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50 California Street, image by Andrew Campbell Nelson

Number 34: 50 California Street, Financial District, San Francisco

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

50 California Street is tied as the 34th-tallest building in the Bay Area planned or built. The 1972-built tower in San Francisco’s Financial District shares the same height as 555 Mission Street, 487 feet above street level. Originally known as the Union Bank Building, its distinctively ubiquitous modernist design from the Welton Becket architecture firm was part of a larger moment in the city’s development history of rapid economic growth and local anxieties about the ‘Manhattanization’ of the West Coast metropolis.

555 Mission Street viewed from Howard Street, image by Andrew Campbell Nelson

Number 34: 555 Mission Street, SoMa, San Francisco

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

The curtain-wall wrapped offices at 555 Mission Street rise to a 487-foot peak, tied as the 34th tallest building in the Bay Area planned or built. The downtown project was built between 2006 and 2008 to become the tallest commercial project in the Bay Area in the 2000s. Tishman Speyer was the project developer.

125 3rd Street St. Regis Hotel from Moscone Center, image by Andrew Campbell Nelson

Number 36: St. Regis Hotel at 125 3rd Street, SoMa, San Francisco

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

The St. Regis Museum Tower rises 484 feet over Yerba Buena Gardens to be the 36th tallest tower in the Bay Area planned or built. The mixed-use building has added 260 hotel rooms and 102 residential units to the San Francisco housing market in SoMa, along with the Museum for the African Diaspora. Skidmore Owings & Merrill is responsible for the design.

2904 Corvin Drive construction update, image by Andrew Campbell Nelson

Affordable Housing Nearly Complete for 2904 Corvin Drive, Santa Clara

5:00 am on April 27, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

Contractors have nearly finished installing the facade for a new affordable housing project at 2904 Corvin Drive, located in the Lawrence Station Area Plan in Santa Clara. The five-story building will yield 77,430 square feet of residential space with 143 affordable micro-units designed for single occupancy. Mayers Architecture is the design architect, with Lowney Architecture servicing as the architect of record.

Brooklyn Basin with Lake Merritt in the background, rendering courtesy EK

845 Embarcadero Under Construction, Parcel A Rising in Brooklyn Basin, Oakland

5:30 am on April 26, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

Recent photographs show significant progress has been made in phase one of the waterfront Brooklyn Basin development in Oakland since the last site visit by SFYIMBY. Groundbreaking has occurred for 845 Embarcadero, wood is rising for Parcel A, and a platform for future pedestrian space by Parcel J is taking shape. Oakland-based Signature Development Group is developing the project, with joint financing from Signature, China-based Zarsion Holdings Group, and Reynolds & Brown.

Facade Installation Underway for 855 Main Street, Redwood City

5:00 am on April 26, 2021 By Team YIMBY

A new mixed-use development is under construction at 855 Main Street in Redwood City, San Mateo County. The project proposal includes constructing a new four-story mixed-use structure with office space, retail space, and two levels of on-site parking. The massing for the building is lower along Main Street and gradually steps up four stories along Walnut Street. The project will offer office space for various corporates.

Affordable Housing Under Construction At 950 West El Camino Real, Mountain View

5:00 am on April 25, 2021 By Team YIMBY

Palo Alto-based Alta Housing has topped out for a 100 percent affordable housing project at 950 West El Camino Real, in Mountain View. Photos by SFYIMBY show that construction has topped out, glass installation is underway, and facade installation is being prepped for the residential complex. Van Meter Williams Pollack is the architecture firm managing the design concept and construction. Hill Associates is the landscape architect.

3655 Kifer Street viewed from Lawrence Expressway, rendering by RMW Architecture and Interiors

New Office Ready to Open at 3655 Kifer Road, Santa Clara

5:30 am on April 24, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

Prospective companies looking for new office space in Silicon Valley have a new option available. JLL is leading the search for a new tenant for the recently opened office building at 3655 Kifer Road by Lawrence Station in Santa Clara. Bayview Development Group is the project developer.

100 Pine Center full view, image by Andrew Campbell Nelson

Number 37: 100 Pine Center, Financial District, San Francisco

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

The 37th tallest building in the Bay Area planned or built is 100 Pine Center at 100 Pine Street, the former headquarters for Continental Insurance in San Francisco’s Financial District. The building is tied with 45 Fremont Street with a rooftop height of 476 feet. The Bay Area design firm, Hertzka and Knowles, is responsible for the design.

3200 Scott Boulevard aerial view showcasing the two wings, rendering via Truebeck

Facade Installation Complete at 3200 Scott Boulevard, Santa Clara

5:00 am on April 22, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

Facade work is wrapping up on 3200 Scott Boulevard, a six-story project called the San Tomas Square office building in Santa Clara. The 230,500 square foot office building is located just a block from the clover intersection with 101 and the San Tomas Expressway. Los Angeles and Shanghai-based Verse Design is responsible for the architecture, while MDY Properties is the project developer and owner.

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