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One California, image by Andrew Campbell Nelson

Number 46: One California Street, Financial District, San Francisco

5:30 am on February 18, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

Coming in as the 46th tallest tower in the Bay Area planned or built is One California Street in the Financial District of San Francisco. While it is not high on the list, the building holds an extraordinarily prominent position looking over two entrances to the busy Embarcadero BART station along Market Street and nearby the San Francisco Ferry Building. The building topped out in 1969 at 438 feet, making it the fifth tallest skyscraper in the city until 1971.

950 Market Street from Market, image by Andrew Campbell Nelson

Facade Installation Nears Completion for Serif at 950 Market Street, Tenderloin, San Francisco

5:00 am on February 17, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

Construction is moving along for one of the more eye-catching construction projects in the city, the Serif and The Line Hotel at 950 Market Street in the Tenderloin, San Francisco. L37 Partners is responsible for the development.

Middle Plaza at 500 El Camino Real view of the plaza, design by DES Architects

Construction Update for Middle Plaza at 200-500 El Camino Real, Menlo Park, Silicon Valley

5:30 am on February 14, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

A recent site visit by SFYIMBY reveals that construction is well underway for the mixed-use development at Middle Plaza in Menlo Park, Silicon Valley. The project will bring 215 new apartments beside 10,000 square feet of retail, a new public park, and 276,610 square feet of new office space within walking distance from a Caltrain station. Stanford University is sponsoring the development.

1 De Haro Street dusk view, design by Pfau Long Architecture

Facade Nearly Fully Installed for Mass Timber 1 De Haro Street, SoMa, San Francisco

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

The first cross-laminated timber building in San Francisco is nearly complete. 1 De Haro Street in SoMa, San Francisco, is a commercial building for offices and light industrial work. Its curtain wall facade is fully sealed up, though work remains for interiors and landscaping. SKS Partners is sponsoring the development, working in partnership with the property’s longtime owner.

The Marriott Marquis at 55 Fourth Street, image by Andrew Campbell Nelson

Number 47: Marriott Marquis at 55 Fourth Street, SoMa, San Francisco

5:30 am on February 11, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

The Marriott Marquis at 55 Fourth Street in SoMa is the 47th tallest tower in SFYIMBY’s Countdown of the 52 tallest buildings planned or built in the Bay Area. This asymmetrical tower stands as the most prominent postmodernist skyscraper in the city and an enduring icon in the skyline. The hotel was completed in 1989 with a rooftop height of 436 feet.

2000 North Shoreline Boulevard aerial view, rendering via BIG and Heatherwick Studios

Google’s Futuristic Charleston East Building at 2000 North Shoreline Boulevard Nearly Finished, Mountain View

5:00 am on February 8, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

Construction is underway for the unusually shaped office building at 2000 North Shoreline Boulevard, nearby the waterfront in Mountain View, Santa Clara County. The project is a low-slung structure designed by high-profile architects; it is a collaboration between Bjarke Ingels Group and Heatherwick Studios. Google is responsible as the developer and future tenant. Uniquely and in many ways true, Heatherwick Studios describe the project “as Google’s first bespoke office building.”

New Apartment Complex Planned For 2415 Valdez Street In Oakland

5:00 am on February 5, 2021 By Team YIMBY

Development permits have been submitted seeking the approval of constructing a new six-story apartment building on 2415 Valdez Street in the Northgate-Waverly, Oakland. The project proposal includes building a residential complex consisting of eighty-nine mixed micro-efficiency units. The total area of the lot is 7,309 square feet.

140 New Montgomery Street from Howard Street, image by Andrew Campbell Nelson

Number 48: 140 New Montgomery Street, SoMa, San Francisco

5:30 am on February 4, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

140 New Montgomery Street, first called the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Building, is tied as the 48th tallest tower in SFYIMBY’s countdown of the 52 tallest buildings planned or built in the Bay Area. The PT&T Building is arguably the most influential skyscraper in this city among its contemporaries, as it was the first to bring to life Eliel Saarinen’s conceptual Tribune Tower design. The tower opened in 1925 to be the tallest skyscraper in the city, rising 435 feet tall. The verticality and slight setbacks were novel for the Bay, and the style would be replicated. Timothy L. Pfleuger is the architect responsible.

Facade Installation Imminent for 100 Stockton Street, Tenderloin, San Francisco

5:00 am on January 29, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

Construction has passed a milestone for 100 Stockton Street, an adaptive reuse of a seven-story mid-century department store into a mixed-use retail and office building near Union Square in the Tenderloin, San Francisco. Portions of the building’s exterior are starting to show up, including the aluminum frame for the distinctive third-floor cantilever. Morgan Stanley and Blatteis & Schnur are responsible for the development.

The Russ Building, image via San Francisco Public Library's public catalog

Number 48: Russ Building at 235 Montgomery Street, Financial District, San Francisco

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

The Russ Building, located at 235 Montgomery Street, is the forty-ninth entry on SFYIMBY’s countdown of the fifty-two tallest proposed or finished towers in the Bay Area. With a rooftop height of 435 feet, it is tied as the 48th tallest skyscraper. It is the first on our list to not be in SoMa, to share its position with another building, and to have once held the title as tallest in the city. It is also the second oldest skyscraper on our list, having opened in 1927. It contains modernized office space in San Francisco’s Financial District. After a 2016 renovation, it received LEED Platinum certification. Shorenstein Properties manages the building, with the Swig Company as the property owner.

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