Tallest Buildings of Bay Area 2021

Number 41: 95 Hawthorne Street, SoMA, San Francisco

5:30 am on March 25, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

The 41st tallest skyscraper in the Bay Area built or planned is 95 Hawthorne Street, a proposed residential tower around the corner from the Moscone Center in SoMa, San Francisco. The tower rises 444 feet tall to the top floor and 461 feet to its peak. With the property’s 2007 sale and permit valuation combined, the development costs will go well over a third of a billion dollars. The Boston-based property owner, John Hancock Life Insurance Company, has partnered with Holland Partner Group as joint developers.

100 First Plaza, image by Andrew Campbell Nelson

Number 42: 100 First Plaza, SoMa, San Francisco

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

Standing at the Salesforce Tower’s foot, 100 First Plaza is not among the city’s most recognizable structures. By comparison, it almost appears short. Yet, with a pinnacle 447 feet above street level, it is the 42nd tallest building in the Bay Area built or planned. The tower, located at 100 First Street in SoMa, opened in 1988 with a postmodernist design from the office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.

399 Fremont Street viewed from Folsom Street, image by Andrew Campbell Nelson

Number 43: 399 Fremont Street, SoMa, San Francisco

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

399 Fremont Street stands at the intersection with Harrison street tied with two other contenders as the 43rd tallest building in the Bay Area built or planned. The curtain wall-wrapped tower rises to a pinnacle of 440 feet tall in SoMa, according to construction contractors Swinerton, matched by 500 Folsom and the adjacent 340 Fremont. The building contributes 447 rental apartments into the Bay Area housing market. UDR is the project developer.

500 Folsom Street at golden hour, image by Andrew Campbell Nelson

Number 43: 500 Folsom Street, SoMa, San Francisco

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

The 440-foot tower at 500 Folsom Street is tied with two other structures as the 43rd tallest building in the Bay Area, located in SoMa, San Francisco. 500 Folsom Street, also known as Transbay Block 9, was between 2016 and 2019 to contribute housing and retail. The project was developed by the Real Estate Investment Trust Essex, TMG Partners, and BRIDGE Housing.

340 Fremont Street from Harrison Street, image by Andrew Campbell Nelson

Number 43: 340 Fremont Street, SoMa, San Francisco

5:30 am on February 25, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

The 440-foot 340 Fremont Street is tied with two other towers as the 43rd tallest building in the Bay Area, located on Rincon Hill in SoMa, San Francisco. The project was first proposed in 2005, though delays pushed construction to start in 2014 and open in 2016. Equity Residential is the project developer.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Jasper at 45 Lansing Street, image by Andrew Campbell Nelson

Number 50: Jasper at 45 Lansing Street, SoMa, San Francisco

5:30 am on January 21, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

Coming in as the fiftieth tallest tower in the Bay Area built or planned is Jasper, a prominent building along the San Francisco skyline perched on Rincon Hill. The 430-foot tower at 45 Lansing Street, SoMa, was completed in 2016 by Miami-based Crescent Heights and then purchased in the summer of 2019 by Northwestern Mutual for $306 million. The development was made possible by San Francisco’s 2005 Rincon Hill Plan, a neighborhood-focused zoning program that helped pave the way for many of the towers on our list to offer housing in the Central Business District.

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