San Francisco Transbay development
| Transbay Transit Center & Tower | |
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The Transbay Transit Center & Salesforce Tower, the tallest of the towers in the development
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| General information | |
| Status | Under construction |
| Type | Commercial offices |
| Location |
Mission Street San Francisco, California |
| Coordinates | 37°47′24″N 122°23′49″W / 37.7899°N 122.3969°WCoordinates: 37°47′24″N 122°23′49″W / 37.7899°N 122.3969°W |
| Opening | 2017-19 |
| Height | |
| Antenna spire | 1,070 ft (326 m) |
| Roof | 920 ft (280 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 61 |
| Floor area | 1,300,000 sq ft (120,000 m2) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Cesar Pelli |
| Developer |
Boston Properties Hines Interests Limited Partnership |
| Engineer | Magnusson Klemencic Associates |
| References | |
The San Francisco Transit Center District Plan is a massive redevelopment plan for the neighborhood surrounding the Transbay Transit Center site, South of Market near the Financial District in San Francisco. 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.
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.
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. 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. Ultimately, it was decided that the Transbay Terminal should be rebuilt, with the rail extension entering the Terminal under Second Street.
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