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| name = Transbay Transit Center & Tower
| name = Salesforce Transit Center & Tower
| image = Transbay Tower Most Recent Proposal.jpg
| image =
| image_size = 250px
| image_size = 250px
| caption =
| caption = The Transbay Transit Center & [[Salesforce Tower]], the tallest of the towers in the development
| location = [[Mission Street]]<br> [[San Francisco]], [[California]]
| location = [[Mission Street]]<br /> [[San Francisco]], [[California]]
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| coordinates = {{coord|37.7899|-122.3969|region:US-CA|display=inline,title}}
| completion_date =
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| status = Under Construction
| status = Complete
| opening = 2017–19
| opening = 2017–19
| building_type = Commercial offices
| building_type = Commercial offices
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| antenna_spire = {{Convert|1070|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}
| roof = {{Convert|920|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2012/03/san_franciscos_proposed_transbay_tower_has_shrunk.html |title=Yes, The Proposed Transbay Transit Tower Shrank A Hundred Feet |publisher=SocketSite |date=March 12, 2012 |accessdate=January 22, 2014}}</ref>
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| floor_count = 61
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| floor_area = {{nowrap|{{convert|1300000|sqft|abbr=on}}<ref name="SFGATE3">{{cite news|title=Plan B: Architects: Pelli Clarke Pelli|first=John|last=King|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/08/12/MNG0HRGIKG9.DTL|newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle|date=August 12, 2007|accessdate=September 23, 2007}}</ref>}}
| architect = [[Cesar Pelli]] <ref>{{cite news|title='Aggressive schedule' for proposed Transbay transit center, tower (picture)|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2007/09/21/BAO7S9J2H.DTL&o=1|publisher=''San Francisco Chronicle''|accessdate=2008-02-17|date=2007-09-21 | first=John | last=King}}</ref>
| architect = [[Cesar Pelli]]<ref>{{cite news|title='Aggressive schedule' for proposed Transbay transit center, tower (picture)|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2007/09/21/BAO7S9J2H.DTL&o=1|newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle|accessdate=February 17, 2008|date=September 21, 2007 | first=John | last=King}}</ref>
| engineer = [[Magnusson Klemencic Associates]]
| engineer = [[Magnusson Klemencic Associates]]
| developer = [[Boston Properties]]<br/>[[Hines Interests Limited Partnership]]
| developer = [[Boston Properties]]<br />[[Hines Interests Limited Partnership]]
| owner =
| owner =
| management =
| management =
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| references = <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/307246 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307084918/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/307246 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 7, 2016 |title=Emporis building ID 307246 |work=[[Emporis]]}}</ref><ref>{{SkyscraperPage|41341}}</ref><ref>{{Structurae|20048908}}</ref><ref name="Pelli">{{Cite web|title=Pelli Clarke Pelli Transbay Center & Tower Description|url=http://www.pcparch.com/#/projects/transportation/transbay-transit-center-and-tower/description/|accessdate=July 30, 2010}}</ref>
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The '''San Francisco Transit Center District Plan''' is a massive redevelopment plan for the neighborhood surrounding the [[Transbay Transit Center]] site, [[South of Market (San Francisco)|South of Market]] near the [[Financial District (San Francisco)|Financial District]] in [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sf-planning.org/ftp/CDG/docs/transit_center/Transit_Center_District_Plan_Public_Draft_WEB.pdf |title=Transit Center District Plan |date=November 2009 |accessdate=January 22, 2014}}</ref> The new '''Transbay Transit Center''' will replace the since-demolished [[San Francisco Transbay Terminal]], and new skyscrapers, such as [[Salesforce Tower]], will take advantage of the height increases allowed through the Transit Center District Plan. The sale of several land parcels formerly owned by the state and given to the managing [[Transbay Joint Powers Authority]] will help finance the construction of the Transbay Transit Center.<ref name="redevelopment-plan"/>
The '''San Francisco Transbay development''' is a completed redevelopment plan for the neighborhood surrounding the [[Transbay Transit Center]] site, [[South of Market (San Francisco)|South of Market]] near the [[Financial District (San Francisco)|Financial District]] in [[San Francisco]], [[California]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sf-planning.org/ftp/CDG/docs/transit_center/Transit_Center_District_Plan_Public_Draft_WEB.pdf |title=Transit Center District Plan |date=November 2009 |accessdate=January 22, 2014}}</ref> The new transit center replaced the since-demolished [[San Francisco Transbay Terminal]], and new skyscrapers, such as [[Salesforce Tower]], took advantage of the height increases allowed through the '''San Francisco Transit Center District Plan'''. The sale of several land parcels formerly owned by the state and given to the managing [[Transbay Joint Powers Authority]] helped finance the construction of the transit center.<ref name="redevelopment-plan"/>


==History==
==History==
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[[File:MillenniumTower-2016-06-21.jpg|Downtown San Francisco, showing Millennium Tower (301 Mission St) center, behind it left the Salesforce Tower (under construction), far left top the 181 Fremont Street Tower (under construction), and foreground the cranes for the Park Tower (under construction) in front of the bare structure of the Transbay Terminal (under construction). From the parking lot of the Providian Financial Building / 201 Mission St, on Howard between Beale and Main.|thumb]]


