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The tallest building in San Francisco, California is the Transamerica Pyramid, built in 1972. Several taller buildings are proposed in connection with the Transbay Terminal redevelopment project. Many of the City's tallest buildings, particularly office skyscrapers, date from the 1960s through 1990. There was less building activity from 1989 through 1999 due to the effects of the Loma Prieta Earthquake[citation needed] and a building moratorium. Construction of tall buildings resumed in 1999, although with more concern for environmental and aesthetic factors, and overall function and liveability.[citation needed]

Financial District, North

Tallest buildings in San Francisco over 300 ft. (91 m)

Completed

The two tallest and most prominent buildings in San Francisco are the Transamerica Pyramid and the Bank of America Center. Adjoining these are 17 other skyscrapers over 492 feet (150 m) in San Francisco's Financial District and Union Square, where the majority of San Francisco's tall office buildings are located. Other neighborhoods in San Francisco with tall buildings include Nob Hill, Russian Hill and Pacific Heights, with many older residential highrises. There are also clusters of buildings near the Civic Center. Until recently, most of South of Market was an industrial area, but residential, hotel and mixed use skyscrapers have risen in the last few years. In all, San Francisco has 401 highrise buildings.

This list ranks existing San Francisco skyscrapers and highrises based on standard height measurement, which includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. Existing structures are included for ranking purposes based on present height. This list does not include under construction buildings that have already been topped out.

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The Transamerica Pyramid at night.
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The Bank of America Center on a foggy morning.
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View of California Street from Front street near California street.
The Shaklee Terraces on a foggy night.
Height rank Name Height
feet / meters 		Floors Year Notes
1 Transamerica Pyramid 853 / 260 48 1972
2 Bank of America Center (555 California Street) 779 / 237 52 1969
3 345 California Street 695 / 212 48 1986
4 50 Fremont Center 600 / 183 43 1985
— 101 California Street 600 / 183 48 1982
6 Chevron Tower 573 / 175 40 1975
7 4 Embarcadero Center 570 / 174 45 1982
8 1 Embarcadero Center 569 / 173 45 1971
9 44 Montgomery Street 565 / 172 43 1967
10 Spear Tower 564 / 172 43 1976
11 Citicorp Center (San Francisco) 551 / 168 39 1984
12 Shaklee Terraces 538 / 164 38 1979
13 First Market Tower 529 / 161 39 1973
— McKesson Plaza 529 / 161 38 1969
15 425 Market Street 525 / 160 38 1973
16 Telesis Tower 500 / 152 38 1982
17 333 Bush Street 495 / 151 43 1986
18 Hilton San Francisco & Towers I 493 / 150 46 1971
19 Pacific Gas & Electric Building 492 / 150 34 1971
20 50 California Street 487 / 148 37 1972
21 St. Regis San Francisco 484 / 147 42 2005
22 100 Pine Center 476 / 145 33 1972
— 45 Fremont Center 476 / 145 34 1978
24 333 Market Street 472 / 144 33 1979
25 650 California Street 466 / 142 34 1964
26 100 First Plaza 447 / 136 27 1988
27 One California Street 438 / 133 32 1969
28 San Francisco Marriott 436 / 133 39 1989
29 Russ Building 435 / 132 32 1927
— PacBell Building 435 / 132 26 1925
31 JP MorganChase Building 433 / 132 31 2002
32 The Paramount 420 / 128 43 2002
33 Providian Financial Building 417 / 127 30 1981
34 3 Embarcadero Center 413 / 126 31 1977
— 2 Embarcadero Center 413 / 126 30 1974
36 595 Market Street 410 / 125 30 1979
37 123 Mission Street 407 / 124 29 1986
38 101 Montgomery Street 404 / 123 28 1984
— Embarcadero West 404 / 123 34 1989
40 California Automobile Association Building 400 / 122 29 1974
41 Four Seasons Hotel 398 / 121 40 2001
42 One Maritime Plaza 398 / 121 27 1964
43 The Westin St. Francis Tower 394 / 120 32 1972
44 Shell Building 378 / 115 29 1929
45 The Argent Hotel 374 / 114 34 1984
46 Hilton Financial District 364 / 111 30 1971
— Steuart Tower 364 / 111 27 1976
— 199 Fremont Street 364 / 111 27 2000
49 425 California Street 358 / 109 26 1968
50 Grand Hyatt San Francisco 354 / 108 35 1972
— Fox Plaza 354 / 108 29 1966
— 101 Second Street 354 / 108 26 1999
— 120 Montgomery Street 354 / 108 25 1955
54 601 California Street 351 / 107 22 1961
— 580 California Street 351 / 107 23 1987
56 Hilton San Francisco & Towers II 348 / 106 22 1987
57 450 Sutter Street 344 / 105 26 1929
58 Stevenson Place 338 / 103 28 1987
59 150 California Street 330 / 101 24 2000
— 55 Second Street 330 / 101 25 2002
61 505 Montgomery Street 328 / 100 24 1988
— Bechtel Building 328 / 100 23 1967
— 225 Bush Street 328 / 100 22 1922
64 Fairmont Hotel San Francisco 325 / 99 29 1962
— California Building 325 / 99 23 1977
66 180 Montgomery Street 322 / 98 24 1979
67 Central Plaza 318 / 97 23 1987
68 W Hotel San Francisco 315 / 96 33 1999
— Sir Francis Drake Hotel 315 / 96 22 1928
— The Summit 315 / 96 32 1965
71 Crowne Plaza Union Square 312 / 95 29 1972
— Bank of California Building 312 / 95 21 1967
— Phillip Burton Federal Building 312 / 95 21 1959
— 353 Sacramento Street 312 / 95 23 1982
75 555 Market Street 311 / 95 22 1964
76 88 Kearny Street 309 / 94 22 1986
77 McAllister Tower Apartments 308 / 94 28 1929
— 388 Market Street 308 / 94 24 1987
— Hunter-Dulin Building 308 / 94 22 1926
— One Bush Plaza 308 / 94 20 1959
— Commercial Union Assurance Building 308 / 94 16 1921
82 San Francisco City Hall 307 / 94 4 1915
83 Insurance Center Building 305 / 93 19 1967
— InterContinental Mark Hopkins San Francisco 305 / 93 20 1926
85 Mills Tower 302 / 92 22 1931

