An amalgam of three buildings, one new and two existing (from different eras), will form a new single office building with retail uses on lower floors. The new building on one side plus an existing Annex on the other side function as "seismic bookends", supporting the original 1902 structure without intrusive intervention.

The original French Empire style building was constructed in 1902 and survived the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire. An Annex was constructed in the mid-1960's, one of Charles Moore's first built designs. Our new building takes its design cues from both architectural styles while maintaining its 21st century timestamp.

A richly textured glass and aluminum facade, tempered by terra cotta panels, will be one of a very few new architectural expressions in an architecturally conservative downtown historic district.

In the mid-1980's San Francisco was down-zoned by referendum.  Now, most existing buildings exceed current height limits. A height reclassification was required to allow our new 10-story bookend to be as tall as the building it braces.