The original [[San Francisco Transbay Terminal|Transbay Terminal]] opened in 1939 as the San Francisco terminus for the [[Key System]] and other commuter trains that travelled across the new [[San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge]] to the East Bay. Train service to San Francisco was discontinued in 1958 and the Transbay Terminal was reconfigured for buses. Transbay train service would resume in 1974 with the opening of [[BART]] and the [[Transbay Tube]], but the BART tracks were routed under [[Market Street (San Francisco)|Market Street]], bypassing the Transbay Terminal. By the end of the 20th century, the Transbay Terminal was underused and rundown, handling an average of about 20,000 commuters per day.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Ambitious-Plan-For-Rebuilding-S-F-Transit-Hub-2951740.php |title=Ambitious Plan For Rebuilding S.F. Transit Hub / Ideas for new Transbay Terminal |first=Edward |last=Epstein |date=February 16, 2001 |accessdate=January 22, 2014 |work=The San Francisco Chronicle}}</ref>
The original [[San Francisco Transbay Terminal|Transbay Terminal]] opened in 1939 as the San Francisco terminus for the [[Key System]] and other commuter trains that travelled across the new [[San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge]] to the East Bay. Train service to San Francisco was discontinued in 1958 and the Transbay Terminal was reconfigured for buses. Transbay train service would resume in 1974 with the opening of [[BART]] and the [[Transbay Tube]], but the BART tracks were routed under [[Market Street (San Francisco)|Market Street]], bypassing the Transbay Terminal. By the end of the 20th century, the Transbay Terminal was underused and rundown, handling an average of about 20,000 commuters per day.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Ambitious-Plan-For-Rebuilding-S-F-Transit-Hub-2951740.php |title=Ambitious Plan For Rebuilding S.F. Transit Hub / Ideas for new Transbay Terminal |first=Edward |last=Epstein |date=February 16, 2001 |accessdate=January 22, 2014 |work=The San Francisco Chronicle}}</ref>


In 1985, San Francisco adopted the Downtown Plan, which slowed development in the Financial District north of [[Market Street (San Francisco)|Market Street]] and directed it to the area South of Market around the Transbay Terminal.<ref name="transit-plan">{{cite web |url=http://commissions.sfplanning.org/cpcmotions/2012/R18630%20TCDP_GenPlanAmendments.pdf |title=Transit Center District Plan – General Plan Amendments |date=May 24, 2012 |accessdate=April 11, 2013}}</ref> In the early 1990s, the [[Embarcadero Freeway]] was demolished following the [[1989 Loma Prieta earthquake]], freeing up numerous city blocks for development south of the Transbay Terminal. In 1995, [[Caltrain]] agreed to study extending its commuter rail service from its [[San Francisco 4th and King Street Station|Fourth and King]] terminus closer to the Financial District, including whether the obsolete Transbay Terminal should be removed, remodeled, or rebuilt.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/CalTrain-moves-a-step-closer-to-Financial-District-3137905.php |title=CalTrain moves a step closer to Financial District |last=Mitchell |first=Eve |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=August 4, 1995 |accessdate=April 11, 2013}}</ref> Ultimately, it was decided that the Transbay Terminal should be rebuilt, with the rail extension entering the Terminal under Second Street.
In 1985, San Francisco adopted the Downtown Plan, which slowed development in the Financial District north of [[Market Street (San Francisco)|Market Street]] and directed it to the area South of Market around the Transbay Terminal.<ref name="transit-plan">{{cite web |url=http://commissions.sfplanning.org/cpcmotions/2012/R18630%20TCDP_GenPlanAmendments.pdf |title=Transit Center District Plan – General Plan Amendments |date=May 24, 2012 |accessdate=April 11, 2013}}</ref> In the early 1990s, the [[Embarcadero Freeway]] was demolished following the [[1989 Loma Prieta earthquake]], freeing up numerous city blocks for development south of the Transbay Terminal. In 1995, [[Caltrain]] agreed to study extending its commuter rail service from its [[San Francisco 4th and King Street Station|Fourth and King]] terminus closer to the Financial District, including whether the obsolete Transbay Terminal should be removed, remodeled, or rebuilt.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/CalTrain-moves-a-step-closer-to-Financial-District-3137905.php |title=CalTrain moves a step closer to Financial District |last=Mitchell |first=Eve |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=August 4, 1995 |accessdate=April 11, 2013}}</ref>

Ultimately, it was decided that the Transbay Terminal should be rebuilt, with the rail extension entering the Terminal under Second Street. In 1996, then-San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown issued the idea of redeveloping the earthquake-damaged Transbay Transit Center. To that end, Brown tapped his then-new deputy Mayor Maria Ayerdi Kaplan to head the project. Kaplan created, and then became executive director of, the Transbay Joint Powers Authority in 2008.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://oaklandnewsnow.com/index.php/2018/08/26/maria-ayerdi-kaplan-developer-of-salesforce-transit-center-part-one-of-her-story/ | title=Maria Ayerdi-Kaplan, Salesforce Transit Center Builder, TJPA Creator: Her Story Part One|work=Oakland News Now | date=August 26, 2018}}</ref>


To finance the projects and promote development in the area, the Transbay Redevelopment Plan was adopted by the City of San Francisco in June 2005. By raising a number of building height limits and selling former freeway parcels, the plan envisions the development of over 2,500 new homes, 3 million square feet of new office and commercial space, and 100,000 square feet of retail.<ref name="redevelopment-plan">{{cite web |url=http://transbaycenter.org/project/redevelopment-plan |title=Transbay Transit Center – Redevelopment Plan |accessdate=April 11, 2013}}</ref>
To finance the projects and promote development in the area, the Transbay Redevelopment Plan was adopted by the City of San Francisco in June 2005. By raising a number of building height limits and selling former freeway parcels, the plan envisions the development of over 2,500 new homes, 3 million square feet of new office and commercial space, and 100,000 square feet of retail.<ref name="redevelopment-plan">{{cite web |url=http://transbaycenter.org/project/redevelopment-plan |title=Transbay Transit Center – Redevelopment Plan |accessdate=April 11, 2013}}</ref>
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==Developments==
==Developments==


===Transbay Transit Center===
===Salesforce Transit Center===
{{main|Transbay Transit Center}}
{{main|Transbay Transit Center}}


