SAN FRANCISCO | 200 Main Street (Transbay Block 4) | 552 FT | 47 FLOORS

[homebucket]

Specs:
- Two buildings: one at 552 FT | 47 FLOORS and one at 162 FT | 16 FLOORS
- 681 units (20 studios, 70 1BR, 10 2BR)
- 201 of the units will be BMR
- 8,390 sq ft ground floor retail
- Underground parking for 224 cars and 556 bicycles

Permit Progress On Transbay Block 4 Tower At 200 Main Street, SoMa, San Francisco



BY: ANDREW NELSON 5:30 AM ON JUNE 13, 2022

New permit activity shows plans are moving ahead for the 47-story skyscraper at Transbay Block 4 in SoMa, San Francisco. Representatives for the property owner, Hines, have recently filed an amendment request to increase the lot’s height limit from 450 feet to 513 feet. The building would create hundreds of below-market-rate units, apartments, condos, and townhomes overlooking the proposed Transbay Park.

The proposed design for Block 4, led by Solomon Cordwell Buenz, will split the project into three distinct residential types in two buildings: a 16-story podium structure with affordable units, the 513-foot tower with a mix of market-rate and affordable apartments, and twenty townhomes in a six-story addition at the base of the tower. The basement level will offer parking, utilities, and trash services. A single-story podium will connect the podium building and the skyscraper at the base.

The 513-foot tall structure will yield nearly a million square feet, with 839,340 square feet for housing, 66,500 square feet for the 224-car underground garage, 8,390 square feet for community-serving retail, and 10,975 square feet for tenant storage in the basement. Additional parking will be included for 556 bicycles.

The block will offer 681 total apartments at full build-out, with 201 below-market-rate units in the podium, 105 BMR units in the tower, 219 market-rate units in the tower, 20 market-rate townhomes, and 135 condominiums for sale.

The podium building will rise 162 feet tall, facing Howard and Beale Street with 198,820 square feet. Inside, the building will include 202 affordable units managed by Mercy Housing. Amenities will be included on floors 7 and 12.

The skyscraper building will rise to a 513-foot tall rooftop, with a parapet extending 552 feet above street level. There will be six floors of townhomes at the base, containing 20 units overlooking the park. The rest of the building will feature 324 apartments, 20 townhomes, and 135 condominiums. If built now, it would likely be the 25th tallest building in the city, assuming both Parcel F and 30 Van Ness would top out first.

Solomon Cordwell Buenz is the lead design architect, working in collaboration with Kennerley Architecture & Planning and Quezada Architecture. Petersen Studio is the landscape architect. Facade materials will include floor-to-ceiling windows., copper-finish metal panels, limestone, concrete, beveled concrete, colored concrete, and terracotta. Decoration will be added with finished concrete, horizontal louvers, perforated metal, and copper-tone railing.

A continuous linear plaza will bridge Block 4 and the Transbay Park, fostering a cohesive pedestrian-oriented experience. The plaza will be able to host pop-up markets, events, and festivals. Small gardens will be built outside the townhomes, creating an attractive buffer between the residential stoops and the public area.

Connecting the public with the central public courtyard, a grand staircase will rise from Tehama Street with planters and concrete seating, framing the podium building and the townhomes. The courtyard will be on top of the ground-level floor, providing a built-in seating area, gardens, and public art area across nearly a sixth of an acre. Another staircase will flow down from the courtyard onto Howard Street, producing a mid-block pedestrian passage.

The property is one of the last remaining undeveloped lots in the Transbay area, sitting on the former Temporary Terminal, which operated from 2010 to 2018. The project has the prospect of adding 307 affordable units to the city’s housing market. The Transbay Park will be developed along with Transbay Blocks 2 and 3.

The project is jointly owned by Hines, Goldman Sachs, and Urban Pacific. The team is aiming to achieve LEED Silver certification. The estimated cost and timeline for construction have not been established.

https://sfyimby.com/2022/06/permit-p...francisco.html

[homebucket]

Some more renderings:



















https://sfyimby.com/2022/06/permit-p...francisco.html

[SLO]

very good looking building

[unpermitted_variance]

Doesn't look like it will be a skyline standout but it certainly makes a solid filler building. Hoping it gets built soon, good to see some movement on another tower.

[homebucket]

Originally Posted by unpermitted_variance

Doesn't look like it will be a skyline standout but it certainly makes a solid filler building. Hoping it gets built soon, good to see some movement on another tower.

