650 California Street

650 California Street

Alternative names	Hartford Building
Record height
Preceded by	Russ Building
Surpassed by	44 Montgomery
General information
Status	Complete
Type	Commercial offices
Location	650 California Street San Francisco
Coordinates	37°47′34″N 122°24′19″W / 37.792833°N 122.405194°W / 37.792833; -122.405194Coordinates: 37°47′34″N 122°24′19″W / 37.792833°N 122.405194°W / 37.792833; -122.405194
Completed	1964; Dinwiddie Construction Company
Owner	Columbia Property Trust Inc.
Height
Roof	142 m (466 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	34
Floor area	461,000 sq ft (42,800 m²)
Design and construction
Architect	Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
References
^[1]^[2]^[3]

650 California Street, also known as the Hartford Building, is a 34 story, 142 m, (466 feet) office tower on the northwestern edge of San Francisco's Financial District.^[4] The tower is located on California Street on the edge of Chinatown, and not far from 555 California Street. 650 California is visible from every direction except from the southeast, where the Financial District skyscrapers block the view.

Description

The building was designed by Edward Charles Bassett of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill for Hartford Insurance, its initial tenant.^[4] It is architecturally significant, featuring a tall modernist lobby, high ceilings, and an exterior skeleton of floor-to-ceiling windows recessed into a square gridwork of precast white reinforced concrete.^[5]

When this tower was completed in 1964, it was the second in San Francisco larger than 400,000 sq ft (37,000 m²).^[6] It also became California's tallest building, replacing both the Russ Building in San Francisco and the Los Angeles City Hall in Los Angeles, California.^[4] Later skyscrapers in both San Francisco and Los Angeles took the title of California's tallest from this building.

650 California was acquired for US$160 million by the Pivotal Group in 2000,^[6] and later sold to private investors, A-650 California St. LLC, and AEW Capital Management in 2007.^[7] The tower was acquired by Tishman Speyer and partner Prudential Real Estate Investors in 2012 for about US$230 million.^[8] Tishman undertook a US$14 million renovation, which included a remodeled lobby by New York-based firm MdeAS Architects. Tishman sold 650 California to Columbia Property Trust Inc. in September 2014 for US$309 million.^[9]

650 California Street passed the certification requirements for the Gold Level of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating in June 2011.^[10] The LEED building certification system is a program for rating the design, construction and operation of environmentally and socially responsible buildings.

Tenants

Key tenants include Littler Mendelson (world headquarters), Credit Suisse, and Recommind.^[11]

References

↑ 650 California Street at Emporis
↑ 650 California Street at SkyscraperPage
↑ 650 California Street at Structurae
1 2 3 "650 California Street". Emporis. Retrieved 2007-09-24.
↑ Betty J. Blum (1989). Edward Charles Bassett (1921-1999), oral history. Art Institute of Chicago. Retrieved 2007-09-24.
1 2 "Pivotal LLC purchases 650 California Street". Pivotal Group. 2000-10-13. Archived from the original on 16 October 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-24.
↑ "650 California Street". Pivotal Group. Retrieved 2009-09-24.
↑ J.K. Dineen and Blanca Torres (May 25, 2012). "Tishman’s 650 Cal buy adds to recent string of big deals". San Francisco Business Times. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
↑ Mills, David (September 10, 2014). "Office building at 650 California purchased for $309 million". San Francisco Business Times. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
↑ "Certified Project Directory", U.S. Green Building Council, Gold Level LEED-EB:OM v2009 June 2011
↑ "Significant 4Q10 Lease Transactions", MarketBeat San Francisco Office Report, Cushman & Wakefield, Oct-Dec 2010.

Timeline of the tallest buildings in California

Montgomery Block (15 m) (1853)
Old Saint Mary's Cathedral (27 m) (1854)
California State Capitol (64 m) (1874)
Chronicle Building (66 m) (1890)
Call Building (96 m) (1898)
Standard Oil Building (100 m) (1922)
Pacific Telephone Building (133 m) (1925)
Russ Building (133 m) (1927)
Los Angeles City Hall (138 m) (1928)
Hartford Building (142 m) (1965)
44 Montgomery (172 m) (1967)
Bank of America Center (237 m) (1969)
Transamerica Pyramid (260 m) (1972)
Aon Center (262 m) (1973)
U.S. Bank Tower (310 m) (1990)

Timeline of the tallest buildings in San Francisco

Montgomery Block (15 m) (1853)
Old Saint Mary's Cathedral (27 m) (1854)
Palace Hotel (37 m) (1875)
Chronicle Building (66 m) (1890)
Call Building (96 m) (1898)
Standard Oil Building (100 m) (1922)
Pacific Telephone Building (133 m) (1925)
Russ Building (133 m) (1927)
Hartford Building (142 m) (1965)
44 Montgomery (172 m) (1967)
Bank of America Center (237 m) (1969)
Transamerica Pyramid (260 m) (1972)

Tallest buildings in San Francisco

Skyscrapers over 500 feet (150 m)	Transamerica Pyramid 555 California Street 345 California Center Millennium Tower One Rincon Hill South Tower 50 Fremont Center 101 California Street 575 Market Street Four Embarcadero Center One Embarcadero Center 44 Montgomery One Market Plaza Spear Tower One Sansome Street One Rincon Hill North Tower One Front Street First Market Tower McKesson Plaza 425 Market Street Montgomery Tower

Highrises over 400 feet (120 m)	333 Bush Street Hilton San Francisco Union Square Tower I Pacific Gas & Electric Building 50 California Street St. Regis Museum Tower 100 Pine Center 45 Fremont Street 333 Market Street 650 California Street 555 Mission Street The Infinity II 100 First Plaza One California San Francisco Marriott Marquis Russ Building 140 New Montgomery JPMorgan Chase Building The Paramount Providian Financial Building Three Embarcadero Center Two Embarcadero Center 595 Market Street 123 Mission Street 101 Montgomery Embarcadero West 100 Van Ness Avenue

Highrises over 300 feet (91 m)	One Maritime Plaza Four Seasons Hotel Westin St. Francis 456 Montgomery Plaza 535 Mission Street Shell Building Park Central Hotel San Francisco 199 Fremont Street Hilton San Francisco Financial District One Market Plaza Steuart Tower 425 California Street 100 Montgomery Street Grand Hyatt San Francisco Fox Plaza 101 Second Street NEMA 580 California Street 601 California Street The Infinity I Hilton San Francisco Union Square Tower II 450 Sutter Street InterContinental San Francisco Stevenson Place 150 California Street 225 Bush Street 505 Montgomery Street Blue Shield of California Building Fairmont San Francisco 180 Montgomery Street KPMG Building Central Plaza Sir Francis Drake Hotel The Summit W San Francisco 353 Sacramento Street 555 Market Street Bank of California Building Phillip Burton Federal Building Ritz-Carlton Club and Residences San Francisco Marriott Union Square 88 Kearny Street 388 Market Street Commercial Union Assurance Building Hunter-Dulin Building One Bush Plaza San Francisco City Hall McAllister Tower Apartments Mark Hopkins Hotel Mills Tower Central Tower

Under construction	Salesforce Tower 181 Fremont Street 350 Mission Street 340 Fremont Street 399 Fremont Street Jasper LUMINA I & II 41 Tehama Street 222 Second Street

Planned and proposed	Oceanwide Center I & II Palace Hotel Residential Tower Park Tower at Transbay 706 Mission Street Treasure Island development 524 Howard Street

See also: San Francisco Designated Landmarks, Buildings and structures in San Francisco

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650 California Street

Description

Tenants

See also

References