Designed by [[Pelli Clarke Pelli]], the new Transbay Transit Center will replace the former Transbay Terminal at a cost of roughly [[United States Dollar|USD]]$4.5 billion <ref>{{cite web |url=http://globalsiteplans.com/environmental-design/engineering-environmental-design/san-franciscos-new-transbay-center-a-commitment-to-sustainable-growth/ |title=San Francisco's New Transbay Center: A Commitment to Sustainable Growth |date=October 22, 2013 |publisher=Global Site Plans}}</ref> and has been dubbed the "Grand Central Station of the West" by proponents.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://transbaycenter.org/project/program-overview |title=Transbay Transit Center – The Program |accessdate=January 22, 2014}}</ref> The new center will eventually include an extension of [[Caltrain]] into the station from the current [[San Francisco 4th and King Street Station|Caltrain Depot]] at 4th and King Streets in [[Mission Bay, San Francisco|Mission Bay]] via tunnels which will also carry the Bay Area segment of the future [[California High-Speed Rail]] and terminate at the station.
Designed by [[Pelli Clarke Pelli]], the new Salesforce Transit Center replaced the former Transbay Terminal at a cost of roughly $2 billion [[United States Dollar|USD]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dineen |first1=J.K. |title=Park, housing key to future of SF's new high-rise neighborhood |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Park-housing-key-to-future-of-SF-s-new-13148490.php |accessdate=August 18, 2018 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=August 12, 2018}}</ref> and has been dubbed the "Grand Central Station of the West" by proponents.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://transbaycenter.org/project/program-overview |title=Transbay Transit Center – The Program |accessdate=January 22, 2014}}</ref> The new center is planned to eventually include [[The Portal (San Francisco)|an extension]] of the [[Caltrain]] commuter rail service into the station from its current [[San Francisco 4th and King Street Station|northern terminus at 4th and King Streets]] in [[Mission Bay, San Francisco|Mission Bay]] via tunnels which would also carry the Bay Area segment of the future [[California High-Speed Rail]] (CAHSR) and terminate at the station, as mandated by California voters in [[California Proposition 1A (2008)|Proposition 1A]], the ballot measure authorizing CAHSR construction. This extension would cost an additional $2–4 billion and is currently unfunded.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Swan |first1=Rachel |title=Salesforce Transit Center puzzle: When will the trains get to the station? |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Salesforce-Transit-Center-puzzle-When-will-the-13142498.php |accessdate=August 18, 2018 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=August 9, 2018}}</ref>


[[File:Transbay Transit Center under construction, Spring 2013.png|thumb|Transbay Transit Center construction site.]]
[[File:Transbay Transit Center under construction, Spring 2013.png|thumb|Salesforce Transit Center construction site.]]
The Transit Center will have five levels plus a {{convert|5.4|acre|adj=on}} public rooftop park. The lowest level will house the train platforms, and the level above it will be called the "Lower Concourse". The next level will be the street entrance to the Transit Center. Above that will be the "Second Level", which will have administrative offices and potential retail shops. The last transit level will service local buses from [[San Francisco Municipal Railway|San Francisco's Muni]], the East Bay's [[AC Transit]], [[Golden Gate Transit]] from [[Marin County|Marin]] and [[SamTrans]] from [[San Mateo County]]. Also [[Greyhound Lines|Greyhound]] and [[Amtrak]] will have berths on this deck.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://transbaycenter.org/project/transit-center |title=Transbay Transit Center – The Project: Transit Center |accessdate=May 20, 2013}}</ref>
The Transit Center currently has three levels plus a {{convert|5.4|acre|adj=on}} public rooftop park. The ground level is the street entrance to the Transit Center. Above that are administrative offices, retail shops, restaurants, and the Amtrak/Greyhound waiting room. The final indoors level services Transbay buses from [[San Francisco Municipal Railway|San Francisco's Muni]], the East Bay's [[AC Transit]], and [[WestCAT]], as well as long-distance buses operated by [[Greyhound Lines|Greyhound]] and [[Amtrak Thruway]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://transbaycenter.org/project/transit-center |title=Transbay Transit Center – The Project: Transit Center |accessdate=May 20, 2013}}</ref> Future Caltrain and HSR service would utilize two underground levels, the lower of which would house the tracks and platforms, and the upper of which would house a retail concourse and waiting areas.


===Salesforce Tower===
===Salesforce Tower===
{{main|Salesforce Tower}}
{{main|Salesforce Tower}}


Adjacent to the future [[Transbay Transit Center]] and at the center of the redevelopment effort is a signature skyscraper at First and Mission Streets. The proposal featured plans from several major architecture firms including [[Skidmore, Owings & Merrill]], [[Richard Rogers Partnership]], and [[Pelli Clarke Pelli]] Architects. Eventually the plan from Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects was picked.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2007/08/san_franciscos_transbay_terminal_design_competition_des.html |title=San Francisco’s Transbay Terminal Design Proposals: Highlights |publisher=SocketSite |date=August 7, 2007}}</ref> The original plans from Pelli Clark Pelli Architects called for a {{convert|1200|ft|m|adj=on}} tower as the main tower and a massive three-block-long Transbay Center. However, due to considerations about how the tower would cast a shadow over some of the city's parks, the height was eventually reduced to {{convert|1070|ft|m}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sf.curbed.com/archives/2012/03/14/transbay_terminal_still_pretty_still_tall_just_shorter.php |title=Transbay Terminal, Still Pretty, Still Tall, Just Shorter |date=March 14, 2012 |first=Philip |last=Ferrato |publisher=CurbedSF}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://sf.curbed.com/archives/2008/05/01/transbay_terminal_plan_newandimproved.php |title=Transbay Terminal Plan: New-and-Improved |date=May 1, 2008 |first=Sarah|last=Hromack |publisher=CurbedSF}}</ref>
Adjacent to the Transit Center and at the center of the redevelopment effort is a signature skyscraper at First and Mission Streets. The proposal featured plans from several major architecture firms including [[Skidmore, Owings & Merrill]], [[Richard Rogers Partnership]], and [[Pelli Clarke Pelli]] Architects. Eventually the plan from Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects was picked.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2007/08/san_franciscos_transbay_terminal_design_competition_des.html |title=San Francisco's Transbay Terminal Design Proposals: Highlights |publisher=[[SocketSite]] |date=August 7, 2007}}</ref> The original plans from Pelli Clark Pelli Architects called for a {{convert|1200|ft|m|adj=on}} tower as the main tower and a massive three-block-long Transbay Center. However, due to considerations about how the tower would cast a shadow over some of the city's parks, the height was eventually reduced to {{convert|1070|ft|m}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sf.curbed.com/archives/2012/03/14/transbay_terminal_still_pretty_still_tall_just_shorter.php |title=Transbay Terminal, Still Pretty, Still Tall, Just Shorter |date=March 14, 2012 |first=Philip |last=Ferrato |publisher=CurbedSF}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://sf.curbed.com/archives/2008/05/01/transbay_terminal_plan_newandimproved.php |title=Transbay Terminal Plan: New-and-Improved |date=May 1, 2008 |first=Sarah|last=Hromack |publisher=CurbedSF}}</ref>


