555 Mission Street | |
Location: | 555 Mission Street San Francisco, California |
Coordinates: | 37.7885°N -122.3986°W |
Pushpin Map: | United States San Francisco Central#California#USA |
Start Date: | 2006 |
Completion Date: | 2008 |
Building Type: | Commercial offices |
Roof: | 147m (482feet) |
Floor Count: | 33 |
Elevator Count: | 14 |
Cost: | US$357 million |
Floor Area: | 557015square feet |
Architect: | Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates / Heller Manus Architects |
Structural Engineer: | Middlebrook + Louie |
Main Contractor: | Turner Construction |
Developer: | Tishman Speyer |
Owner: | Union Investment |
References: | [1] |
555 Mission Street is a 33-story, 147m (482feet) office tower in the South of Market area of San Francisco, California.[1] Construction of the tower began in 2006 and the tower was finished on September 18, 2008.[2] [3] It was the tallest office building constructed in San Francisco in the 2000s, and is the 25th tallest building in San Francisco.[4]
The building is the part of a new generation of skyscrapers in San Francisco's downtown built on Mission Street since 2000,[3] including The Paramount, the St. Regis Museum Tower, Millennium Tower, 101 Second Street, and JP MorganChase Building.
Tishman Speyer acquired the land for the project in 1999.[5] The tower was originally approved by the Planning Commission on April 5, 2001, to rise 137.5m (451.1feet) and 30 stories.[6] A revised plan, adding three stories and raising the height to 147m (482feet), was approved on December 13, 2001.[6] However, due to the downturn in the office market after the dot-com bust, developer Tishman Speyer froze the project waiting for economic conditions to improve.[3] In 2006, five years after the building was approved for construction, work on the tower finally began.
In January 2008, Tishman Speyer signed DLA Piper to occupy 82000-3NaN-3 floors 22 to 26 of the tower.[7] In March 2008, law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher agreed to take up 60000-3NaN-3 of office space in the tower. In October 2009, Intellectual Property law firm Novak Druce + Quigg moved into the 34th floor penthouse of the building.[8] As of summer 2008, close to half of the building's office space has been leased, with the possibility of more tenants moving in.[9] In 2010, Deloitte signed a 15-year lease to occupy 10 floors of the building, becoming the anchor tenant, and taking up most of the remaining space.[10]
In June 2012, Tishman Speyer sold the building to Union Investment for US$446.5 million.[11]
555 Mission Street is 147m (482feet) with 33 above ground office floors on a 34293square feet site located on Mission Street.[1] There are two basement levels containing 180 parking spaces in a below-grade parking garage. The entire building is split into three zones, which are referred to as Low Rise, Mid Rise, and High Rise.
The Low Rise section (floors 1 to 12) contains a 20700square feet-floorplate and the Mid Rise section (floors 14 to 22) contains a 18000square feet-floorplate. The highest region, the High Rise (floors 23 to 33), contains a 16000square feet-floorplate. The building does not have a floor numbered thirteen.[12] The floor to ceiling height of the building is 9feet. To support the office tower, 555 Mission has a steel frame structure. The metal decks and concrete will support the office floors. Enclosing the steel structure is a glass curtain wall that has protruding glass and metal accent fins.
The building was awarded LEED Gold certification by the USGBC, and is San Francisco's first LEED Gold office tower.[13] Examples of green elements within the building are low flow toilets and a reflective roof to deflect solar energy.[14] The developer of the tower is Tishman Speyer.[3] [15]
The building fronts on a mid-block plaza between Mission Street and Minna Street. The park, required as part of a public space initiative by the City of San Francisco, features large outdoor sculptures by Ugo Rondinone and Jonathan Borofsky.[16]
A. Note: Two different height figures are given. Emporis lists the tower at 148.44m (487.01feet), while a San Francisco Planning Commission document lists the height at 481.5feet.[6]