Oceanwide Center is a mixed-use skyscraper complex on hold in the South of Market neighborhood of San Francisco, California, consisting of two towers.[5]
Oceanwide Center | |
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General information | |
Status | Under construction |
Type | Commercial offices Residential condominiums Hotel |
Location | 50 First Street San Francisco, California |
Coordinates | 37.7903°N 122.3985°W |
Groundbreaking | 2016 |
Construction started | 2017 |
Estimated completion | unknown |
Owner | Oceanwide Holdings |
Height | |
Architectural | Tower I: 910 ft (280 m) Tower II: 625 ft (191 m) |
Roof | Tower I: 850 ft (260 m) Tower II: 605 ft (184 m) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | Tower I: 61 Tower II: 54 |
Floor area | Tower I: 1,432,872 sq ft (133,118.2 m2) Tower II: 631,638 sq ft (58,681.1 m2) |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Foster + Partners Heller Manus Architects |
Developer | Oceanwide Center LLC |
Structural engineer | Magnusson Klemencic Associates |
Other information | |
Number of units | Tower I: 111 Tower II: 169 hotel, 154 residential |
References | |
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The taller tower, located at 50 First Street, is expected to rise 910 feet (280 m) and contain 34 stories (1,010,000 square feet (94,000 m2)) of office space below 19 floors with approximately 111 residential units.[3] The base of the tower includes a six-story tall, outdoor "urban room" of public open space.[6] The tower will feature diagonal, exterior bracing and taper towards the top, reminiscent of the John Hancock Center in Chicago.[7] If completed as proposed, the 905-foot (276 m) tower would become San Francisco's second-tallest building after Salesforce Tower, surpassing the long time record-holder, the Transamerica Pyramid.
The shorter tower, at 512 Mission Street, is planned to climb 605 feet (184 m) and will contain the 169-room Waldorf Astoria San Francisco hotel on the first 21 floors[8] and approximately 154 residential units on the upper 33 floors.[3][9]
The parcels around 50 First Street were upzoned as part of the Transit Center District Plan approved in 2012 in conjunction with the new Salesforce Transit Center.[10] The parcels were originally assembled by developer David Choo and a plan was floated in 2007 for towers as tall as 1,200 feet (370 m) designed by Renzo Piano.[11] Choo was eventually forced to sell the property during the 2008 financial crisis.[12]
In 2013, TMG Partners and Northwood Investors acquired the property out of bankruptcy court for US$122 million.[13] TMG and Northwood hired Foster + Partners and Heller Manus Architects to re-design the project.[14] In 2015, Beijing-based Oceanwide Holdings acquired the property for US$296 million.[15][16] A groundbreaking ceremony for the buildings was held on December 8, 2016.[17][18]
Construction on the shorter of the two towers was suspended in 2019 due to economic conditions.[19] Subsequently, the construction on the second, taller tower was also halted in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic[19] and had not resumed construction as of May 2024.
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