The designs to the supertall tower changed during its planning phase, its final design eventually incorporates slits at each side of its angular top along with an altered terminal station design.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2012/09/transbay_transit_tower_design_tweaks_and_timing.html |title=Transbay Tower Tweaks, Cuts And Timing |date=September 24, 2012 |publisher=SocketSite}}</ref> However some of the original design cues were later restored and reincorporated due to complaints about the design modifications.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/place/article/Transbay-center-design-change-proposed-4359348.php#photo-4332517 |title=Transbay center design change proposed |first=John |last=King |publisher=San Francisco Chronicle |date=March 15, 2013}}</ref> The tower and the new terminal is now under construction with groundbreaking on March 27, 2013.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/boston-properties-and-hines-close-on-record-land-sale-for-transbay-transit-tower-parcel-2013-03-26 |title=Boston Properties and Hines Close on Record Land Sale for Transbay Transit Tower Parcel |date=March 26, 2013 |publisher=BusinessWire via MarketWatch}}</ref>
The designs to the supertall tower changed during its planning phase, its final design eventually incorporates slits at each side of its angular top along with an altered terminal station design.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2012/09/transbay_transit_tower_design_tweaks_and_timing.html |title=Transbay Tower Tweaks, Cuts And Timing |date=September 24, 2012 |publisher=[[SocketSite]]}}</ref> However some of the original design cues were later restored and reincorporated due to complaints about the design modifications.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/place/article/Transbay-center-design-change-proposed-4359348.php#photo-4332517 |title=Transbay center design change proposed |first=John |last=King |newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle |date=March 15, 2013}}</ref> The tower and the new terminal had their groundbreaking ceremonies on March 27, 2013.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/boston-properties-and-hines-close-on-record-land-sale-for-transbay-transit-tower-parcel-2013-03-26 |title=Boston Properties and Hines Close on Record Land Sale for Transbay Transit Tower Parcel |date=March 26, 2013 |publisher=BusinessWire via MarketWatch}}</ref> The office tower opened in early 2018, followed by the Transit Center in August of that same year.


===Increased height limits===
===Increased height limits===
With the adoption of the Transit Center District Plan in 2012, height limits were raised for several parcels in the vicinity of the Transit Center.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2012/05/san_franciscos_transit_center_district_and_tower_plan_u.html |title=Planning’s Towering Transit Center District Plan Decision: Approved |work=SocketSite |date=2012-05-24 |accessdate=2013-04-11}}</ref> Among the parcels zoned for taller buildings are [[50 First Street]], [[181 Fremont Street]], [[350 Mission Street]], [[Golden Gate University]]'s campus at 536 Mission Street, the proposed [[Palace Hotel Residential Tower]], and the [[Salesforce Tower]] site.
With the adoption of the Transit Center District Plan in 2012, height limits were raised for several parcels in the vicinity of the Transit Center.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2012/05/san_franciscos_transit_center_district_and_tower_plan_u.html |title=Planning's Towering Transit Center District Plan Decision: Approved |work=[[SocketSite]] |date=May 24, 2012 |accessdate=April 11, 2013}}</ref> Among the parcels zoned for taller buildings are [[50 First Street]], [[181 Fremont Street]], [[350 Mission Street]], [[Golden Gate University]]'s campus at 536 Mission Street, the proposed [[Palace Hotel Residential Tower]], and the [[Salesforce Tower]] site.


===Former freeway parcels and bus ramps===
===Former freeway parcels and bus ramps===
Following the [[1989 Loma Prieta earthquake]], the [[Embarcadero Freeway]] was torn down, opening up a number of blocks for development. Several other parcels, near Beale and Howard streets, were used for the East Loop Ramp of the Transbay Terminal and will not be needed for the new Transbay Transit Center.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Transbay Redevelopment |url=http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2006/10/the_transbay_redevelopment.html |date=2006-10-26 |work=SocketSite |accessdate=2013-06-01}}</ref> In 2007, the state of California officially agreed to transfer the state-owned parcels to the City and County of San Francisco.<ref>{{cite news |title=California Transportation Commission Approves Land Transfer to TJPA, City and County of San Francisco for Transbay Transit Center Project and Redevelopment |url=http://transbaycenter.org/uploads/2009/11/TJPA_StateLandTransfer_Release_12-13-073.pdf |date=December 13, 2007}}</ref>
Following the [[1989 Loma Prieta earthquake]], the [[Embarcadero Freeway]] was torn down, opening up a number of blocks for development. Several other parcels, near Beale and Howard streets, were used for the East Loop Ramp of the Transbay Terminal and are not needed for the new Transit Center.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Transbay Redevelopment |url=http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2006/10/the_transbay_redevelopment.html |date=October 26, 2006 |work=[[SocketSite]] |accessdate=June 1, 2013}}</ref> In 2007, the state of California officially agreed to transfer the state-owned parcels to the City and County of San Francisco.<ref>{{cite news |title=California Transportation Commission Approves Land Transfer to TJPA, City and County of San Francisco for Transbay Transit Center Project and Redevelopment |url=http://transbaycenter.org/uploads/2009/11/TJPA_StateLandTransfer_Release_12-13-073.pdf |date=December 13, 2007}}</ref>


