List of tallest buildings in San Francisco

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city of San Francisco, California

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, is the site of over 410 high-rises, 44 of which stand taller than 400 feet (122 m). The tallest building in the city is the Transamerica Pyramid

Transamerica Pyramid

The Transamerica Pyramid is the tallest skyscraper in the San Francisco skyline and one of its most iconic. Although the building no longer houses the headquarters of the Transamerica Corporation, it is still strongly associated with the company and is depicted in the company's logo...

, which rises 853 ft (260 m) and is currently the 31st-tallest building in the United States

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. Another famous San Francisco skyscraper is 555 California Street, which is the city's second tallest building. It is also known as Bank of America Center.

Many of San Francisco's tallest buildings, particularly its office skyscraper

Skyscraper

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s, were completed in a massive building boom that occurred from the late 1960s until the late 1980s. This boom was dubbed a "Manhattanization

Manhattanization

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wave" by residents of the city, and led to local legislation passed that set in some of the strictest building height limit requirements in the country. This led to a slowdown of skyscraper construction during the 1990s, but construction of taller buildings has resumed recently as the building height requirements have been relaxed and overlooked in light of recent economic activity. The city is currently going through a second boom, with 34 buildings over 400 feet (122 m) proposed, approved, or under construction in the city. San Francisco boasts 21 skyscrapers that rise at least 492 feet (150 m) in height. Overall, San Francisco's skyline is ranked (based upon existing and under construction buildings over 492 feet (150 m) tall) second in the Pacific coast region

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(after Los Angeles) and seventh in the United States, after New York City

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, Chicago

Chicago

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, Miami, Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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, Houston, and Dallas.

Due to a housing shortage and the subsequent real estate boom, the city's strict building height code has been relaxed over the years, and there have been many skyscrapers proposed for construction in the city; some, such as the One Rincon Hill South Tower

One Rincon Hill

One Rincon Hill is a residential complex on the apex of Rincon Hill in San Francisco, California, United States. The complex, designed by Solomon, Cordwell, Buenz and Associates and developed by Urban West Associates, consists of two skyscrapers that share a common townhouse podium. One tower, One...

, have already been completed. Several other taller buildings are proposed in connection with the Transbay Terminal

San Francisco Transbay Terminal

San Francisco Transbay Transit Terminal, or simply Transbay Terminal, was a transportation complex in San Francisco, California, USA, located roughly in the center of the rectangle bounded north–south by Mission Street and Howard Street, and east–west by Beale Street and 2nd Street...

redevelopment project. The San Francisco Transbay development

San Francisco Transbay development

The San Francisco Transbay development plan consists of three supertall skyscrapers and ten other skyscrapers and highrises proposed in San Francisco. The towers are proposed to fund the replacement of the San Francisco Transbay Terminal in the South of Market neighborhood near the Financial...

consists of 10 skyscrapers set to rise over 400 feet (122 m) tall, with three of the towers scheduled to rise over 1,000 feet (305 m). If constructed, these towers would be the first buildings in San Francisco to qualify as supertalls, and would be among the tallest in the United States. Many other tall proposals have been submitted as well, including the Sun Tower

Treasure Island development

The Treasure Island Development is a planned redevelopment on Treasure Island and parts of Yerba Buena Island in San Francisco Bay between San Francisco and Oakland within San Francisco city limits. Treasure Island's development is set to break ground during the year 2012.- Master Plan:The...

, which is planned to rise on Treasure Island.

Tallest buildings

This list ranks San Francisco skyscrapers that stand at least 400 feet (122 m) tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. An equal sign (=) following a rank indicates the same height between two or more buildings. The "Year" column indicates the year in which a building was completed. Freestanding towers, while not habitable buildings, are included for comparison purposes but not ranked.