Under construction

Template:Future building Residential skyscrapers compose much of the highrises that are being constructed in this second Manhattanization wave. With a few exceptions, much of the residential development occurs in the South of Market area, especially in Rincon Hill and Mission Bay. However, as office vacancy rates are dropping in downtown San Francisco, a few office towers are likely to be constructed as well. This second wave of highrises will significantly alter the San Francisco skyline as well, such as One Rincon Hill South Tower, a skyscraper rising out of Rincon Hill, where there are no completed skyscrapers currently. Both One Rincon Hill and the Millennium Tower will be San Francisco's first towers with 60 floors.

Height rank Name Estimated height
feet / meters 		Estimated floors Progress (floors) Estimated year of completion Notes
1 Millennium Tower 645 / 197 58 - 60 34 2009 Number of floors varies from 58 to 60 due to whether the top mechanical levels (levels 59 and 60) are counted as floors, in which the corresponding SkyscraperPage thread[1], the Millennium Tower's website[2] and Webcor Builders[3] does include in the total number of floors (60 floors), but neither Emporis[4] nor the SkyscraperPage San Francisco project rundown thread[5] (58 floors).
2 One Rincon Hill South Tower 641 / 195 60 60 - Topped out - Interior work / liquid tuned mass damper 2008
3 555 Mission Street 482 / 147 34 9 2009
4 The Infinity I 450 / 137 42 6 2008
5 The Infinity II 350 / 106 37 37 - Topped out - Interior work 2007
6 InterContinental Hotel San Francisco 340 / 104 32 32 - Topped out - Crown and interior work 2008
7 Ritz Carlton Residences (690 Market Street) 312 / 95 24 24 - Topped out - Interior work 2007

Approved

This section lists buildings that have been approved.