The former freeway parcels are located mostly along the north side of Folsom Street between Essex and Spear and have been zoned for residential use.<ref name="parcels-map">{{cite web |url=http://sfocii.org/sites/default/files/Transbay%20Project%20Area%20Summary%20Sheet_0.pdf | title=Office of Community Investment and Infrastructure (OCII) Transbay Project Area |accessdate=2017-06-30}}</ref> Other lots, called Parcel F, Parcel M, and Parcel T, have been zoned for office buildings.<ref>[http://transbaycenter.org/uploads/2008/09/Development_Presentation-09-16-08.pdf]</ref> Parcel T is the site of Salesforce Tower. As of 2013, Transbay Joint Powers Authority has accepted proposals for Blocks 6/7 and Block 9.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2013/01/the_smart_design_for_block_6_folsom_street_from_fremont.html |title=The Green Designs For Block 6: Folsom Street From Fremont To Beale |work=SocketSite |date=January 10, 2013 |accessdate=April 11, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2013/02/the_winning_design_and_developer_for_transbay_block_9_a.html |title=The Winning Design And Developer For Transbay Block 9 |work=SocketSite |date=February 15, 2013 |accessdate=April 11, 2013}}</ref> The first parcel developed was Block 11, also known as the Rene Cazenave Apartments, an affordable housing project located at 25 Essex Street.<ref name="block11">{{cite news |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/real-estate/2012/04/affordable-transbay-housing-project.html |title=Bridge, Community Housing break ground on Transbay affordable project |last=Dineen |first=J.K. |work=San Francisco Business Times |date=April 2, 2012 |accessdate=April 11, 2013}}</ref>
The former freeway parcels are located mostly along the north side of Folsom Street between Essex and Spear and have been zoned for residential use.<ref name="parcels-map">{{cite web |url=http://sfocii.org/sites/default/files/Transbay%20Project%20Area%20Summary%20Sheet_0.pdf | title=Office of Community Investment and Infrastructure (OCII) Transbay Project Area |accessdate=June 30, 2017}}</ref> Other lots, called Parcel F, Parcel M, and Parcel T, have been zoned for office buildings.<ref>http://transbaycenter.org/uploads/2008/09/Development_Presentation-09-16-08.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref> Parcel T is the site of Salesforce Tower. As of 2013, Transbay Joint Powers Authority has accepted proposals for Blocks 6/7 and Block 9.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2013/01/the_smart_design_for_block_6_folsom_street_from_fremont.html |title=The Green Designs For Block 6: Folsom Street From Fremont To Beale |work=SocketSite |date=January 10, 2013 |accessdate=April 11, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2013/02/the_winning_design_and_developer_for_transbay_block_9_a.html |title=The Winning Design And Developer For Transbay Block 9 |work=SocketSite |date=February 15, 2013 |accessdate=April 11, 2013}}</ref> The first parcel developed was Block 11, also known as the Rene Cazenave Apartments, an affordable housing project located at 25 Essex Street.<ref name="block11">{{cite news |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/real-estate/2012/04/affordable-transbay-housing-project.html |title=Bridge, Community Housing break ground on Transbay affordable project |last=Dineen |first=J.K. |work=San Francisco Business Times |date=April 2, 2012 |accessdate=April 11, 2013}}</ref>


