Plans for Pyramid Adjacent Redevelopment Closer to Reality
While likely drafted to sweeten the pot for Aegon’s $700 million sale of the iconic Transamerica Pyramid, Redwood Park and the two other office buildings on the block, the plans…
New Plans for Pyramid Adjacent Parcel Have Been Drawn
Plans to raze the nine-story office building at 545 Sansome Street, which abuts the privately-owned Redwood Park at the base of the Transamerica Pyramid, between Washington and Clay, and construct…
Refined Designs and Feedback for the Fourth Tallest Tower in S.F.
The proposed 64-story tower to rise at 550 Howard Street, on Transbay Parcel F, would reach a height of 806 feet as proposed, making it the fourth tallest tower in…
Plans For San Francisco’s Second Tallest Tower Are Taking Shape
Beijing-based Oceanwide Holdings has refined their plans for a pair of towers to rise at First and Mission, the tallest of which is designed to reach a height of 910…
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…
Let’s Get Ready To Rumble Over 555 Washington
We’ll call the divide rather apropos considering the controversy that surrounded the development of San Francisco’s iconic Transamerica Pyramid right next door. And later today, “the commissions that oversee the…
Out Of The Shadow And Into The Spotlight: 555 Washington Designs
The developers behind a proposed 38-story and 248-unit condo tower in the shadow of the Transamerica Pyramid are pushing forward. From the Draft Environmental Impact Report for the 555 Washington…
One Rincon Hill: Another Fontana Or Transamerica In The Making?
As far as we’re concerned, it’s simply too soon to judge. And of course, it’s too soon to know. But a reader puts it quite well, “Is One Rincon the…
248 Condos (and 38 Stories) In The Shadow Of The Pyramid
According to J.K. Dineen at the San Francisco Business Times, “Transamerica Pyramid owner Aegon Group has tapped Lowe Enterprises to develop a 38-story condo tower on a vacant lot adjacent…