List of tallest buildings in San Francisco

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The tallest building in San Francisco, California is the Transamerica Pyramid. There has not been a new tallest in San Francisco since the completion of the Transamerica Pyramid in 1972, but that may change in the next few years. The city went on a Manhattanization wave from the 1960s to 1990, so many of the tallest buildings, moreover, office skyscrapers in San Francisco are dated from 1960 to 1990. Due to the Loma Prieta Earthquake in 1989, for a decade, until 1999, there was little building activity in San Francisco. However, in the last few years, that has changed, as the city is now experiencing a second wave of Manhattanization, although this time much more careful consideration of environmental and aesthetic factors is being taken to increase overall function and liveability.

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

[edit] Completed

Currently, the two tallest and most prominent buildings in San Francisco are the Transamerica Pyramid and the Bank of America Center. Adjourning these two skyscrapers 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 buildings are located. Most of the tall buildings in San Francisco are office towers and business centers. Other neighborhoods in San Francisco with tall buildings are Nob Hill, Russian Hill and Pacific Heights, with many early residential highrises. There are also a grouping 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.

Rank Name Height
feet / meters		 Floors Year
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
5 101 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
14 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
23 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
30 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
35 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
39 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
47 Steuart Tower 364 / 111 27 1976
48 199 Fremont Street 364 / 111 27 2000
49 425 California Street 358 / 109 26 1968
50 Grand Hyatt San Francisco 354 / 108 35 1972
51 Fox Plaza 354 / 108 29 1966
52 101 Second Street 354 / 108 26 1999
53 120 Montgomery Street 354 / 108 25 1955
54 601 California Street 351 / 107 22 1961
55 580 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
60 55 Second Street 330 / 101 25 2002
61 505 Montgomery Street 328 / 100 24 1988
62 Bechtel Building 328 / 100 23 1967
63 225 Bush Street 328 / 100 22 1922
64 Fairmont Hotel San Francisco 325 / 99 29 1962
65 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
69 Sir Francis Drake Hotel 315 / 96 22 1928
70 The Summit 315 / 96 32 1965
71 Crowne Plaza Union Square 312 / 95 29 1972
72 Bank of California Building 312 / 95 21 1967
73 Phillip Burton Federal Building 312 / 95 21 1959
74 353 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
78 388 Market Street 308 / 94 24 1987
79 Hunter-Dulin Building 308 / 94 22 1926
80 One Bush Plaza 308 / 94 20 1959
81 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
84 The Mark Hopkins Hotel 305 / 93 20 1926
85 Mills Tower 302 / 92 22 1931

[edit] Under Construction and Approved

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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 more than 60 floors.

Rank Name Height
feet / meters		 Floors Status Progress (floors) and notes Year
1 Millennium Tower (301 Mission Street) 645 / 197 58-60? Under construction 17 2008-2009
2 One Rincon Hill South Tower 605-641? / 184-195? 54-63? Under construction 39 - ~ one week construction delay, crane part replaced in March 2007-2008
3 One Rincon Hill North Tower 541 / 165 49 Approved - 2009
4 555 Mission Street 482 / 147 34 Under construction Piledriving complete / foundation concrete pouring 2009
5 45 Lansing Street 450? / 137? 45 Approved - 2009?
6 The Infinity I 420-450? / 128-137? 42 Under Construction 2 / self erecting core system under construction 2008
7 340 Fremont Street 400-440? / 122-134? 40 Approved - 2009?
8 The Californian at Rincon Hill 400? / 122? 40? Approved - 2009?
9 201 Folsom Street I 400-430? / 122-131? 43? Approved - 2011-2012?
10 The Infinity II 370 / 113 37 Under construction Topped out - interior work 2007
11 201 Folsom Street II 350-380? / 107-116? 38? Approved - 2011-2012?
12 InterContinental Hotel San Francisco 340 / 104 32 Under construction 28 2008
13 Ritz Carlton Residences (690 Market Street) 312 / 95 24 Renovation, Vertical expansion Topped out - interior work 2007
14 524 Howard Street 310 / 94 23 Approved -  ????

[edit] Proposed

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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 the fourteen 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 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 Height
feet / meters		 Confirmed Floors Year
1 Transbay Project I* 1,200+ / 366+  ??? 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  ????
8 Harbor Village Resort I 650 / 198 61  ????
9 Harbor Village Resort II 650 / 198 61  ????
10 Harbor Village Resort III 650 / 198 61  ????
11 185 Fremont Street 600-800? / 183-244?  ???  ????
12 Treasure Island Tower 600-700? / 183-213?  ???  ????
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  ???  ????
19 222 Second Street 435 / 133 33  ????
20 Transbay Project VI* 400 / 122  ???  ????
21 1333 Gough Street (Cathedral Hill Plaza II) 390 / 119 30  ????
22 10th & Mission Tower I 352 / 107 34  ????
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  ???  ????
28 535 Mission Street (office tower)  ??? / ?? 27  ????

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

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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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 1930 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 800 feet (244 m) and the third over 60 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, 222 19th street 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 1930 Broadway 827 / 252 63  ???? Oakland
2 222 19th St. 420 / 128 42  ???? Oakland
3 1640 Broadway 390 / 119 36  ???? Oakland
4 250 12th St. 372 / 113 30  ???? Oakland
5 One South Market 338 / 103 23  ???? San Jose
7 19th & Harrison Tower 318 / 97 32  ???? Oakland
8 The Trophy Towers  ??? / ??? 37  ???? Oakland
9 The Trophy Towers  ??? / ??? 37  ???? Oakland

Note: List up to date as of April 2007.

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