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| Block 1 || Residential || 2016 ||style="text-align:center"| $50.18 million || 400-foot [[Folsom Bay Tower]] with 391 units, including 156 affordable-rate || {{coord|37.79|N|122.39167|W|}} || <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sfbos.org/ftp/uploadedfiles/bdsupvrs/resolutions16/r0291-16.pdf |title=Resolution 291-16 |date=July 26, 2016 |publisher=Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco}}</ref>
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| Block 2 || Residential || || || Temporary Transbay Terminal || {{coord|37.789271|N|122.392612|W}} ||
| Block 2 || Residential || || || Temporary Transbay Terminal || {{coord|37.789271|N|122.392612|W}} ||
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| Block 4 || Residential || || || Temporary Transbay Terminal || {{coord|37.790097|N|122.393618|W}} ||
| Block 4 || Residential || || || Temporary Transbay Terminal || {{coord|37.790097|N|122.393618|W}} ||
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| Block 5 || Residential || 2015 ||style="text-align:center"| $172.5M || Although zoned for residential, will become [[Park Tower at Transbay]] office building || 250 Howard Street || <ref name="block5">{{cite news |url=http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2014/04/unforeseen_circumstances_result_in_an_unexpected_transb.html |title=An Unexpected Transbay Twist And Block Redesign |date=April 3, 2014 |publisher=SocketSite |accessdate=April 26, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/real-estate/2015/07/park-tower-office-san-francisco-jll-transbay.html |title=Soaring office tower approved to hit San Francisco's skyline |first=Cory |last=Weinberg |date=July 13, 2015 |work=San Francisco Business Times}}</ref>
| Block 5 || Residential || 2015 ||style="text-align:center"| $172.5 million || Although zoned for residential, will become [[Park Tower at Transbay]] office building || 250 Howard Street || <ref name="block5">{{cite news |url=http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2014/04/unforeseen_circumstances_result_in_an_unexpected_transb.html |title=An Unexpected Transbay Twist And Block Redesign |date=April 3, 2014 |publisher=[[SocketSite]] |accessdate=April 26, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/real-estate/2015/07/park-tower-office-san-francisco-jll-transbay.html |title=Soaring office tower approved to hit San Francisco's skyline |first=Cory |last=Weinberg |date=July 13, 2015 |work=San Francisco Business Times}}</ref>
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| Block 6 || Residential || 2013 ||style="text-align:center"| $30M || 300-foot tower with 409 market-rate units and 70 affordable units || 299 Fremont Street ||rowspan=2| <ref name="block6">{{cite news| url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/real-estate/2013/04/30m-housing-deal-will-help-bankroll.html?page=all | title=$30 million deal will help bankroll San Francisco's Transbay Terminal}}</ref><ref>[http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2013/01/the_winning_bid_to_develop_folsom_between_freemont_and.html]</ref><ref>[http://www.sfbos.org/ftp/uploadedfiles/bdsupvrs/bosagendas/materials/bag091713_130794.pdf]</ref><ref>[http://news.theregistrysf.com/transbay-block-6-new32-story-luxury-apartments-complex-announced-in-san-franciscos-soma-district/]</ref>
| Block 6 || Residential || 2013 ||style="text-align:center"| $30 million || 300-foot tower with 409 market-rate units and 70 affordable units || 299 Fremont Street ||rowspan=2| <ref name="block6">{{cite news| url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/real-estate/2013/04/30m-housing-deal-will-help-bankroll.html?page=all | title=$30 million deal will help bankroll San Francisco's Transbay Terminal}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2013/01/the_winning_bid_to_develop_folsom_between_freemont_and.html|title = The Winning Bid and Plan to Develop Folsom from Fremont to Beale| date=January 9, 2013 }}</ref><ref>http://www.sfbos.org/ftp/uploadedfiles/bdsupvrs/bosagendas/materials/bag091713_130794.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.theregistrysf.com/transbay-block-6-new32-story-luxury-apartments-complex-announced-in-san-franciscos-soma-district/|title=Transbay Block 6, New 32-story Luxury Apartments Complex, Announced in San Francisco's SoMa District|date=October 31, 2013}}</ref>
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| Block 7 || Residential || 2013 ||style="text-align:center"| — || 77 units to be built by Mercy Housing || {{coord|37.788948|N|122.393939|W}}
| Block 7 || Residential || 2013 ||style="text-align:center"| — || 77 units to be built by Mercy Housing || {{coord|37.788948|N|122.393939|W}}
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| Block 8 || Residential || 2014|| style="text-align:center"|$72M||550-foot, 740-unit residential tower || {{coord|37.787941|N|122.394358|W}} || <ref name="block8">{{cite news |url=http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2014/03/rem_koolhaas_design_selected_for_folsom_street_tower_de.html |title=Rem Koolhaas Design Selected For Folsom Street Tower |publisher=SocketSite |date=March 18, 2014 |accessdate=April 26, 2014}}</ref>
| Block 8 || Residential || 2014|| style="text-align:center"|$72 million||550-foot, 740-unit residential tower || {{coord|37.787941|N|122.394358|W}} || <ref name="block8">{{cite news |url=http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2014/03/rem_koolhaas_design_selected_for_folsom_street_tower_de.html |title=Rem Koolhaas Design Selected For Folsom Street Tower |publisher=SocketSite |date=March 18, 2014 |accessdate=April 26, 2014}}</ref>
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| Block 9 || Residential || 2013 || $43.32M || 400-foot, 563-unit residential tower under construction || 500 Folsom Street || <ref name="block9">{{cite news| url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/real-estate/2013/02/avant-essex-win-transbay-block-9-bid.html | title=Avant, Essex win Transbay Block 9 bid}}</ref>
| Block 9 || Residential || 2013 || $43.32 million || 400-foot, 563-unit residential tower under construction || 500 Folsom Street || <ref name="block9">{{cite news| url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/real-estate/2013/02/avant-essex-win-transbay-block-9-bid.html | title=Avant, Essex win Transbay Block 9 bid}}</ref>
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| Block 10 || Park ||style="text-align:center"| — ||style="text-align:center"| — || Planned Transbay Terminal Under Ramp Park || {{coord|37.786657|N|122.395924|W}} || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cmgsite.com/project/transbay-under-ramp-park/|title=Transbay Terminal Under Ramp Park|accessdate=2018-06-29}}</ref>
| Block 10 || Park ||style="text-align:center"| — ||style="text-align:center"| — || Planned Transbay Terminal Under Ramp Park || {{coord|37.786657|N|122.395924|W}} || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cmgsite.com/project/transbay-under-ramp-park/|title=Transbay Terminal Under Ramp Park|accessdate=June 29, 2018}}</ref>
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| Block 11 || Residential || 2011 ||style="text-align:center"| — || 120-unit Rene Cazenave Apartments || 25 Essex Street || <ref name="block11"/>
| Block 11 || Residential || 2011 ||style="text-align:center"| — || 120-unit Rene Cazenave Apartments || 25 Essex Street || <ref name="block11"/>
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| Block 12 || Residential || || || || {{coord|37.784363|N|122.394771|W}} ||
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| Parcel F || Commercial Office || 2016 ||style="text-align:center"| $160M || 61-story, 800-foot tower, with 16 floors of offices, a 220-room hotel, and 175 condos || {{coord|37.787636|N|122.397695|W}} || <ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/real-estate/2016/06/parcel-f-transbay-tower-urban-pacific-hines-gs.html |title=Exclusive: Last Transbay tower site sells for $160 million |first=Roland |last=Li |date=June 22, 2016 |work=San Francisco Business Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2017/03/refined-parcel-f-tower-plans-formally-submitted-to-planning.html |title=Parcel F Plans Formally Submitted to Planning |work=SocketSite |date=March 15, 2017}}</ref>
| Parcel F || Commercial Office || 2016 ||style="text-align:center"| $160 million || 61-story, 800-foot tower, with 16 floors of offices, a 220-room hotel, and 175 condos || {{coord|37.787636|N|122.397695|W}} || <ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/real-estate/2016/06/parcel-f-transbay-tower-urban-pacific-hines-gs.html |title=Exclusive: Last Transbay tower site sells for $160 million |first=Roland |last=Li |date=June 22, 2016 |work=San Francisco Business Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2017/03/refined-parcel-f-tower-plans-formally-submitted-to-planning.html |title=Parcel F Plans Formally Submitted to Planning |work=SocketSite |date=March 15, 2017}}</ref>
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| Parcel M || Commercial Office || || || || {{coord|37.791324|N|122.394637|W}} ||
| Parcel M || Commercial Office || || || || {{coord|37.791324|N|122.394637|W}} ||
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| Parcel T || Commercial Office || 2013 || $191.8M || [[Salesforce Tower]] || 415 Mission Street || <ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2013/03/hines-boston-properties-sling.html?page=all | title=Hines, Boston Properties sling ceremonial dirt in Transbay ground-breaking}}</ref>
| Parcel T || Commercial Office || 2013 || $191.8 million || [[Salesforce Tower]] || 415 Mission Street || <ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2013/03/hines-boston-properties-sling.html?page=all | title=Hines, Boston Properties sling ceremonial dirt in Transbay ground-breaking}}</ref>
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== Transbay Joint Powers Authority ==
==Pictures==
The Transbay Joint Powers Authority (TJPA) oversees the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of the Transbay Transit Center. The charter of the TJPA includes three initiatives:
<gallery title="A construction hub">

