Embarcadero Center

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Highlighted: Hyatt Regency at left and four towers. Not shown: Le Méridien hotel, located behind the other buildings, toward the right of the rightmost highlighted tower.

Embarcadero Center is a commercial complex of four office towers, two hotels, and a shopping center located in San Francisco, California. An outdoor ice skating rink opens during winter months. As of 2024, only a handful of stores remained open. [1]

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Embarcadero Center sits on a 9.8-acre (4.0 ha) site largely bounded by Clay Street (to the north), Sacramento Street (to the south), Battery Street (to the west), and the Embarcadero (to the east), in the financial district of San Francisco. [1]

The 4.8-million-square-foot (450,000 m2) complex accommodates offices for 14,000 people along with mixed-use areas accommodating retail, dining, entertainment, and cinema functions. [1]

History

In 1971, construction began with Tower One. The project was developed by Trammell Crow, David Rockefeller, and John Portman. [2]

In 1989, the last off-complex extension, Embarcadero West, was completed. The two extension buildings are west of Battery. [2]

In December 2005, Boston Properties sold the Embarcadero West building to Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association (TIAA-CREF) for more than US$205 million (equivalent to $320 million in 2023). [3]

In February 2022, the cinema’s operator closed its doors permanently. [1]

Structures

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160yds
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NameHeightFloorsYearNotes
One 173 m
568 ft
451971 [4]
Two 126 m
413 ft
301974 [5]
Three 126 m
413 ft
311977 [6]
Four 174 m
571 ft
451982 [7]
Five
(Hyatt Regency)
77 m
253 ft
201973 [8]
Embarcadero West 123 m
404 ft
341989Detached from main complex, sold in 2005, no longer part of the complex [9]
Le Méridien 96.36 m
316.1 ft
251988Formerly the Park Hyatt Hotel [10]

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References

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  3. "Big Downtown Office Building Up For Grabs". Bisnow. 2014-09-12. Retrieved 2014-10-03.
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  9. "Embarcadero West". Emporis . Archived from the original on 2016-03-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  10. "Le Méridien San Francisco". Emporis . Archived from the original on 2016-03-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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