates were the architects.

One Embarcadero Center evening view, image by Andrew Campbell Nelson

Number 19: One Embarcadero Center, Financial District, San Francisco

5:00 am on August 26, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

The 19th tallest skyscraper in the Bay Area planned or built is One Embarcadero Center. One Embarcadero Center is the western-most of four look-a-like office buildings that have been a defining feature of San Francisco’s Financial District skyline since it was first erected in 1971. The mixed-use Embarcadero Center project was submitted to the city by David Rockefeller, John Portman, and Trammel-Crow.

44 Montgomery Street, image by Andrew Campbell Nelson

Number 20: 44 Montgomery Street, Financial District, San Francisco

5:30 am on August 19, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

The 20th tallest tower in the Bay Area planned or built is 44 Montgomery Street, built in San Francisco’s Financial District. Completed in 1967, the 565-foot tall structure surpassed 650 California Street’s pinnacle and became the tallest building in the United States west of Dallas. John Graham & Company, best known for the Seattle Space Needle, is responsible for the architecture.

Spear Tower in One Market Plaza from Treasure Island, image by Andrew Campbell Nelson

Number 21: Spear Tower at One Market Plaza, SoMa, San Francisco

5:30 am on August 12, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

The 21st tallest tower in the Bay Area planned or built is Spear Tower in SoMa, San Francisco. Rising to a 564-foot pinnacle, Spear Tower is the taller of a two-towered complex, One Market Plaza. Rising across the Embarcadero, the development was completed in 1976, connecting the two new towers with the 11-story 1916-built Landmark Building on Market Street. Welton Becket Associates is the building architect.

The Atlas at 385 14th Street, architecture by SCB

SFYIMBY Visits Atlas, Downtown Oakland’s Tallest Residential Tower

5:30 am on August 10, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

The tallest residential tower in Downtown Oakland has passed the 50-percent leased milestone. Atlas is a recently-opened 40-story mixed-use tower with 633 rental units rising at 385 14th Street in the heart of the city, just a block from the 12th Street BART station. Carmel Partners is the developer with Greystar managing leasing.

Facade Tops Out, Interiors Underway for 277 27th Street, Northgate-Waverly, Oakland

5:30 am on August 6, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

Since SFYIMBY’s last site visit in late January, facade installation has topped out with interior work underway on 277 27th Street in Northgate-Waverly, just north of downtown Oakland. Referred to as 24th and Harrison, the apartment building will bring 405 apartments and 65,000 square feet of ground-level retail. Holland Partner Group is responsible for the development.

Exterior view of the KQED headquarters at Mariposa and Bryant Streets in San Francisco. Community, transparency, collaboration and innovation are at the heart of EHDD’s design. Rendering courtesy of EHDD Architects

KQED’s HQ Nears Block Party Opening in San Francisco’s Mission District

5:00 am on July 30, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

KQED is about to open up a new community, inviting the public inside the iconic Bay Area media station’s headquarters at 2601 Mariposa Street in San Francisco’s Mission District. Rebecca Sharkey, the principal of EHDD Architecture responsible for designing the new HQ, spoke of the direction the nonprofit gave redesign, saying, “KQED told us from the start they want to make themselves more visible to the community and open up about what public media does.”

The Harrison viewed from beside Jasper, image by Andrew Campbell Nelson

Number 23: The Harrison on Rincon Hill, SoMa, San Francisco

5:30 am on July 29, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

The Harrison at 401 Harrison Street is the 23rd tallest skyscraper in the Bay Area planned or built with a rooftop height of 541 feet above street level. The project is the shorter of the two-towered Rincon Hill complex that has redefined the city’s skyline in SoMa, San Francisco. The project has come to define the ascension of Rincon Hill and the East Cut as an extension of high-rise residential development to accommodate the tech boom of the 21st century.

1629 Market Street (left) and 1 Brady Street (right) from Market and Brady, design by Kennerly Architects

Construction Underway for 1629 Market Street, SoMa, San Francisco

5:30 am on July 28, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

Construction is underway for the five-structure mixed-use development at 1629 Market Street, on the western corner of SoMa, San Francisco. The project will create 579 new apartments across two construction phases along with retail and a new home for the UA Local 38 Plumbers & Pipefitters Union Hall. Strada is the property owner and managing the development, operating through Strada Brady LLC.

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