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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.

IDENTITY Logan Park phase two aerial, rendering by Niles Bolton Associates

Permits Filed for Phase Two of 2352 Shattuck Avenue, Downtown Berkeley

4:30 am on July 28, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

Demolition and new building permits have been filed for phase two of construction at 2352 Shattuck Avenue in Downtown Berkeley. The second structure will create 69 units, of which six will be priced for low-income households. The Austin Group and CA Ventures are the project developers.

30 Van Ness Avenue, design by Solomon Cordwell Buenz . Rendering by Steelblue

Number 24: Partial Demolition Starts for 30 Van Ness Avenue, Civic Center, San Francisco

5:30 am on July 22, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

Scaffolding has been erected for the partial demolition at 30 Van Ness Avenue, where a future mixed-use tower with affordable housing is expected to become the 24th tallest building in the Bay Area planned or built. The 540-foot tower will create 333 condominiums and nearly a quarter of a million square feet of commercial office area in San Francisco’s Civic Center neighborhood by City Hall. Lendlease is the project developer.

One Front Street, image by Andrew Campbell Nelson

Number 25: One Front Street, Financial District, San Francisco

5:30 am on July 15, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

The 25th tallest skyscraper in San Francisco planned or built is One Front Street. The distinctive Shell-Haus-inspired office tower opened in the Financial District in 1979 between Battery and Market Street. One Front Street, formerly known as Shaklee Terraces, rises 538 feet tall above street level with design by Skidmore Owings & Merrill.

Adobe North Tower at 333 West San Fernando Street, design by Gensler

Adobe North Tower Topped Out in Downtown San Jose

5:30 am on July 13, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

Construction has reached the top floor as facade installation makes significant progress at 333 West San Fernando Street, in Downtown San Jose. The development is set to open the Adobe North Tower, expanding the international software company’s already significant office presence in the city center.

Concrete Rising to Street Level for 200 Park Avenue, Downtown San Jose

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

Construction is reaching a milestone for 200 Park Avenue, a major office tower rising in Downtown San Jose. Concrete has reached street level, with steel soon to rise toward the 300-foot pinnacle. Once complete, the project will add 840,000 square feet of rentable office space to the Silicon Valley market. The prolific Jay Paul Company is responsible for the development.

525 Market Street from across the moth-balled Oceanwide Center construction site, image by Andrew Campbell Nelson

Number 26: First Market Tower at 525 Market Street, SoMa, San Francisco

5:30 am on July 8, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

525 Market Street is tied as the 26th tallest building in the Bay Area planned or built. The structure has a 529-foot pinnacle above SoMa, contributing over a million square feet of office space to San Francisco’s central business district. John Carl Warnecke is the architect.

1 Post Street, image by Andrew Campbell Nelson

Number 26: One Post Street in San Francisco’s Financial District

5:00 am on July 1, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

One Post Street is tied as the 26th tallest building in the Bay Area, planned or built. The office tower stands 529 feet above street level in the San Francisco Financial District. The tower had been home to the McKesson Corporation Global Headquarters before the firm moved to Texas in 2019. Brookfield Properties is the building owner, with leasing managed by JLL.

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