Renderings have been revealed for a new Foster + Partners-designed office campus coming to Kifer Road in Sunnyvale. The project would produce a unified company campus for Sunnyvale-based Intuitive Surgical, a medical equipment company while replacing its existing office footprint. The new development would span 1.2 million square feet of office area with a capacity for 3,500 employees at full build-out.
Permits have been filed seeking the approval of a commercial project at 5850 Shellmound Way in Emeryville. The project proposal includes the development of a fourteen-story building offering spaces for retail and research & development use. Plans also call for the demolition of an existing office building spanning an area of 61,000 square feet. Shellmound Christie Corporation is the property owner. Solomon Cordwell Buenz is responsible for the design concepts and construction.
New renderings have been revealed ahead of a planning commission hearing for a mixed-use mid-rise building at 490 Brannan Street in SoMa, San Francisco. The project would replace an existing commercial structure and surface parking a 185-foot tall building with offices, space for the arts, child-care, and retail. Strada Investment Group is behind the proposal after acquiring the property in 2015.
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.
A project review meeting has been scheduled for a large-scale Google project in Mountain View. The project proposal includes 1,000 plus residential units, including affordable housing, office space, and retail space. Google Inc is the project applicant. Lendlease is the project developer. SERA Architects is responsible for the master planning, and HASSEL is managing the urban design. Landscaping is managed by CMG.