Rank	Name	Height ft (m)	Floors	Year	Notes
1	Transamerica Pyramid Transamerica Pyramid The Transamerica Pyramid is the tallest skyscraper in the San Francisco skyline and one of its most iconic. Although the building no longer houses the headquarters of the Transamerica Corporation, it is still strongly associated with the company and is depicted in the company's logo...	853 (260)	48	1972	Has been the tallest building in San Francisco since 1972; 3rd-tallest building in California, 32nd-tallest in the United States, and 143rd-tallest in the world; tallest building on the West Coast West Coast of the United States West Coast or Pacific Coast are terms for the westernmost coastal states of the United States. The term most often refers to the states of California, Oregon, and Washington. Although not part of the contiguous United States, Alaska and Hawaii do border the Pacific Ocean but can't be included in... from 1972 until 1974; tallest building constructed in San Francisco in the 1970s
2	555 California Street	779 (237)	52	1969	56th-tallest building in the United States; tallest building on the West Coast from 1969 to 1972; formerly known as Bank of America Center; tallest building constructed in the city in the 1960s
3	345 California Center 345 California Center 345 California Center is a 48 story office tower located in the San Francisco financial district. Completed in 1986, the tower is the third-tallest in the city after the Transamerica Pyramid and 555 California Street, and was originally proposed at taller....	695 (212)	48	1986	Tallest mid-block skyscraper in San Francisco; tallest building constructed in the city in the 1980s Height shown includes flagpoles.
4	Millennium Tower	645 (197)	58	2009	Tallest building constructed in the city in the 2000s, and the tallest mixed-use residential building.
5	One Rincon Hill South Tower One Rincon Hill One Rincon Hill is a residential complex on the apex of Rincon Hill in San Francisco, California, United States. The complex, designed by Solomon, Cordwell, Buenz and Associates and developed by Urban West Associates, consists of two skyscrapers that share a common townhouse podium. One tower, One...	641 (195)	60	2008	Tallest all-residential building in the city
6	50 Fremont Center 50 Fremont Center 50 Fremont Center is a office skyscraper rising 600 ft. up from Fremont and Mission Street on the boundary of the San Francisco's Financial District and South of Market Area...	600 (183)	43	1985
7	101 California Street 101 California Street 101 California Street is a 48-story office building completed in 1982 in the Financial District of San Francisco, California. The tower providing of office space is bounded by California-, Davis-, Front-, and Pine Streets near Market Street....	600 (183)	48	1982
8	Chevron Tower Chevron Tower Market Center formerly known as the Standard Oil Buildings and later The Chevron Towers is a complex comprising two skyscrapers at 555-575 Market Street in the Financial District of downtown San Francisco, California....	573 (175)	40	1975
9	Four Embarcadero Center Four Embarcadero Center Four Embarcadero Center is a class-A office skyscraper in the Financial District of San Francisco, California. The building is part of the Embarcadero Center complex of six interconnected buildings and one off-site extension. The skyscraper, completed in 1982, stands with 45 stories...	570 (174)	45	1982
10	One Embarcadero Center One Embarcadero Center One Embarcadero Center is an class-A office skyscraper in the Financial District of San Francisco, California. The building is part of the Embarcadero Center complex of six interconnected buildings and one off-site extension. The skyscraper, completed in 1971, stands tall with 45 stories without...	569 (173)	45	1971
11	44 Montgomery Street 44 Montgomery Street 44 Montgomery is an office skyscraper in the heart of San Francisco's Financial District. The tower stands and has 43 floors. When completed in 1967, it was the tallest building west of Dallas until 555 California Street was erected in 1969. The building was once the world headquarters for Wells...	565 (172)	43	1967
12	Spear Tower One Market Plaza One Market Plaza is a complex of three office buildings at 1 Market Street along the San Francisco Embarcadero. The historic 11-story Southern Pacific Building, also known as "The Landmark", was completed in 1916, and incorporated into the development in 1976 that includes the 43-storey Spear...	564 (172)	43	1976
13	Citicorp Center Citicorp Center (San Francisco) One Sansome Street, also known as Citigroup Center, is an office skyscraper located at the intersection of Sutter and Sansome Streets in the Financial District of San Francisco, California near Market Street...	550 (168)	41-43 (43 if including basement)	1984
14	Shaklee Terraces Shaklee Terraces Shaklee Terraces also known as One Front Street is an office skyscraper in the Financial District of San Francisco, California. The 38 floor, tower was completed in 1979. The composition of the façade closely resembles that of the Shell Building by Emil Fahrenkamp, which was built in Berlin in 1931...	538 (164)	38	1979