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File:MillenniumTower-2016-06-21.jpg|Downtown San Francisco, showing Millennium Tower (301 Mission St) center, behind it left the Salesforce Tower (under construction), far left top the 181 Fremont Street Tower (under construction), and foreground the cranes for the Park Tower (under construction) in front of the bare structure of the Transbay Terminal (under construction). From the parking lot of the Providian Financial Building / 201 Mission St, on Howard between Beale and Main.
* Replacing the San Francisco Transbay Terminal
</gallery>
* Extending the Caltrain rail line
* Redeveloping the area surrounding the Transbay Transit Center

The TJPA was created in 2001 as a collaboration of several Bay Area government and transportation agencies. It coordinates the efforts of 11 local, regional, and statewide transit systems.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.transportation.gov/tifia/financed-projects/transbay-transit-center|title=Transbay Transit Center|date=January 20, 2015|website=US Department of Transportation|language=en|access-date=March 31, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tjpa.org/tjpa/about-the-tjpa|title=About the TJPA « Transbay Program|language=en-US|access-date=March 31, 2019}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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Salesforce Transit Center & Tower
Map
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeCommercial offices
LocationMission Street
San Francisco, California
Coordinates37°47′24″N 122°23′49″W / 37.7899°N 122.3969°W / 37.7899; -122.3969
Opening2017–19
Height
Antenna spire1,070 ft (326 m)
Roof920 ft (280 m)[1]
Technical details
Floor count61
Floor area1,300,000 sq ft (120,000 m2)[2]
Design and construction
Architect(s)Cesar Pelli[3]
DeveloperBoston Properties
Hines Interests Limited Partnership
EngineerMagnusson Klemencic Associates
References
[4][5][6][7]

The San Francisco Transbay development is a completed redevelopment plan for the neighborhood surrounding the Transbay Transit Center site, South of Market near the Financial District in San Francisco, California.[8] The new transit center replaced the since-demolished San Francisco Transbay Terminal, and new skyscrapers, such as Salesforce Tower, took advantage of the height increases allowed through the San Francisco Transit Center District Plan. The sale of several land parcels formerly owned by the state and given to the managing Transbay Joint Powers Authority helped finance the construction of the transit center.[9]

History

Downtown San Francisco, showing Millennium Tower (301 Mission St) center, behind it left the Salesforce Tower (under construction), far left top the 181 Fremont Street Tower (under construction), and foreground the cranes for the Park Tower (under construction) in front of the bare structure of the Transbay Terminal (under construction). From the parking lot of the Providian Financial Building / 201 Mission St, on Howard between Beale and Main.

The original Transbay Terminal opened in 1939 as the San Francisco terminus for the Key System and other commuter trains that travelled across the new San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge to the East Bay. Train service to San Francisco was discontinued in 1958 and the Transbay Terminal was reconfigured for buses. Transbay train service would resume in 1974 with the opening of BART and the Transbay Tube, but the BART tracks were routed under Market Street, bypassing the Transbay Terminal. By the end of the 20th century, the Transbay Terminal was underused and rundown, handling an average of about 20,000 commuters per day.[10]

In 1985, San Francisco adopted the Downtown Plan, which slowed development in the Financial District north of Market Street and directed it to the area South of Market around the Transbay Terminal.[11] In the early 1990s, the Embarcadero Freeway was demolished following the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, freeing up numerous city blocks for development south of the Transbay Terminal. In 1995, Caltrain agreed to study extending its commuter rail service from its Fourth and King terminus closer to the Financial District, including whether the obsolete Transbay Terminal should be removed, remodeled, or rebuilt.[12]

Ultimately, it was decided that the Transbay Terminal should be rebuilt, with the rail extension entering the Terminal under Second Street. In 1996, then-San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown issued the idea of redeveloping the earthquake-damaged Transbay Transit Center. To that end, Brown tapped his then-new deputy Mayor Maria Ayerdi Kaplan to head the project. Kaplan created, and then became executive director of, the Transbay Joint Powers Authority in 2008.[13]

To finance the projects and promote development in the area, the Transbay Redevelopment Plan was adopted by the City of San Francisco in June 2005. By raising a number of building height limits and selling former freeway parcels, the plan envisions the development of over 2,500 new homes, 3 million square feet of new office and commercial space, and 100,000 square feet of retail.[9]

Developments

Salesforce Transit Center

Main article: Transbay Transit Center

Designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli, the new Salesforce Transit Center replaced the former Transbay Terminal at a cost of roughly $2 billion USD[14] and has been dubbed the "Grand Central Station of the West" by proponents.[15] The new center is planned to eventually include an extension of the Caltrain commuter rail service into the station from its current northern terminus at 4th and King Streets in Mission Bay via tunnels which would also carry the Bay Area segment of the future California High-Speed Rail (CAHSR) and terminate at the station, as mandated by California voters in Proposition 1A, the ballot measure authorizing CAHSR construction. This extension would cost an additional $2–4 billion and is currently unfunded.[16]

Salesforce Transit Center construction site.

