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In the shadow of the Salesforce Tower and 181 Fremont in San Francisco rises another skyline-defining office tower. A collaboration between Golub & Company, The John Buck Company, MetLife, and architects Goettsch Partners and Solomon Cordwell Buenz, the 43-storey Park Tower at Transbay will offer Bay views from 70 percent of the flexible floors.
Although the tower is somewhat simpler in its design than its taller counterparts, the building's focus on amenities is immediately noticeable. The exterior is wrapped in 14 exclusive sky decks and over 50,000 square feet of outdoor and open space. With the Transbay Transit Center and its massive rooftop park right next door, workers will have a variety of places to settle down and enjoy a break.
Located at the corner of Howard and Beale Streets in the skyscraper-rich South of Market (SoMa) neighbourhood, the 184-metre tower is designed as a series of three blocks that offer different floor plate sizes. The outdoor terraces are then carved out within these unique massing elements. Like most recent skyscrapers in the area, the tower will be outfitted with floor-to-ceiling glass, with vertical fins enhancing the height. The podium is also accented by vertical double fins and a module of fritted glass, which is then repeated throughout the base to connect the materiality of the three tower massings.
The base of the tower will include a sheltered 5,000-square-foot outdoor plaza. Designated as a privately owned public space, the plaza abuts the tower's dramatic three-storey open-air lobby and the attached retail space. A large site-specific art installation is anticipated for the main wall of the tower's core. So far, the site has given way to the central concrete core and perimeter supporting columns, a sign that the development has just begun its ascent. Park Tower is scheduled for delivery in late 2018.
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