555 Mission Street

Infobox Skyscraper
building_name= 555 Mission Street
year_built=


caption=The building in July 2008.
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location= 555 Mission Street
San Francisco
status= Completecite web|url=http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/turner-construction-company-completes-construction/story.aspx?guid={BDC064E2-22B5-461F-B443-141BD2A9F1BE}&dist=hppr|title=Turner Construction Company Completes Construction on San Francisco's 555 Mission Street Office Tower|date=2008-09-18|publisher=Market Watch|accessdate=2008-09-22]
use=OfficeCite web|title=555 Mission Street|url=http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=9352|publisher=SkyscraperPage.com|accessdate=2007-09-26]
groundbreaking= 2007
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opening= 2009
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roof= 458 feet (139.6 m)ref label|note01|A|a
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floor_count= 33ref label|note01|A|b
floor_area=Convert|625534|sqft|m2|1
elevator_count= 14
cost=USD $357 million
architect= Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates / Heller Manus Architects
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contractor=Turner Construction
developer= Tishman Speyer
owner=

555 Mission Street is a 33 story, 458 ft (140 m)ref label|note01|A|c office tower in the South of Market area of San Francisco, California.Cite web|title=555 Mission Street|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=555missionstreet-sanfrancisco-ca-usa|accessdate=2007-09-26|publisher=Emporis.com] Construction of the tower began in 2007 and the tower was finished on September 18, 2008.Cite web|title=Tishman Kicks Off S.F. Office Tower 33-story highrise is downtown's first since dot-com downturn|url=http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=117021|publisher="San Francisco Business Times"|date=2006-09-29|author=J.K. Dineen|accessdate=2007-09-26] The building is the first in a new generation of office towers in San Francisco's downtown. In addition, this is one out of several new highrise projects completed or under construction on Mission Street since 2000, like The Paramount, the St. Regis Museum Tower, 301 Mission Street, 101 Second Street, and JP MorganChase Building.

Description

555 Mission Street is set to rise 458 feet (140 m) with 33 above ground office floors on a Convert|34293|sqft|m2|0 site located on Mission Street. There also will be two basement levels containing 180 parking spaces in a below-grade parking garage. The entire building is split into three zones called: Low Rise, Mid Rise, and High Rise. The Low Rise section (floors 1 to 12) contains a convert|20700|sqft|m2|0-floorplate and the Mid Rise section (floors 14 to 22) contains a convert|18000|sqft|m2|-1-floorplate. The highest region, the High Rise (floors 23 to 33), contains a convert|16000|sqft|m2|-1-floorplate. The building does not have a floor numbered thirteen. [Cite web|title=555 Mission Street Interactive Views|url=http://www.555missionst.com/views/views.html#|accessdate=2007-12-09] The floor to ceiling height of the building is Convert|9|ft|m|1. To support the office tower, 555 Mission has a steel frame structure. The metal decks and concrete will support the office floors. Enclosing the steel structure is a glass curtain wall that has protruding glass and metal accent fins. The building is registered for LEED silver certification. [Cite web|title=555 Mission Street Green|url=http://www.555missionst.com/property/leed.html|accessdate=2007-12-09] Examples of green elements within the building are low flow toilets and a reflective roof to deflect solar energy. [Cite web|title=Two new projects highlight City’s green-building commitment|url=http://california.construction.com/features/archive/0805_cover.asp|publisher=California Construction|accessdate=2008-06-14|date=2008-05|first=David|last=Silva] The developer of the tower is Tishman Speyer.Cite web|title=555 Mission Street Specifications|url=http://www.555missionst.com/property/specifications.html|accessdate=2007-09-26|abbr=on]

History

The first version of 555 Mission had only 29 floors. Later, the number of floors was increased from 29 to 33. Both the 555 Mission project and the floor increase were approved in March, 2001. However, because of the office market after the Dot com bust, the developer Tishman Speyer had to stall the project for more than five years for economic conditions to improve. In 2007, six years after the building was approved for construction, work on the tower finally began. The anchor tenant of the building is DLA Piper, which is set to occupy Convert|82000|sqft|m2|-3|abbr=on on floors 22 to 26 of the tower.Cite web|title=Tishman tower bags DLA Piper: Law firm set to go first|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2008/01/21/story2.html?t=printable|date=2008-01-18|accessdate=2008-01-19|first=J.K.|last=Dineen|publisher="San Francisco Business Times"] In March 2008, law firm Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP agreed to take up Convert|60000|sqft|m2|-3|abbr=on of office space in the tower. The Convert|15000|sqft|m2|-3|abbr=on-top floor is leased by Sequoia Capital for USD $80 per square foot ($861 per square meter). As of summer 2008, close to half of the building's office space has been leased, with the possibility of more tenants moving in. [Cite web|title=Tishman Speyer tags Sequoia Capital for 555 Mission|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2008/06/23/story3.html|accessdate=2008-07-19|date=2008-06-20|publisher="San Francisco Business Times"|first=J.K.|last=Dineen] Construction activities on the tower ended on September 18, 2008.

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Notes

:A. note label|note01|A|anote label|note01|A|bnote label|note01|A|cNote: Two height figures are given. Emporis lists the tower at Convert|458|ft|m|0 tall with 33 floors. [http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=555missionstreet-sanfrancisco-ca-usa Source.] However, the SkyscraperPage San Francisco project thread and the corresponding building thread mentions the tower is Convert|482|ft|m|0|abbr=on|abbr=on tall with 34 floors. [http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=73956&page=1 Source.] [http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=117021 Source.]

ee also

*List of tallest buildings in San Francisco

References

External links

* [http://www.555missionst.com/ Official site]
* [http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=117021 SkyscraperPage.com thread]