MIRA (building)

Folsom Bay Tower
Location within San Francisco
MIRA (building) (California)
MIRA (building) (the US)
General information
Status Under construction
Type Residential condominiums
Location 160 Folsom Street
San Francisco, California
Coordinates 37°47′24″N 122°23′30″W / 37.79°N 122.3918°W / 37.79; -122.3918Coordinates: 37°47′24″N 122°23′30″W / 37.79°N 122.3918°W / 37.79; -122.3918
Construction started 2017
Estimated completion 2020
Owner Tishman Speyer (50%)
Shanghai Longlife Business Group Co. Ltd. (50%)
Height
Architectural 422 ft (129 m)[1]
Roof 398 ft (121 m)[1]
Technical details
Floor count 39
Design and construction
Architect Studio Gang Architects
Developer Tishman Speyer
Main contractor Lendlease
Other information
Number of units 391
References
[2][3][4][1]

MIRA (originally called Folsom Bay Tower) is a proposed 39-story, 422-foot (129 m) residential skyscraper under construction in San Francisco, California.

The tower will be located on Block 1 of the San Francisco Transbay development plan at the corner of Folsom and Spear Streets, near the Embarcadero.[5] Developed by Tishman Speyer, the project is planned to contain 391 condominiums, with 156 designated below-market-rate, and is expected to be completed in 2020.[6] In addition to the tower, the project includes an eight-story podium at Folsom and Main and a four-story row of townhomes along Clementina Street.[7] The project is located across the street from two other Tishman Speyer properties, The Infinity and LUMINA.

The rippled tower design by architect Jeanne Gang of Studio Gang Architects was first unveiled in 2014.[8] The parcel is located on former right-of-way of the now-demolished Embarcadero Freeway. Originally zoned for 300 feet (91 m), the parcel was upzoned to 400 feet (120 m) when the developer agreed to increase the ratio of affordable housing from 33% to 40%.[9] The parcel was officially sold to the developer in 2016.[10] Shanghai Longlife Business Group Co. Ltd. acquired a 50% stake in the project in March 2017.[11] Construction started in April 2017.[6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "CEQA Evaluation of Shadow impacts for 160 Folsom Street / Transbay Block 1" (PDF). PreVision Design. San Francisco Office of Community Investment and Infrastructure. October 14, 2015. p. 10.
  2. ↑ "MIRA". CTBUH Skyscraper Database.
  3. ↑ MIRA (building) at Emporis
  4. ↑ "MIRA". SkyscraperPage.
  5. ↑ "New Timing for Twisty Transbay Tower". SocketSite. March 21, 2017.
  6. 1 2 "Preliminary Work Started on Folsom Bay Tower". Organized Labor. San Francisco Building and Construction Trades Council. April 29, 2017.
  7. ↑ "New Timing and Details for That Twisty 400-Foot Tower Project". SocketSite. June 21, 2016.
  8. ↑ King, John (July 10, 2014). "Famed Chicago architect Jeanne Gang unveils rippled S.F. tower". San Francisco Chronicle.
  9. ↑ King, John (January 15, 2016). "Folsom tower developer agrees to 40% affordable housing". San Francisco Chronicle.
  10. ↑ "Resolution No. 291-16" (PDF). San Francisco Board of Supervisors. July 26, 2017.
  11. ↑ Li, Roland (March 22, 2017). "Exclusive: Chinese investor buys 50% stake in Tishman Speyer's 400-foot S.F. waterfront tower". San Francisco Business Times.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.