15	First Market Tower First Market Tower First Market Tower is an office skyscraper at First- and Market Streets in the financial district of San Francisco, California. The , 39 floor tower was the second largest office building in the city when completed in 1973-See also:...	529 (161)	39	1973
15	McKesson Plaza McKesson Plaza McKesson Plaza is an office skyscraper located on Market Street in the financial district of San Francisco, California. The 38 story building serves as headquarters for the McKesson Corporation.-See also:* San Francisco's tallest buildings...	529 (161)	38	1969
17	425 Market Street 425 Market Street 425 Market Street is an office skyscraper located on the corner of Market- and Fremont Streets in the financial district of San Francisco, California. The , 38 floor office tower was completed in 1973. It was built by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company as their "Pacific Coast Headquarters" and...	525 (160)	38	1973
18	Telesis Tower Telesis Tower Post Montgomery Center, formerly Pacific Telesis Tower is an office skyscraper located at Post- and Kearny Streets in the financial district of San Francisco, California. The , 38 storey tower was completed in 1982, and is connected by the Crocker Galleria mall to McKesson Plaza.-External links:*...	500 (152)	38	1982
19	333 Bush Street 333 Bush Street 333 Bush Street is an office skyscraper located in the financial district of San Francisco, California. The 43 floor, building designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill was completed in 1986 and contains seven stories of separately owned residential condominium space.Its owners Hines and Sterling...	495 (151)	43	1986
20	Hilton San Francisco Tower I Hilton San Francisco & Towers Hilton San Francisco Union Square is a skyscraper hotel located several blocks south-west of Union Square in San Francisco, California. The 46-storey, Tower I, was completed in 1971, with the addition of Tower II at and 23 floors completed in 1987...	493 (150)	46	1971	Tallest building used exclusively as a hotel in the city
21	Pacific Gas & Electric Building Pacific Gas & Electric Building The Pacific Gas & Electric Building is a skyscraper located at 77 Beale- and Mission-streets in the financial district of San Francisco, California. Completed in 1971, the 34 story building is headquarters for Pacific Gas and Electric Company, the main utility provider for Northern California, and...	492 (150)	34	1971
22	50 California Street 50 California Street 50 California Street is a 37-storey office tower completed in 1972 at the foot of California Street in the Financial District of San Francisco, California. There is an plaza located at the foot of the building. The building is owned and managed by the Shorenstein Company.-External links:...	487 (148)	37	1972
23	St. Regis San Francisco St. Regis Museum Tower St. Regis Museum Tower is a highrise in the South of Market district of San Francisco, California, adjacent to Yerba Buena Gardens, Moscone Center, PacBell Building and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The 42-storey, tower is bounded by Mission Street, 3rd Streets and is operated by...	484 (147)	42	2005
24	100 Pine Center 100 Pine Center 100 Pine Center is a class-A office building at the northwest corner of Pine Street and Front Street in San Francisco's Financial District. The building is with 33 floors, and of rentable office space, a 150-car garage including 30 valet parking spaces....	476 (145)	33	1972
24	45 Fremont Center 45 Fremont Center 45 Fremont Center is a , 34-floor high-rise office building in the Financial District of San Francisco, California between Market Street and Mission Street...	476 (145)	34	1978
26	333 Market Street 333 Market Street 333 Market Street is a class-A office skyscraper on Market Street between Fremont and Beale in the Financial District of San Francisco, California. The , 33-storey tower was designed by Gin Wong Associates, and completed in 1979....	472 (144)	33	1979
27	650 California Street 650 California Street 650 California Street, also known as the Hartford Building, is a 34 story, 142 m, office tower on the northwestern edge of San Francisco's Financial District. The tower is located on California Street on the edge of Chinatown, and not far from 555 California Street...	466 (142)	34	1964
28	555 Mission Street 555 Mission Street 555 Mission Street is a 33 story, office tower in the South of Market area of San Francisco, California. Construction of the tower began in 2007 and the tower was finished on September 18, 2008. The building is the first in a new generation of office towers in San Francisco's downtown...	458 (140)	33	2008
29	The Infinity I The Infinity The Infinity or 300 Spear Street is a mixed-use residential condominium development in San Francisco, California consisting of 2 high-rise towers and 2 low-rise buildings. The complex is the first phase of a massive residential development encompassing two city blocks...	450 (137)	41	2008