The Transit Center currently has three levels plus a 5.4-acre (2.2 ha) public rooftop park. The ground level is the street entrance to the Transit Center. Above that are administrative offices, retail shops, restaurants, and the Amtrak/Greyhound waiting room. The final indoors level services Transbay buses from San Francisco's Muni, the East Bay's AC Transit, and WestCAT, as well as long-distance buses operated by Greyhound and Amtrak Thruway.[17] Future Caltrain and HSR service would utilize two underground levels, the lower of which would house the tracks and platforms, and the upper of which would house a retail concourse and waiting areas.

Salesforce Tower

Main article: Salesforce Tower

Adjacent to the Transit Center and at the center of the redevelopment effort is a signature skyscraper at First and Mission Streets. The proposal featured plans from several major architecture firms including Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Richard Rogers Partnership, and Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects. Eventually the plan from Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects was picked.[18] The original plans from Pelli Clark Pelli Architects called for a 1,200-foot (370 m) tower as the main tower and a massive three-block-long Transbay Center. However, due to considerations about how the tower would cast a shadow over some of the city's parks, the height was eventually reduced to 1,070 feet (330 m).[19][20]

The designs to the supertall tower changed during its planning phase, its final design eventually incorporates slits at each side of its angular top along with an altered terminal station design.[21] However some of the original design cues were later restored and reincorporated due to complaints about the design modifications.[22] The tower and the new terminal had their groundbreaking ceremonies on March 27, 2013.[23] The office tower opened in early 2018, followed by the Transit Center in August of that same year.

Increased height limits

With the adoption of the Transit Center District Plan in 2012, height limits were raised for several parcels in the vicinity of the Transit Center.[24] Among the parcels zoned for taller buildings are 50 First Street, 181 Fremont Street, 350 Mission Street, Golden Gate University's campus at 536 Mission Street, the proposed Palace Hotel Residential Tower, and the Salesforce Tower site.

Former freeway parcels and bus ramps

Following the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, the Embarcadero Freeway was torn down, opening up a number of blocks for development. Several other parcels, near Beale and Howard streets, were used for the East Loop Ramp of the Transbay Terminal and are not needed for the new Transit Center.[25] In 2007, the state of California officially agreed to transfer the state-owned parcels to the City and County of San Francisco.[26]

The former freeway parcels are located mostly along the north side of Folsom Street between Essex and Spear and have been zoned for residential use.[27] Other lots, called Parcel F, Parcel M, and Parcel T, have been zoned for office buildings.[28] Parcel T is the site of Salesforce Tower. As of 2013, Transbay Joint Powers Authority has accepted proposals for Blocks 6/7 and Block 9.[29][30] The first parcel developed was Block 11, also known as the Rene Cazenave Apartments, an affordable housing project located at 25 Essex Street.[31]

Parcel[27] Zoning Sold Price Use Location Reference
Block 1 Residential 2016 $50.18 million 400-foot Folsom Bay Tower with 391 units, including 156 affordable-rate 37°47′24″N 122°23′30″W / 37.79°N 122.39167°W / 37.79; -122.39167 [32]
Block 2 Residential Temporary Transbay Terminal 37°47′21″N 122°23′33″W / 37.789271°N 122.392612°W / 37.789271; -122.392612
Block 3 Park — — Temporary Transbay Terminal; Slated to become Transbay Park 37°47′23″N 122°23′35″W / 37.789688°N 122.393132°W / 37.789688; -122.393132
Block 4 Residential Temporary Transbay Terminal 37°47′24″N 122°23′37″W / 37.790097°N 122.393618°W / 37.790097; -122.393618
Block 5 Residential 2015 $172.5 million Although zoned for residential, will become Park Tower at Transbay office building 250 Howard Street [33][34]
Block 6 Residential 2013 $30 million 300-foot tower with 409 market-rate units and 70 affordable units 299 Fremont Street [35][36][37][38]
Block 7 Residential 2013 — 77 units to be built by Mercy Housing 37°47′20″N 122°23′38″W / 37.788948°N 122.393939°W / 37.788948; -122.393939
Block 8 Residential 2014 $72 million 550-foot, 740-unit residential tower 37°47′17″N 122°23′40″W / 37.787941°N 122.394358°W / 37.787941; -122.394358 [39]
Block 9 Residential 2013 $43.32 million 400-foot, 563-unit residential tower under construction 500 Folsom Street [40]
Block 10 Park — — Planned Transbay Terminal Under Ramp Park 37°47′12″N 122°23′45″W / 37.786657°N 122.395924°W / 37.786657; -122.395924 [41]
Block 11 Residential 2011 — 120-unit Rene Cazenave Apartments 25 Essex Street [31]
Block 12 Residential 37°47′04″N 122°23′41″W / 37.784363°N 122.394771°W / 37.784363; -122.394771
Parcel F Commercial Office 2016 $160 million 61-story, 800-foot tower, with 16 floors of offices, a 220-room hotel, and 175 condos 37°47′15″N 122°23′52″W / 37.787636°N 122.397695°W / 37.787636; -122.397695 [42][43]
Parcel M Commercial Office 37°47′29″N 122°23′41″W / 37.791324°N 122.394637°W / 37.791324; -122.394637
Parcel T Commercial Office 2013 $191.8 million Salesforce Tower 415 Mission Street [44]

Transbay Joint Powers Authority

The Transbay Joint Powers Authority (TJPA) oversees the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of the Transbay Transit Center. The charter of the TJPA includes three initiatives:

  • Replacing the San Francisco Transbay Terminal
  • Extending the Caltrain rail line
  • Redeveloping the area surrounding the Transbay Transit Center

The TJPA was created in 2001 as a collaboration of several Bay Area government and transportation agencies. It coordinates the efforts of 11 local, regional, and statewide transit systems.[45][46]

See also

References

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