650 California Street

650 California Street
650 California.jpg
Alternative names Hartford Building
General information
Type Commercial offices
Location 650 California Street
San Francisco
Coordinates
Completed 1964
Height
Roof 142 m (466 ft)
Technical details
Floor count 34
Floor area 461,000 sq ft (42,800 m2)
Design and construction
Owner A-650 California St., LLC
AEW Capital Management
Architect Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
References
[1][2][3]

650 California Street, also known as the Hartford Building, is a 34 story, 142 m, (466 feet) office tower on the northwestern edge of San Francisco's Financial District.[4] The tower is located on California Street on the edge of Chinatown, and not far from 555 California Street. 650 California is visible from every direction except from the southeast, where the Financial District skyscrapers block the view.

Description

The building was designed by Edward Charles Bassett of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill for Hartford Insurance, its initial tenant.[4] It is architecturally significant, featuring a tall modernist lobby, high ceilings, and an exterior skeleton of floor-to-ceiling windows recessed into a square gridwork of precast white reinforced concrete.[5]

When this tower was completed in 1964, it was the second in San Francisco larger than 400,000 sq ft (37,000 m2).[6] It also became California's tallest building, replacing both the Russ Building in San Francisco and the Los Angeles City Hall in Los Angeles, California.[4] Later skyscrapers in both San Francisco and Los Angeles took the title of California's tallest from this building.

650 California was acquired for US$160 million by the Pivotal Group in 2000,[6] and later sold to private investors, A-650 California St. LLC, and AEW Capital Management in 2007.[7]

650 California Street passed the certification requirements for the Gold Level of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating in June 2011.[8] The LEED building certification system is a program for rating the design, construction and operation of environmentally and socially responsible buildings.

Key tenants include Littler Mendelson (world headquarters), Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Credit Suisse, Jefferies & Co., Fairmont Hotel Management, Fliesler Meyer LLP, Jones Hall Law Corporation, KBCW (former),[6] and Recommind. [9]

See also

References

  1. ^ 650 California Street at Emporis
  2. ^ 650 California Street at SkyscraperPage
  3. ^ 650 California Street at Structurae
  4. ^ a b c "650 California Street". Emporis. http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=650californiastreet-sanfrancisco-ca-usa. Retrieved 2007-09-24. 
  5. ^ Betty J. Blum (1989). Edward Charles Bassett (1921-1999), oral history. Art Institute of Chicago. http://www.artic.edu/aic/libraries/caohp/bassett.html. 
  6. ^ a b c "Pivotal LLC purchases 650 California Street". Pivotal Group. 2000-10-13. http://www.pivotalgroup.com/media-room/oct-13-2000.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-24. 
  7. ^ "650 California Street". Pivotal Group. http://www.pivotalgroup.com/commercial/650-california.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-24. 
  8. ^ "Certified Project Directory", U.S. Green Building Council, Gold Level LEED-EB:OM v2009 June 2011
  9. ^ "Significant 4Q10 Lease Transactions", MarketBeat San Francisco Office Report, Cushman & Wakefield, Oct-Dec 2010.

California State Capitol (64 m) (1874) · Central Tower (91 m) (1898) · San Francisco City Hall (94 m) (1915) · Commercial Union Assurance Building (94 m) (1921) · 225 Bush Street (100 m) (1922) · PacBell Building (133 m) (1925) · Russ Building (133 m) (1927) · Los Angeles City Hall (138 m) (1928) · Hartford Building (142 m) (1965) · 44 Montgomery (172 m) (1967) · Bank of America Center (237 m) (1969) · Transamerica Pyramid (260 m) (1972) · Aon Center (262 m) (1973) · U.S. Bank Tower (310 m) (1990)

Mills Building (47 m) (1892) · Central Tower (91 m) (1898) · San Francisco City Hall (94 m) (1915) · Commercial Union Assurance Building (94 m) (1921) · 225 Bush Street (100 m) (1922) · PacBell Building (133 m) (1925) · Russ Building (133 m) (1927) · Hartford Building (142 m) (1965) · 44 Montgomery (172 m) (1967) · Bank of America Center (237 m) (1969) · Transamerica Pyramid (260 m) (1972)