Height rank Name Estimated height
feet / meters 		Estimated floors Estimated year of completion Notes
1 One Rincon Hill North Tower 541 / 165 49 2009 Groundbreaking: Before end of 2007
2 45 Lansing Street Unknown 40 2009 Site Prep: Demolition complete / Excavation iminent
3 The Californian at Rincon Hill Unknown 41 2009 Groundbreaking: Approx. September 2007
4 201 Folsom Street I Unknown 43 Unknown
5 340 Fremont Street Unknown 41 Unknown
6 10th & Mission Tower I 352 / 107 35 2009 Site Prep: Demolition complete
7 201 Folsom Street II Unknown 38 Unknown
8 524 Howard Street 310 / 94 23 Unknown On hold[5]

Proposed

Template:Future building Over the last two-three years, there have been many proposals brought up to the city, most notably the thirteen (five Renzo Piano towers, eight Transbay) Transbay Project towers. The Transbay Project is a replacement of the current run-down Transbay Terminal that will be funded by these thirteen towers. In addition, these Transbay towers will create a new neighborhood in the northeastern South of Market area and three of these towers could possibly be the tallest supertall skyscrapers on the West Coast and the first supertall tower in the San Francisco Bay Area. Many other tall notable proposals have been submitted as well, such as the Sheraton Palace Hotel Residential Tower and the stale proposal of the tri-tower complex of Harbor Village Resort, all over 60 stories tall.

Rank Name Alternative Name(s) Estimated height
feet / meters 		Estimated Floors Year
1 Transbay Project I* 1,200 - 1,375 / 366 - 419 82-93 2009-2014?
2 Renzo Piano Tower I* 50 First Street 1,200 / 366 ??? ????
3 Renzo Piano Tower II* 1,200 / 366 ??? ????
4 Renzo Piano Tower III* 900 / 274 ??? ????
5 Renzo Piano Tower IV* 900 / 274 ??? ????
6 Transbay Project II* TJPA Site 800-850+ / 244-259+ ??? ????
7 Sheraton Palace Hotel Residential Tower Two New Montgomery 669-680? / 204-207? 60 2009
8 Harbor Village Resort I 656 / 200 61 ????
9 Harbor Village Resort II 656 / 200 61 ????
10 Harbor Village Resort III 656 / 200 61 ????
11 185 Fremont Street 600-800? / 183-244? ??? ????
12 Sun Tower Treasure Island Tower 600-700? / 183-213? 60 ????
13 Renzo Piano Tower V* 600 / 183 ??? ????
14 350 Mission Street 550 / 168 ??? ????
15 Transbay Project III* 550 / 168 ??? ????
16 Transbay Project IV* 550 / 168 ??? ????
17 509 Howard Street Foundry Square III 500 / 152 ??? ????
18 Transbay Project V* 450 / 137 ??? ????
19 1481 Post Street Cathedral Hill Plaza II, Post Street Tower 407 / 124 ?? 2010
20 Transbay Project VI* 400 / 122 ??? ????
21 535 Mission Street (office tower) 380 / 116 27 ????
22 222 Second Street 350-436? / 107-133? ?? ????
23 California Pacific Medical Center Hospital and Offices (Hospital Tower) 331 / 101 20 2012?
24 Transbay Project VII* 300 / 91 ??? ????
25 Transbay Project VIII* 300 / 91 ??? ????
26 545 Sansome Street 300 / 91 ??? ????
27 75 Howard Street 300 / 91 ??? ????
28 Treasure Island Tower 1 ??? / ?? 40 ????
29 Treasure Island Tower 2 ??? / ?? 40 ????
30 Treasure Island Tower 3 ??? / ?? 40 ????
31 Treasure Island Tower 4 ??? / ?? 40 ????
32 555 Washington Street ??? / ?? 38 ????

Notes: For buildings listed with a star (*), see San Francisco Transbay development and Transbay Terminal for more information.

Canceled

This section lists projects that were once envisioned but canceled.

Height rank Name Height
feet / meters 		Floors Notes
1 301 Mission I & II 550 / 168 Unknown This was the original design for the Millennium Tower project. The approved design is now under construction[5].
2 The Hemisphere 475 / 145 52 [6]
3 Bloomingdale's Hotel 400 / 122 31 Hotel portion of the mall was canceled due to the economy after the September 11 attacks[5].
4 535 Mission Street (residential tower) 360 / 110 34 Canceled proposal replaced an office tower project that was also never built. Another new office project replaced this residential tower proposal, although the developer different from the 1st office proposal.[7]
5 Sofitel Hotel San Francisco Unknown 42 [8]

Tallest buildings in other Bay Area cities over 300 ft. (91 m)

Completed

In terms of highrises, Oakland has the most buildings in the Bay Area outside of San Francisco. Most of the greater Bay Area's highrises (excluding San Francisco) over 300 feet (91 m) are located in Oakland also. Thus, Oakland is home to the only 400+ foot (122+ m) building in the greater Bay Area, the Ordway Building. A strange fact about the location of Bay Area highrises is that the largest city in the Bay Area, San Jose, has only 41 highrises compared to 66 in Oakland, a city more than twice as small (in terms of population) as San Jose. The same fact hold true in terms of height; San Jose has no buildings taller than 285 feet (87 m) currently due to the city's airport and thus no buildings from San Jose appear on the list below. Two suburban highrise building enclaves in the Bay Area, Foster City and Emeryville, both have one 300+ foot (91+ m) building within their city limits.

