Hyatt Regency San Francisco Downtown SOMA

The Hyatt Regency San Francisco Downtown SOMA is a 36-story highrise hotel at 50 Third Street in San Francisco, California.

Hyatt Regency San Francisco Downtown SOMA
Hyatt Regency San Francisco Downtown SOMA, on far left, overlooking Yerba Buena Gardens
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Hotel chain	Hyatt Hotels
General information
Address	50 Third Street San Francisco, California
Coordinates	37.78654°N 122.40309°W / 37.78654; -122.40309
Opening	October 1983
Owner	Highgate Hotels
Management	Highgate Hotels
Height	114 m (374 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	36
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Hornberger + Worstell
Developer	Arcon/Pacific Ltd.[1]
Other information
Number of rooms	686 rooms
Website
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History

The Hotel Meridien San Francisco opened in October 1983,^[4] managed by the Meridien Hotels division of Air France, as the first private project of the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency's development in the Yerba Buena district.^[5] Democratic candidate Walter Mondale stayed at the hotel during the 1984 Democratic National Convention at the adjacent Moscone Center.^[6] The hotel was sold to ANA Hotels for $100 million in 1988 and renamed ANA Hotel San Francisco.^[7] Scenes in David Fincher's 1997 film The Game were shot in the hotel. ANA sold it, along with their Washington, DC hotel, to Lowe Enterprises on September 29, 1998 for $270 million.^[8] Lowe subsidiary Destination Hotels assumed management, renaming the property The Argent Hotel.^[9]

Following its sale in 2005 to Highgate Holdings and Whitehall Street Global Real Estate Partnership,^[10] the hotel underwent a $28.3 million renovation in early 2007 and was renamed The Westin Market Street San Francisco on April 12, 2007.^[11] LaSalle Hotel Properties acquired the hotel for $350 million on January 23, 2015 and renamed it the Park Central Hotel San Francisco.^[12] In November 2018, Pebblebrook Hotel Trust acquired La Salle Hotel Properties for $5.2 billion.^[13] Pebblebrook immediately sold a number of La Salle's hotels, including the Park Central, which was bought for $315.2 million by Highgate Hotels, a division of Morgan Stanley.^[14] On December 18, 2020, Highgate entered into a franchise agreement for the Park Central to become a Hyatt affiliate hotel,^[15] while it was renovated at a cost of $50 million. The renovations added 5 rooms, for a total of 686.^[14] At the conclusion of the renovations, the hotel joined the Hyatt Regency brand and was renamed Hyatt Regency San Francisco Downtown SOMA on February 16, 2022.^[16]

Facilities

The hotel has 23,000 square feet of meeting and event space, including a 9,000 square-foot ballroom with capacity of up to 1,200 guests.^[12]