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Hines Proposes West Coast’s Tallest Tower at 77 Beale Street

The application kicks off an environmental impact review ahead of city negotiations over developer contributions to housing and transit.

The Bank of America Tower in New York City is 1,200 feet tall. 
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The Empire State Building in New York City is 1,250 feet tall.
The former PG&E building is reflected on the front of the 50 Beale St. building in San Francisco, in 2018. A tower is proposed to replace the PG&E buildings that would stand taller than Salesforce Tower.

Overview

  • The 1,225-foot mixed-use skyscraper would surpass Los Angeles’s Wilshire Grand Center to become the tallest building west of the Mississippi and the 11th tallest in the U.S.
  • Hines filed its formal application on July 11 to replace the former PG&E headquarters with 1.6 million square feet of premium office space, retail, restaurants and a mid-block public garden.
  • The plan covers an entire city block and includes restoring two historic PG&E/Matson buildings and converting the small office at 25 Beale Street into 120 housing units.
  • No architect has yet been selected for the design, following Hines’s earlier consultations on a residential proposal for the site.
  • City agencies and community stakeholders will negotiate a development agreement outlining contributions toward affordable housing and transit improvements.