SAN FRANCISCO | Salesforce Tower | 1,070 FT (326 M) | 61 floors

[mt_climber13]

Salesforce's Mission Bay campus is OUT. Sold to UCSF. It's either Transbay Tower or nothing, as far as Google moving to San Francisco is concerned:

http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2...ls_and_no.html

[WildCowboy]

Originally Posted by wakamesalad

Salesforce's Mission Bay campus is OUT. Sold to UCSF. It's either Transbay Tower or nothing, as far as Google moving to San Francisco is concerned:

http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2...ls_and_no.html

Linked this issue in the Mission Bay thread a few days ago...UCSF is only considering buying Blocks 33 and 34, the skinny ones along Third across from the hospital. The vast majority of the Salesforce property remains available...probably in excess of 1.5 million sf.

[mt_climber13]

Thanks for clearing that up. I'm still learning about that neighborhood.

[timbad]

Originally Posted by a very long weekend

...mission bay where peninsular access is lighting fires.

well that does it, San Mateo County is now off-limits

[1977]

Sounds interesting.

The Transbay Tower will be the tallest building west of the Mississippi when it’s completed. Wendi Norris and Dorka Keehn will have a few million dollars to help make the tower even more distinctive.
Both women have been selected to curate the public art for the Transbay Tower, concluding a months-long process in which the property developers met with a number of people with different proposals for the space.


“That’s something in our mind that’s a very dynamic installation that celebrates the structure itself,” he said. “We’re looking for something to accent the building rather than just add to the building, if that makes sense.”
Norris said the art installation will likely be near the top of the structure, if not on top of the structure. She and Keehn have winnowed down an initial list of 43 artists to a shortlist of five and will send out a request for proposals soon. They should have an artist selected by mid-summer, she said.

Article:
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfranci....html?page=all

[summersm343]

Originally Posted by 1977

Sounds interesting.


Article:
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfranci....html?page=all

Won't Wilshire Grand be the tallest West of the Mississippi?

[rocketman_95046]

Originally Posted by summersm343

Won't Wilshire Grand be the tallest West of the Mississippi?

Perhaps, perhaps not after this "art" piece sits on top.

[Plokoon11]

As long as it stays below 1121 feet.

[Onn]

Originally Posted by rocketman_95046

Perhaps, perhaps not after this "art" piece sits on top.

For $3.3 million? That might pay for a painting but not much.

[rocketman_95046]

Originally Posted by Onn

For $3.3 million? That might pay for a painting but not much.

yea, i'm just messing with the wilshire fans.

[1977]

Also, some more rumors are flying about Salesforce leasing at the TBT - Though double the initial amount.

We're learning Salesforce's pending lease at Transbay Tower could now be twice as big as originally thought. (Wheaties work even better than advertised.)


Sources tell us the cloud giant could eat up nearly half the office space at the 61-story skyscraper by taking up to 600k SF. Last week we were the first to report that Salesforce was zeroing in on 300k SF at the First and Mission project, which is set to deliver in 2016. The tower still has no signed commitments as of yet, Hines senior managing director Paul Paradis told us late last week. If the company jumps on 600k SF, that means the tower would have 800k SF of office space left to lease up. A marketing office will open next month to attract more prospects.

Source and article: http://www.bisnow.com/commercial-rea...ase-to-double/

[simms3_redux]

I just read the entire BP quarterly. Very interesting read and most analysts were more interested in the TB Tower than just about anything else, so lots of Q&A.

The news about this tower sounds better and better each day - I saw that Bisnow last week and thought, hmmm, who's leaking all of this? The quarterly mentions that there is intense interest from traditional users as well, and that:

And since this building we believe will be the iconic building in San Francisco, we have found that the kind of interest that we are receiving to reflect that kind of activity.

http://seekingalpha.com/article/1978...p=qanda&l=last

[mt_climber13]

I hope a 31' tall 1mm thick stick of transparent lucite that can't be seen with the naked eye is installed on top, and they should name the art piece "Game On!"

[1977]

Transbay Tower tester facade:





More: http://www.sfhog.com/transbay-tower-teaser-spotted/

[Zapatan]

Dear god this building is going to be beautiful!

[Onn]

Whoa! That is going look fantastic! I like that Pelli is mixing it up with the cladding. Can't wait to see this one rise!

[goldcntry]

*drool*

[simms3_redux]

I walked by late last night and crews were hard at work. Round the clock I suppose.

[simms3_redux]

There are some rumor mills flying around with this tower. All I can say is I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR THIS THING!!!!!

[theskythelimit]

Originally Posted by simms3_redux

There are some rumor mills flying around with this tower. All I can say is I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR THIS THING!!!!!

Hmmm, rumors. Would you like to share?