535 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105

535 Mission Street
General information
Status	Topped-out
Type	Commercial offices
Architectural style	Modernism
Location	535 Mission Street San Francisco, California
Coordinates	37.788866°N 122.39821°WCoordinates: 37.788866°N 122.39821°W
Construction started	2008
Estimated completion	2014
Cost	US$215 million
Height
Roof	378 ft (115 m)
Technical details
Floor count	27
Floor area	307,000 sq ft (29,000 m2)
Design and construction
Architect	HOK
Developer	Boston Properties, Inc.
Main contractor	Swinerton

535 Mission Street is an office skyscraper under construction in the South of Market district of San Francisco, California. Its design calls for 27 stories and 378 ft (115 m) above street level.^[3] It is adjacent to the Transbay Transit Center site and located on the same block as 100 First Plaza, 555 Mission Street, and 101 Second Street.

In 1984, a partnership called Bredero-Northern filed an application for a 300 foot (91 m) tall, 23-story office building. The Environmental Impact Report was certified in 1986, but the project was subsequently withdrawn by the developers and never built. In 1999, a new sponsor called DWI Development, Inc. proposed a 22-story, approximately 294 foot (90 m) tall building, which was approved in April 2000. Following the dot-com crash, Hines Interests Limited Partnership took over the project and in 2002 demolished the existing structures and built a temporary parking lot until the economy recovered.

With the office market slow to recover, the site was sold in 2003 to Monahan Pacific for $19.2 million, with plans to switch the development to condominiums. In 2005, the site was approved for a 35-story, 360 foot (110 m) tall building containing up to 273 housing units.However, by 2006, citing an “overheated” residential real estate market, Monahan Pacific sold the development site to Beacon Capital Partners for $30 million, who changed the plans back to offices.

Beacon broke ground on 535 Mission during the summer of 2008, driving piles and laying the building’s foundation. In October, with the onset of the 2008 financial crisis, construction on the building was halted.After lying dormant for four years, the site was sold along with already purchased construction materials to Boston Properties for $71 million. Boston Properties restarted construction in 2013 and expects to complete the project by the fall of 2014. Topping-out ceremonies were held on January 8, 2014. Upon completion, the building plans to attain LEED Gold status.

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