30	100 First Plaza 100 First Plaza 100 First Plaza is a 27-floor, skyscraper in the financial district of San Francisco, California completed in 1988. It is the 30th-tallest building in the city...	447 (136)	27	1988
31	One California One California One California is a skyscraper completed in 1969 in the Financial District of San Francisco, California. At , and 32-storeys, it is the 28th-tallest building in the city. The architect who designed the building was Welton Becket Associates. The building was constructed on the site of the previously...	438 (134)	32	1969
32	San Francisco Marriott San Francisco Marriott The San Francisco Marriott Marquis is a 39-story skyscraper in the Financial District of San Francisco, California. Situated at the intersection of Fourth and Mission Streets, across from the Sony Metreon and Moscone Convention Center, the building is recognizable by the distinctive postmodern...	436 (133)	39	1989
33	Russ Building Russ Building The Russ Building is a Neo-Gothic office tower located in the Financial District of San Francisco, California. The building was completed in 1927 and had 32 floors as well as the city's first indoor parking garage...	435 (132)	32	1927	Tied as the tallest building constructed in the city in the 1920s
33	PacBell Building PacBell Building The PacBell Building or 140 New Montgomery Street in San Francisco's South of Market district is a Neo-Gothic, office tower located close to the St. Regis Museum Tower and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The 26-floor building was completed in 1925 and was San Francisco's first significant...	435 (132)	26	1925	Tied as the tallest building constructed in the city in the 1920s
35	JP MorganChase Building JP MorganChase Building The JPMorgan Chase Building is an office building in San Francisco, California, 560-584 Mission Street, on the border between South of Market and the Financial District. Designed by architect César Pelli, the building stands and has about of office space. It also has two levels of underground...	420 (128)	31	2002
35	The Paramount The Paramount (apartment tower) The Paramount, or 680 Mission Street at Third is a 40-story rental-apartment tower that is located in South of Market just outside of the Financial District on Mission Street in San Francisco....	420 (128)	40	2002
37	Providian Financial Building Providian Financial Building The Providian Financial Building is a skyscraper in San Francisco, California. The building rises 417 feet in San Francisco’s South Beach district. It contains 30 floors, and was completed in 1981. The Providian Financial Building currently stands as the 34th-tallest building in the city...	417 (127)	30	1981
38	Three Embarcadero Center Three Embarcadero Center Three Embarcadero Center is an office skyscraper located in San Francisco's Financial District. The building is part of the Embarcadero Center, which is a complex of six interconnected buildings and one off-site extension. The skyscraper, completed in 1977, stands with 31 stories...	413 (126)	31	1977
38	Two Embarcadero Center Two Embarcadero Center Two Embarcadero Center is office skyscraper located off The Embarcadero in the financial district of San Francisco, California. The , 30 storey tower, completed in 1974 is part of the Embarcadero Center, a complex of seven towers, of which two are hotels. Twin-tower Three Embarcadero Center is the...	413 (126)	30	1974
40	595 Market Street 595 Market Street 595 Market Street is a skyscraper in San Francisco, California. The building rises 410 feet in the northern region of San Francisco’s Financial District. It contains 30 floors, and was completed in 1979. 595 Market Street currently stands as the 37th-tallest building in the city. The architect who...	410 (125)	30	1979
41	123 Mission Street 123 Mission Street 123 Mission Street, sometimes referenced as the Pacific Gas & Electric Building, is a 29 floor skyscraper in the South Beach neighborhood of San Francisco, California, completed in 1986. The tower was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill....	407 (124)	29	1986
42	101 Montgomery 101 Montgomery 101 Montgomery is a skyscraper in San Francisco, California. The building rises 404 feet in the northern region of San Francisco’s Financial District. It contains 28 floors, and was completed in 1984. 101 Montgomery is currently tied with Embarcadero West as the 39th-tallest building in the city. ...	404 (123)	28	1984
42	Embarcadero West Embarcadero West Embarcadero West is an office skyscraper located in the Financial District of San Francisco, California. The building is part of the Embarcadero Center, which is a complex of five office towers and two hotels. The skyscraper, completed in 1989, stands tall with 34 stories. Embarcadero West is not...	404 (123)	34	1989
44	California Automobile Association Building California Automobile Association Building The California Automobile Association Building is an office tower located in San Francisco's Civic Center near the San Francisco City Hall on Van Ness Avenue. The building, completed in 1974, stands and has 29 floors of office space housing the California State Automobile Association....	400 (122)	29	1974

