Skinny Transbay District Tower Closer to Reality
Speaking of skinny project sites, the plans for a 48-story, residential tower rising up to 515 feet in height at 524 Howard Street have been newly rendered, granted an exemption…
Plans for an 806-Foot-Tall Transbay District Tower Revealed
While the preliminary designs for what is now proposed to be an 806-foot-tall tower with 64 floors to rise at 550 Howard Street, on Transbay Parcel F, are in the…
The First Renderings for San Francisco’s Last Super-Tall Tower Site
Transbay Parcel F at 546 Howard Street was the last remaining development site in San Francisco zoned for building over 550 feet in height, a so-called “super-tall” site by the…
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,…
Transbay Transit Center $300M Over Budget, Rooftop Park Waylaid
Overruns have added $300 million to the cost of constructing San Francisco’s $1.9 billion Transbay Transit Center, and unless the City can raise $24 million in private donations and grants,…
Hines And Boston Balk At Having To Pay For Transbay Park Upkeep
Having paid the City $160 million less than they originally bid for the land upon which they are building the 1,050-foot Transbay Tower, Hines and Boston Properties are now balking…
Planning To Raise Shadow Limits For SF’s Transbay Towers To Rise
While the design for San Francisco’s Transbay Tower to rise on Mission between 1st and Fremont Streets has shrunk from 1,200 to 1,070 feet, the proposed 61-story tower will still…
Hines And Pelli Clarke Pelli Bid The Most (And Get The Transbay Nod)
It’s true, the Hines/Pelli Clarke Pelli proposal for “City Park” has won (save an uprising by the Transbay Joint Powers Authority Board, San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors, or the Planning…