Slender Building Could Block SF’s Penultimate Tower Views
When the Stanford Hotels Group paid over $2,000 per square foot for the two little buildings at 82-84 First and 510 Mission, building’s which sit on a slender T-shaped site…
Chinese Real Estate Giant Buys Site For Second-Tallest Tower In SF
Beijing-based Oceanwide Holdings has inked a deal to purchase the 50 First Street development site and plans for the second-tallest tower to rise over 900 feet in San Francisco for…
New And Improved: Transbay District Rising
Since we first featured steelblue’s animation for San Francisco’s future Transbay Transit Center last year, a few more renderings have been added to the introductory flyover which includes twenty-three other…
Developers Fighting Tax To Fund SF’s Transbay Transit Center
Not satisfied with the $160 million discount they were given on their purchase of the 101 First Street site, the site upon which the 1,070-foot Salesforce Tower is being constructed,…
50 First Street Wow Factor Extends Beyond Its Height
If the sheer height of the 910-foot tower that’s proposed to rise at 50 First Street doesn’t wow you, the tower’s elevated first floor and open-air plaza beneath surely will.…
Designs For 910-Foot Foster + Partners Tower Submitted To Planning
The preliminary designs for two towers designed by Foster + Partners and Heller Manus Architects which could rise up to 910 feet in height at the corner of First and…
Foster + Partners Tapped For Two Towers At First And Mission
Foster + Partners will team with Heller Manus Architects to re-design the two towers to rise at First and Mission. The two million square foot project includes an 850-foot office…
Plans For Landmark Tower(s) At First And Mission Are Powering Up
Having been on hold for a few years, the plans for a few big towers to rise at First and Mission, a.k.a. the 50 First Street site, have been reworked…
Is 535 Mission Street Selling Itself And San Francisco Short?
While some celebrate the news that construction on the 378 foot tower to rise at 535 Mission Street will soon recommence, others wonder if the developers aren’t selling themselves and…
A Trio Of Renzo Piano SOM Towers At 50 First Street As Proposed
While the designs for a cluster of Renzo Piano-designed ultra-thin towers at the corner of First and Mission may have fallen by the wayside, plans for building upon the seven…