Rank Name Height
feet / meters 		Floors Year City
1 Ordway Building 404 / 123 28 1970 Oakland
2 Kaiser Center 390 / 119 28 1960 Oakland
3 Lake Merritt Plaza 371 / 113 27 1985 Oakland
4 1111 Broadway (Oakland City Center) 360 / 110 24 1990 Oakland
5 Kaiser Engineering Building 336 / 102 25 1984 Oakland
6 Clorox Building 330 / 101 24 1976 Oakland
7 EM Harris State Office Building 328 / 100 22 1998 Oakland
8 Oakland City Hall 320 / 98 18 1914 Oakland
9 Pacific Park Plaza 312 / 95 30 1984 Emeryville
10 Tribune Tower 310 / 94 20 1923 Oakland
11 Metro Center Tower 305 / 93 21 1986 Foster City

Proposed

As San Francisco is flooded with many highrise proposals, the greater Bay Area too has seen some tall proposals as well. One notable project is developer Peter Wang's proposed 1938 Broadway highrise in Oakland, skyscraper that could be the second tallest in the Bay Area. If built, this skyscraper will be the Bay Area's second building over 790 feet (241 m) and the third over 58 stories, but for the city of Oakland, this project will be the first true skyscraper in its downtown. Just like San Francisco's condo proposal and construction boom, recently, New York-based TerraMark developers have proposed a complex of two 37 and two 27 story towers in Oakland, sign of a spillover effect from San Francisco. In addition, another tall 400+ foot (122+ m) tower, the Emerald Views tower in Oakland, could be the tallest residential tower outside of San Francisco in the greater Bay Area. Down south in San Jose, the proposed 338 foot (103 m) One South Market could be San Jose's first building taller than 328 feet or 100 m.

Rank Name Height
feet / meters 		Floors Year City
1 1938 Broadway 790 / 241 59 ???? Oakland
2 Emerald Views (222 19th St) 457 / 139 42 ???? Oakland
3 (Unnamed Tower) 395 / 120 37 ???? Oakland
4 250 12th Street 372 / 113 33 ???? Oakland
5 One South Market 338 / 103 23 ???? San Jose
7 19th & Harrison Tower 318 / 97 32 ???? Oakland
8 444 Embarcadero (Jack London Inn Project) 310 / 94 26 ???? Oakland
9 The Trophy Towers (first 37 story tower) ??? / ??? 37 ???? Oakland
10 The Trophy Towers (second 37 story tower) ??? / ??? 37 ???? Oakland
11 Pacific Pipe and American Steel Project I ??? / ?? 30 ???? Oakland
12 Pacific Pipe and American Steel Project II ??? / ?? 30 ???? Oakland
13 Pacific Pipe and American Steel Project III ??? / ?? 30 ???? Oakland
14 325 7th Street ??? / ?? 30 ???? Oakland
15 City Center T-12 (office tower) ??? / ?? 26 ???? Oakland

Note: List up to date as of August 2007.

References

  1. ^ "Millennium Tower". SkyscraperPage. Retrieved 8-17-07. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  2. ^ "Millennium Tower website". Retrieved 8-17-07. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  3. ^ "Millennium Tower Project". Webcor Builders. Retrieved 8-17-07. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  4. ^ "Millennium Tower". Emporis.com. Retrieved 8-17-07. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  5. ^ a b c d "Rundown of San Francisco's Projects! Under Construction, Approved, and Proposed..." SkyscraperPage. Retrieved 8-17-07. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  6. ^ "The Hemisphere". Emporis. Retrieved 8-17-07. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  7. ^ "535 Mission Street". Emporis. Retrieved 8-17-07. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  8. ^ "Sofitel Hotel". Emporis.com. Retrieved 8-17-07. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
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