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^^^Well, there is the whole planning/environmental review/entitlement/approval process that takes a few centuries in SF. :) Tishman Speyer has some other land working its way through entitlements, I believe (worth somewhere between 900,000-1,000,000 SF). There's also TMG's proposal at First, and that land on Townsend just traded hands yesterday, pre-entitled and zoned for around 300,000 SF. There's also the question of rent growth...I wouldn't be surprised if we're getting to a point where land valuations have to come down on office entitled parcels in order for office developers to make something pencil out if they plan for anything less than "build to core" 10+ year holds. As far into this cycle as we are, you can't underwrite 5%+ rent growths for that much longer going forward, LoL.
The city also has that RFP out for the latest TB block to go on the market, and it has gone down the office route instead of multifamily. I think developers/lenders should be wary of Prop M coming up...we're pretty fast approaching it. |
Here's the official press release:
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350 Bush (which is small in the grand scheme of things...) and 500 Townsend (also small at 300,000 SF). Maybe a couple others. But entitlements expire and even fully entitled sites need all of the stars to align to actually see development. An entitled site like 350 Bush likely won't be developed before an as of yet entitled site south of Market. Why would anyone want to move to that section of the North FiDi before moving to something in the hot new transit-connected mixed-use district that is Transbay or something in SoMa?
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I rode by yesterday, there is structural steel above ground level...ALREADY, and the crane job is just massive. I will go by today to grab pics because this thing is going to shoot up so fast we will miss it if we don't pay attention.
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Damn, beat me to it! :) I've been traveling, so I'll eventually get around to uploading lol
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SFHog has some new photos showing the below-grade steel as well:
http://www.sfhog.com/linkedin-towers...-street-level/ |
Funny how this was waiting for a crane for so long, then--bam--steel! Were they dragging their feet a little to hedge their bet until a tenant was signed on? Or perhaps other circumstances played a part.
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This one is FAST:
http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/a...psde1d2aa8.jpg Huge jib on that crane! http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps5a05ccf1.jpg http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/a...psa67bc5db.jpg |
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south up Second
https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2901/...7be1081d_b.jpg west up Howard https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5561/...c804a9f7_b.jpg |
Wow, this one is hauling ass. It looks like they added about 8 floors in 5 weeks. Even though this one started about six months after 350 Mission, it's essentially caught up with it in height. With only about 12 (smaller) floors left to go, this could be topped out by the end of August. Thanks for the photos, timbad!
Here's some new info about the $1 million worth of public art to be displayed in the public lobby: http://commissions.sfplanning.org/cp...d%20Street.pdf |
It's not a very good photo, but the top of this building is now visible from Market & Montgomery:
http://i.imgur.com/xUmmMU7.jpg |
Taken July 15
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One thing I've been looking forward to with the completion of this tower is that it will cover the ugly side of One Hawthorne when looking west. Mission accomplished:
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Fireproofing on lower floors, so we'll likely see its skin soon, too; up to floor 16:
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July 21
http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps0335a8de.jpg Lower section topped off, setback commences this week, as well as crane jump. |
They have glass up now on Floor 2. Also, this has surpassed the height of One Hawthorne by a few floors and can be seen from the West (and easily from the Bay Bridge). I won't be able to get pictures for a while, maybe someone else can?
This is an impactful building for the skyline. |
from earlier this morning
http://i.imgur.com/TbSXZqc.jpg and you can see the top of it peeking out from the SF MoMa construction http://i.imgur.com/B0Y16Ok.jpg |
Thanks..you can kinda tell there are a few glass panels up on the 2nd floor facing E/NE (2nd St).
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SFHog posted some pictures of the glass - looking good.
http://www.sfhog.com/wp-content/uplo...-08-2014-1.jpg http://www.sfhog.com/wp-content/uplo...-08-2014-4.jpg http://www.sfhog.com/wp-content/uplo...-08-2014-5.jpg Source and more pictures: http://www.sfhog.com/222-second-stre...ress-aug-2014/ |
Agree the glass is look phenomenal. Also love the overlapping of each piece of cladding.
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Looks good so far. Can't wait to see how it looks with several more floors in place.
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222 Mission has now completed the wall in this direction from my dentist's office on the 21st floor of 450 Sutter--I wish it were taller!
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3866/...e11cfaa3_h.jpg222 Second Completing the Wall by viewguysf, on Flickr |
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Also from yesterday, sorry about the crappy quality. I need a new phone.
Were we all out there taking pics yesterday? :cheers: From the site of 350 Mission and over the Transbay Tower/Terminal site: https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3874/...df7e2546_b.jpg https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3852/...31acb5fc_b.jpg https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5586/...94694441_b.jpg |
k, I'll get in on the party... here looking from 4th and Folsom past the Central Subway construction, 222 Second peeks out over the wall
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5582/...1877713c_b.jpg similar angle, from inside Yerba Buena Gardens (bonus of SFMOMA addition) https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3906/...b3213027_b.jpg |
Perhaps more than the other new buildings going up, you have to see this one in person to appreciate the impact it makes. It's only 350' but it feels taller than that since everything immediately surrounding it is shorter. It really commands your attention from street level in the neighborhood.
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3909/...9d28af17_b.jpg https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3873/...d4644767_b.jpg Looking west down Howard, which is probably its least flattering angle: https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3916/...138fb19b_b.jpg The glass is beautiful and almost reads as black. Way back, I thought this was going to look very similar to 555 Mission, but there's no chance of that. The glass and massing are totally different: https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5552/...8043a77b_b.jpg Notice how the glass along Second extends beyond the skin on Howard: https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3859/...ab171613_b.jpg https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3860/...78722259_b.jpg |
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I thought it was actually 370 ft? Only 10 ft shorter than 535 Mission... Either way, not "tall", but actually still one of the absolute tallest office towers going up in the entire country right now since everything everywhere is residential! I agree that in person from many angles it also appears very tall, from street level and about 1-2 blocks away. It doesn't really seem to have a large impact on the skyline, though.
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^^^which for all intents and purposes is 370 ft. If a spire is officially counted as height, then the official height of this building is 370 ft.
Also, SF defines a roof as essentially the ceiling height of the top floor. The rest of the world defines a roof as a roof + physical structure/extension of facade (basically anything less than spire, antenna, or decorative element that isn't entirely structural). Many of the country's buildings would be 30-100 ft shorter in SF if they were located here and used local definitions for height. |
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from Moscone Center North, so looking east down Howard:
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Installing windows yesterday - looks like they do two at a time. They're about half way up.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7573/...90a8c759_c.jpg by sfbldg, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7545/...3defabf6_c.jpgUntitled by sfbldg, on Flickr |
Work took me to a building across the streets from 222 Second, and maybe it was the cloudy sky, but the skin looks much darker than I realized--by far the blackest of the new towers.
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It looks like the strong winds last week tore up the plastic covering. http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/ad8...hxrqnhjfzg.jpg |
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There are cool things about this building, but overall I'm underwhelmed. And the massing is weird. I don't get it.
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Massing is a result of the planning department.
I like the blackness. SF could use more bold towers. |
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