Yeah, it probably won't stand out much from further vantage points, but up close, it looks like it'll use nice materials at least with the beveled copper paneled facade providing some texture and visual interest.

[tech12]

Looks nice. The height is wrong in the title though. 513 feet is the height at the top of the last occupied floor, not the top of the building. The full height is 552'.

[homebucket]

Originally Posted by tech12

Looks nice. The height is wrong in the title though. 513 feet is the height at the top of the last occupied floor, not the top of the building. The full height is 552'.

Thanks for the clarification. I updated my OP.

Mods, would you be able to update the height in thread title as well, to 552 ft? TIA.

[kingkirbythe....]

This one is a looker!

[SLO]

Originally Posted by homebucket

Yeah, it probably won't stand out much from further vantage points, but up close, it looks like it'll use nice materials at least with the beveled copper paneled facade providing some texture and visual interest.

Yeah, that'll be stunning from street level

[colemonkee]

Thread title corrected to 552 ft. Good catch!

[peanut gallery]

It is a good looking building. I’m really looking forward to the old temporary terminal site getting completed. I think the park will do a lot for establishing a sense of neighborhood here.

[obemearg]

This one's had a height increase approved:

A downtown S.F. development with ‘mind-blowing’ amount of affordable housing earns approval

A developer that was behind San Francisco’s Salesforce tower on Thursday got planning approval to increase the height of a residential tower near the Transbay Transit Center, a high rise that would add 681 units to a neighborhood that has struggled to regain its footing in a post-COVID landscape.

The latest version of the development — the parcel is bound by Beale, Howard, Main, and Folsom streets — adds about five floors to the tower, raising it from 450 feet to 513 feet tall. It also increases the bulk of the lower floors.The redevelopment of the full block parcel, which was used as the temporary bus terminal while the Transbay Transit Center was under construction, will also include a public park and another 192 unit of affordable housing in two 17-story towers.

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Groundbreaking on the Block 4 project is scheduled for late next year or early 2024, according to Marisa Monte, director of public relations for Hines.

Source: https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/artic...h-17336930.php

[JMKeynes]

Very nice!

[homebucket]

Originally Posted by obemearg

This one's had a height increase approved:

Source: https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/artic...h-17336930.php

Great news!

[homebucket]

A nice breakdown of the amenities and landscaping, and interaction with public space.



https://sfyimby.com/2022/08/sf-plann...francisco.html

[homebucket]

This is the park that will go between this and Transbay Block 2. Always good to see more public open space added.

Public Meeting Soon For Transbay Block 3 Park In SoMa, San Francisco



BY: ANDREW NELSON 5:00 AM ON OCTOBER 14, 2022

The San Francisco Civic Design Review Committee is scheduled to review plans for the Transbay Block 3 park during a public meeting next Monday. The plan will create a new one-acre landscaped destination between two dense housing plans on the former temporary Transbay Bus Terminal in SoMa. The San Francisco Public Works department is the landscape architect.

The public park will be positioned between Main and Beale Street, as well as the Clementina and Tehama alleyways that will be built with the park. The affordable housing block on Block 2 will be across Clementina, and the mixed-income tower on Block 4 will be across Tehama. In order to increase public interaction with the park, both blocks will feature townhome units with entrances leading directly to the open space.

The new park will include two portions divided by the main arterial paths. Facing Beale Street will be the grove, Stewardship building, and children’s playground. The stewardship building will be a central facility for department storage, community storage, and a public restroom.

The middle of the park will feature a plaza and deck connected by the habitat meadow and exploration area. A dog relief area is included along Main Street. The alleyways will be open to vehicular traffic in the current plans, though illustrations indicate it will be designed to keep cars moving slow.

https://sfyimby.com/2022/10/public-m...francisco.html

[homebucket]

Some more renderings and the layout of the park, as well as the proximity to other parks.











https://sfyimby.com/2022/10/public-m...francisco.html

[Charmy2]

Any news on this one?

[L.ARCH]

Originally Posted by Charmy2

Any news on this one?

Demolition has started on the temporary bus shelters but I am not sure what this means for the status of the project.

[Charmy2]

Ah well I mean if the site is being cleared right now and considering the main tower itself was approved then I have to assume it's gearing up for construction, if I were willing to bet it will be underway by July.