225 Bush Street

225 Bush Street

Former names	Standard Oil Building
Record height
Preceded by	Call Building
Surpassed by	Pacific Telephone Building
General information
Type	Commercial offices
Location	225 Bush Street San Francisco, California
Coordinates	37°47′27″N 122°24′05″W / 37.79086°N 122.40147°W / 37.79086; -122.40147Coordinates: 37°47′27″N 122°24′05″W / 37.79086°N 122.40147°W / 37.79086; -122.40147
Completed	1922
Owner	Kylli Inc. Flynn Properties, Inc.
Height
Roof	328 ft (100 m)
Technical details
Floor count	22
Floor area	560,000 sq ft (52,000 m²)
Design and construction
Architect	George W. Kelham
Main contractor	Dinwiddie Construction Company
References
^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

225 Bush Street, originally known as the Standard Oil Building, is a 328-foot (100 m), 25-floor office building in the financial district of San Francisco. The building includes 21 floors of office space, 1 floor of retail, 1 storage floor and 2 basement levels including the garage. It was the tallest building in the city from its completion in 1922 until 1925.

It contains approximately 560,000 sq ft (52,000 m²) of rentable space. It is a historic building, serving as the headquarters for Standard Oil of California, now Chevron, for over half a century. Architect George W. Kelham designed the Standard Oil Building for John D. Rockefeller and modeled it on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York Building.^[6] Composed of two buildings, the old wing was built in the 1920s. The new wing was built in the 1950s.

Tenants

Tenants include:^[7]

Outbrain
Blue Shield of California
Groupon
General Assembly
Radius Intelligence
Lithium Technologies (HQ)
LendUp (HQ)
Twitch (HQ)
Meltwater (HQ)
Wells Fargo
Benefit Cosmetics (HQ)
Ginger.io (HQ)
TinyCo (HQ)
Affirm (HQ)
RocketSpace
LiveRamp (HQ)
Synergy_(software) (HQ)
Mercari

References

↑ 225 Bush Street at Emporis
↑ 225 Bush Street at SkyscraperPage
↑ 225 Bush Street at Structurae
↑ Dineen, J.K. (2012-08-31). "After paying $212M, Flynn to redo 225 Bush". San Francisco Business Times. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
↑ Weintraub, Adam (2014-05-22). "Iconic 225 Bush St. trades hands for second time in two years, this time for $350 million". San Francisco Business Times. Retrieved 2014-05-23.
↑ "225 Bush Street: Long the home of entrepreneurial spirit" (PDF). Thermal Times. Vol. 4 (Issue 2) (NRG Energy Center San Francisco). Fall 2013.
↑ Weintraub, Adam (2014-05-22). "Iconic 225 Bush St. trades hands for second time in two years, this time for $350 million". San Francisco Business Times. Retrieved 2014-12-03.

External links

Official website

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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