Developers aim to boost height of 47-story resi tower in DTSF

therealdeal.COM 6.14.2022

Developers behind the 47-story Transbay residential tower planned for San Francisco’s South of Market have filed plans to increase the height of the project.

Hines, a co-developer and owner of the property at 200 Main St., has proposed increasing the project height to 513 feet, from its previous plans of 450 feet, SFYimby reported.

The Transbay Block 4 building would create hundreds of affordable apartments, condominiums, and townhomes overlooking the proposed Transbay Park. The project is being developed by Hines, New York-based Goldman Sachs, and Urban Pacific, based in Long Beach.

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SF Planning Department Approves Transbay Block 4 Tower In SoMa, San Francisco

BY: ANDREW NELSON SFYIMBY.COM 8.1.2022

The San Francisco Planning Department has approved rezoning Transbay Block 4 to conform with the 47-story proposal by Hines in SoMa. The 513-foot tower will exceed the 400-foot height limit for the parcel at 200 Main Street, creating 681 new homes, of which nearly half will be designated as affordable. Groundbreaking is expected by late 2023 or 2024.

Solomon Cordwell Buenz is responsible for the design, which incorporates three distinct residential types across two towers, each connected by a six-story base. The shorter 16-story additional will feature affordable housing managed by Mercy Housing, the 47-story tower will include both market-rate and affordable units, and the six-story base will provide twenty townhomes to increase activity on the street facing a proposed park. The basement level will offer parking, utilities, and trash services.

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New Tall Skyscraper Planned Near Salesforce Tower Moves Forward With Groundbreaking Plans Despite Everything

SFist.COM 9.9.2021

The developer behind a 61-story mixed-use tower slated to go in at 550 Howard Street announced plans today for an early 2022 groundbreaking, delivering solid evidence that developers remain very optimistic about post-pandemic San Francisco.

Much of downtown SF is still a ghost town and will likely stay that way into early next year, but developer F4 Transbay Partners — a joint venture of Hines, Urban Pacific and Goldman Sachs Asset Management — is committed to starting construction on 550 Howard, with a slight reduction in the amount of office space planned for the tower. The tower is being designed by architects Pelli Clarke Pelli, the same firm behind Salesforce Tower, and this one, while considerably shorter, will have a complimentary square crown.

Originally, as SFist reported in January 2020, the building was set to have Salesforce as a tenant, and the company made an early commitment to take all 15 floors (325,000 square feet) of office planned in the tower. Now, as the Chronicle reports, 550 Howard will have a few less floors of office space (250,000 square feet), a few more condo units — 170, up from an originally 165 — as well as a 180-room Rosewood hotel.

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Number 5: Transbay Parcel F At 550 Howard Street, SoMa, San Francisco

BY: ANDREW NELSON SFYIMBY.COM 12.2.2021

The fifth tallest building in the Bay Area planned or built in the SFYIMBY January 2021 Countdown is the Transbay Parcel F at 550 Howard Street in SoMa, San Francisco. Proposed by a joint venture with Hines, Urban Pacific, and Goldman Sachs Asset Management, the mixed-use tower will rise 806 feet above street level. Construction is scheduled to start in the first quarter of next year.

Today’s story is part of a weekly series on SFYIMBY to count down the 52 tallest towers in the Bay Area built or planned as of January 2021.

Once construction starts, the project is anticipated to take two and a half years to complete. If work starts in early 2022, completion can be expected between 2024 and 2025.

Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, the same firm responsible for the Salesforce Tower, is responsible for the design. The project will be clad with a curtain wall facade, extending down to the street level. The public will find public elevators going to the fifth floor, where there will be some retail shops and a bridge connecting the building with the Transbay Transit Center’s blocks-long rooftop park.

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