Millennium Tower (San Francisco)
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Coordinates: For other buildings with the same name, see Millennium Tower (disambiguation page)
| Millennium Tower | |
The Millennium Tower in February 2008. |
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| Information | |
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| Location | 301 Mission Street San Francisco |
| Status | Under construction |
| Groundbreaking | 2005[1] |
| Estimated completion | 2008[1] |
| Opening | Late 2009 (est.) |
| Use | Mixed-use[1] |
| Height | |
| Antenna/Spire | 645 ft (197 m)[1] |
| Roof | 635 ft (194 m)[2] |
| Top floor | 625 ft (191 m)[2] |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 60[A] |
| Floor area | 1,150,000 square feet (106,800 m²)[2] |
| Elevator count | 14[1] |
| Cost | USD $350 million[3] |
| Companies | |
| Architect | Handel Architects[1] |
| Contractor | Webcor Builders[2] |
| Developer | Millennium Partners[4] |
The Millennium Tower is a blue-gray glass, 60-story[A][3] highrise condo tower currently under construction in the South of Market portion of the Financial District in San Francisco. 301 Mission Street is a 12 story amenity building located north of the Millennium Tower.[5] The Millennium Tower complex in which the tower rises from (on the south end) is located on Mission Street and is bounded by the Fremont and Beale Streets and the north end of the Transbay Terminal.[6] The entire complex is currently projected for completion sometime in 2008.[1]
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[edit] Description
The USD $350 million project is developed by Millennium Partners of New York City and designed by Handel Architects.[4][3] At 645 ft. (197 m), it will be the fourth tallest building in San Francisco when completed, and the tallest since 345 California Street in 1986.[4][7] The tower is slender, with each floor containing 14,000 square feet (1,300 m²) of floor space.[8] In addition to the 60-story tower, there is a 125-foot (38 m) 12-story tower on the north end of the complex.[4] Between the two towers is a two-story glass atrium approximately 43 ft. (13 m) tall. In total, the project will have 440 units, consisting of 320 residences and 120 extended-stay hotel units.[4] The residences are said to be the priciest on the West Coast, with penthouse units on floors 59 and 60 selling for around USD$ 12 million.[9][10] The bottom 25 floors of the main tower will be called Residences while the floors from 26 to 60 will have the name Grand Residences. The 53 units in the 12-story tower will be called the City Residences.[3] Below street level, there will be 355 parking spaces in a four-story underground garage located under the midrise building.[4] Overall, the tower's design is intended to resemble a translucent crystal, and is a landmark for the Transbay Redevelopment and the southern skyline of San Francisco.[8]
[edit] History
The current building replaced an earlier design which included two towers called 301 Mission Street I & 301 Mission Street II linked together by a six story podium.[11] The earlier design was never built and the current plan replaced it sometime around 2003. Soon afterward, the project was approved 4-1 and construction began in 2005.[1] The only against vote came from Sue Lee.[4]
[edit] Construction
This is the tallest building under construction in San Francisco.
[edit] Millennium Tower
As with almost any high rise construction project, Webcor used a tower crane on the worksite. The massive concrete foundation mat for the 60-story tower has been completed on the one-acre site. As of June, 2008, the first 60 floors are built, the concrete core rises to 61 stories (roof level), curtainwall glass is installed from floor 3 to 60, and ventilation panels are located on the second floor. The building topped out on February 8 and Webcor held a topping-off ceremony.[12][13] There is scaffolding surrounding the building from street level to the 3rd floor. Millennium Partners uses this structure to hang advertising sheets for the building. The building is currently the fourth tallest building in San Francisco.[2][3] The yellow tower crane on the top of the building was replaced by a smaller red derrick crane. Work is underway on the steel crown of the building and the first phase of the crown structure is complete.[14]
[edit] 301 Mission Street
Excavation work is complete and well as the entire underground parking garage. Currently, the concrete structure reaches up to the 13th level or the roof. Glass covers all 12 floors of the midrise building. The crane used to construct the midrise has been removed. The Beale Street Pedestrian Bridge spanning from the site of the midrise to 201 Mission Street is gone. The atrium connecting this midrise to the skyscraper has been built.[2][14]
[edit] Gallery
For a detailed construction gallery, see SF Construction Pictures
 Construction site on August 16, there are lots of equipment and items lying around. |
 Site in late October. |
 View on 1-14-07. |
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 The tower site in May 2007. |
 The tower in mid-July 2007. |
 The Millennium Tower in September 2007. |
 Milleneum Tower in February 2008 |
[edit] Notes
- A. a b Number of floors varies from 58 to 60 due to whether the top mechanical levels (levels 59 and 60) are counted as floors, in which the corresponding SkyscraperPage thread (source), the Millennium Tower's website (source) and Webcor Builders (source) does include in the total number of floors: 60 floors. However, Emporis (source) nor the SkyscraperPage San Francisco project rundown thread (source) leading to the floor count of 58 floors.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Millennium Tower. SkyscraperPage. Retrieved on 2007-08-17.
- ^ a b c d e f MILLENNIUM TOWER (301 MISSION STREET), SAN FRANCISCO, CA. Webcor.com. Retrieved on 2007-09-29.
- ^ a b c d e Millennium pours on condos. San Francisco Business Times (2007-06-15). Retrieved on 2007-09-29.
- ^ a b c d e f g Planners approve 58-story tower / 301 Mission St. would be S.F.'s 4th-tallest. San Francisco Chronicle (2003-08-01). Retrieved on 2007-09-29.
- ^ 301 Mission Street. Emporis.com. Retrieved on 2007-09-27.
- ^ Site description based on Google Earth images.
- ^ 345 California Center. Emporis.com. Retrieved on 2007-08-14.
- ^ a b King, John (2003-12-21). A chance to reach new heights Towers could energize S.F. skyline. San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved on 2007-09-29.
- ^ Dineen, J. (2007-11-02). The sky's the limit. San Francisco Business Times. Retrieved on 2007-11-23.
- ^ Temple, James (2008-02-16). High-end home sales soar in Bay Area. San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved on 2008-02-17.
- ^ Rundown of San Francisco's Projects! Under Construction, Approved, and Proposed.... SkyscraperPage. Retrieved on 2007-09-29.
- ^ SPECTACULAR VIEW OF A 60-STORY MILESTONE. San Francisco Chronicle (2008-02-09). Retrieved on 2008-02-17.
- ^ Hromack, Sarah (2008-02-08). First Glimpse: Millennium Top Off Party. Curbed SF. Retrieved on 2008-02-09.
- ^ a b SAN FRANCISCO: 301 Mission Street - 645' - 60 Stories - U/C. SkyscraperPage. Retrieved on 2008-06-07.
