Summary
Embarcadero Center is a commercial complex of four office towers, two hotels, a shopping center with more than 125 stores, bars, and restaurants, and a fitness center on three levels located in San Francisco, California. There is an outdoor ice skating rink during winter months. Embarcadero Center sits on a 9.8-acre (4.0 ha) site largely bounded by Clay Street (to the north), Sacramento Street (to the south), Battery Street (to the west), and the Embarcadero (to the east), in the financial district of San Francisco.[1]
Developed by Trammell Crow, David Rockefeller and John Portman, construction began with Tower One in 1971, with the last off-complex extension, Embarcadero West, completed in 1989.[2] The two extension buildings are west of Battery.
Boston Properties sold the Embarcadero West building to Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association (TIAA-CREF) in December 2005 for more than US$205 million.[3]
The 4.8 million square feet (445,900 m2) complex accommodates offices for 14,000 people along with mixed-use areas accommodating retail, dining, entertainment and cinema functions. The cinema’s operator closed its doors permanently in February 2022.[1]
Structures edit
160yds
| Name | Height | Floors | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| One | 173 m 568 ft |
45 | 1971 | [4] |
| Two | 126 m 413 ft |
30 | 1974 | [5] |
| Three | 126 m 413 ft |
31 | 1977 | [6] |
| Four | 174 m 571 ft |
45 | 1982 | [7] |
| Five (Hyatt Regency) |
77 m 253 ft |
20 | 1973 | [8] |
| Embarcadero West | 123 m 404 ft |
34 | 1989 | Detached from main complex, sold in 2005, no longer part of the complex [9] |
| Le Méridien | 96.36 m 316.1 ft |
25 | 1988 | Formerly the Park Hyatt Hotel [10] |
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Night, with edge lighting effects -
Plaza Level of Two Embarcadero Center towards the back of the Hyatt Regency and the Ferry Building -
Aerial view of Five (Hyatt Regency), Four, and Three Embarcadero Center (L–R), with brick-paved Embarcadero Plaza in the foreground
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "Embarcadero Center". Emporis. Archived from the original on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
- ^ "Embarcadero Center: History". Boston Properties. 2004. Archived from the original on 28 September 2010. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
- ^ "Big Downtown Office Building Up For Grabs". Bisnow. September 12, 2014. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
- ^ "One Embarcadero Center". Emporis. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.
- ^ "Two Embarcadero Center". Emporis. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.
- ^ "Three Embarcadero Center". Emporis. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.
- ^ "Four Embarcadero Center". Emporis. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.
- ^ "Hyatt Regency San Francisco". Emporis. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.
- ^ "Embarcadero West". Emporis. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.
- ^ "Le Méridien San Francisco". Emporis. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.
Further reading edit
- Woodbridge, Sally B. (1992). San Francisco Architecture (2nd ed.). San Francisco: Chronicle Books. pp. 33–34. ISBN 0-87701-897-9.
External links edit
- Official Embarcadero Center website
- 360 degree panoramic photographs of San Francisco's Embarcadero Center Archived 2014-11-09 at the Wayback Machine, from Don Bain's 360° Panoramas
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