50 Beale Street
50 Beale Street is a 328 ft (100 m), 23-floor high-rise office building in the Financial District, San Francisco between Market Street and Mission Street. It is on the list of tallest buildings in San Francisco.
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| Former names | Bechtel Building Blue Shield of California Building |
| General information | |
| Type | Commercial offices |
| Location | 50 Beale Street San Francisco, California |
| Coordinates | 37.7912°N 122.3965°W |
| Completed | 1967 |
| Owner | Paramount Group, Inc. |
| Height | |
| Roof | 328 ft (100 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 23 |
| Floor area | 730,136 sq ft (67,831.9 m2) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill |
| References | |
| [1][2] | |
Completed in 1967, the building served as the world headquarters for Bechtel before the company moved to Reston, Virginia.[3] The building has also served as headquarters for Blue Shield of California between 1996 and 2018.[4] In 2006, Blue Shield renewed its lease and acquired naming rights to the building. The building has formerly been known as the Bechtel Building and subsequently the Blue Shield of California Building.[5]
Broadway Partners acquired the building in 2007.[6] A joint venture of The Rockefeller Group and Mitsubishi Estate New York acquired the building in September 2012.[7] The building was sold to Paramount Group, Inc. for approximately US$395 million in September 2014.[8]
Tenants
- Bechtel[3]
- Blue Shield of California[4][5]
- Instacart[9]
- VerticalResponse
- Zenefits
- San Francisco Health Authority
See also
References
- 50 Beale Street at Emporis
- "50 Beale Street". SkyscraperPage.
- Gregg, Aaron (June 7, 2018). "Bechtel to move headquarters to Reston after more than a century in San Francisco, bringing 150 jobs". The Washington Post.
- Li, Roland (March 8, 2017). "Blue Shield to move headquarters from San Francisco to Oakland with massive lease". American City Business Journals.
- "50 Beale Street to be Renamed Blue Shield of California Building" (Press release). Blue Shield of California. September 28, 2006.
- Dineen, J.K. (March 8, 2007). "Broadway Real Estate buys South San Francisco building for $66 million". American City Business Journals.
- "Rockefeller JV Acquires San Francisco's 50 Beale St". Commercial Property Executive. September 14, 2012. Archived from the original on September 12, 2014. Retrieved June 27, 2014.
- "The Rockefeller Group Sells 50 Beale for $395MM" (Press release). The Registry. September 10, 2014.
- "Scoop: Instacart grabs big helping of S.F. office space off the shelves - San Francisco Business Times". Retrieved 2019-04-19.