Approved

This lists buildings that are approved for construction in San Francisco and are planned to rise at least 400 feet (122 m).

Name	Height* ft (m)	Floors	Year* (est.)	Notes
Transbay Transit Center & Tower San Francisco Transbay development The San Francisco Transbay development plan consists of three supertall skyscrapers and ten other skyscrapers and highrises proposed in San Francisco. The towers are proposed to fund the replacement of the San Francisco Transbay Terminal in the South of Market neighborhood near the Financial...	01.01,070 (326)	61	2017	If completed, would tie the height of the two tallest Renzo Piano Towers to become the tallest building in San Francisco and tallest building West of Mississippi River
Renzo Piano Tower I San Francisco Transbay development The San Francisco Transbay development plan consists of three supertall skyscrapers and ten other skyscrapers and highrises proposed in San Francisco. The towers are proposed to fund the replacement of the San Francisco Transbay Terminal in the South of Market neighborhood near the Financial...	02.01,070 (326)	61		If completed, would tie the height of the Transbay Transit Center & Tower and Renzo Piano Tower II to become the tallest building in San Francisco; also known as 50 First Street
Renzo Piano Tower II San Francisco Transbay development The San Francisco Transbay development plan consists of three supertall skyscrapers and ten other skyscrapers and highrises proposed in San Francisco. The towers are proposed to fund the replacement of the San Francisco Transbay Terminal in the South of Market neighborhood near the Financial...	03.01,070 (326)	61		If completed, would tie the height of the Transbay Transit Center & Tower and Renzo Piano Tower I to become the tallest building in San Francisco
Renzo Piano Tower III San Francisco Transbay development The San Francisco Transbay development plan consists of three supertall skyscrapers and ten other skyscrapers and highrises proposed in San Francisco. The towers are proposed to fund the replacement of the San Francisco Transbay Terminal in the South of Market neighborhood near the Financial...	04.0900 (274)
Renzo Piano Tower IV San Francisco Transbay development The San Francisco Transbay development plan consists of three supertall skyscrapers and ten other skyscrapers and highrises proposed in San Francisco. The towers are proposed to fund the replacement of the San Francisco Transbay Terminal in the South of Market neighborhood near the Financial...	05.0900 (274)
Sun Tower Treasure Island development The Treasure Island Development is a planned redevelopment on Treasure Island and parts of Yerba Buena Island in San Francisco Bay between San Francisco and Oakland within San Francisco city limits. Treasure Island's development is set to break ground during the year 2012.- Master Plan:The...	650 (198)	60	2013	Also referred to as Treasure Island Tower. Would stand as the tallest building on Treasure Island Treasure Island, California Treasure Island is an artificial island in the San Francisco Bay between San Francisco and Oakland, and an emerging neighborhood of San Francisco.... . Groundbreaking is scheduled for 2012.
340 Fremont Street	440 (134)	40	2009
The Californian on Rincon Hill	400 (122)	40	2009
45 Lansing Street	400 (122)	40
201 Folsom Street I 201 Folsom Street 201 Folsom Street is the second phase of Tishman Speyer's massive two block development in South of Market, San Francisco. It is located one block to the southwest of the project's first phase: The Infinity. 201 Folsom I will stand 43 stories tall and 201 Folsom II will stand 38 stories tall...	400 (122)	40
Treasure Island Tower I Treasure Island development The Treasure Island Development is a planned redevelopment on Treasure Island and parts of Yerba Buena Island in San Francisco Bay between San Francisco and Oakland within San Francisco city limits. Treasure Island's development is set to break ground during the year 2012.- Master Plan:The...		40	2013
Treasure Island Tower II Treasure Island development The Treasure Island Development is a planned redevelopment on Treasure Island and parts of Yerba Buena Island in San Francisco Bay between San Francisco and Oakland within San Francisco city limits. Treasure Island's development is set to break ground during the year 2012.- Master Plan:The...		40	2013
Treasure Island Tower III Treasure Island development The Treasure Island Development is a planned redevelopment on Treasure Island and parts of Yerba Buena Island in San Francisco Bay between San Francisco and Oakland within San Francisco city limits. Treasure Island's development is set to break ground during the year 2012.- Master Plan:The...		40	2013
Treasure Island Tower IV Treasure Island development The Treasure Island Development is a planned redevelopment on Treasure Island and parts of Yerba Buena Island in San Francisco Bay between San Francisco and Oakland within San Francisco city limits. Treasure Island's development is set to break ground during the year 2012.- Master Plan:The...		40	2013

* Table entries with dashes (—) indicate that information regarding building heights or dates of completion has not yet been released.

Proposed

This lists buildings that are proposed in San Francisco and are planned to rise at least 400 feet (122 m).

Name	Height ft (m)	Floors*	Year* (est.)	Notes
181 Fremont Street 181 Fremont Street 181 Fremont Street is a proposed skyscraper for the South of Market District of San Francisco, California. The building, designed by Heller Manus Architects, will be located adjacent to the Transbay Terminal and 199 Fremont Street projects....	06.0900 (274)	66
Transbay Project III San Francisco Transbay development The San Francisco Transbay development plan consists of three supertall skyscrapers and ten other skyscrapers and highrises proposed in San Francisco. The towers are proposed to fund the replacement of the San Francisco Transbay Terminal in the South of Market neighborhood near the Financial...	07.0853 (260)			Also referred to as the TJPA Site.
Sheraton Palace Hotel Residential Tower Sheraton Palace Hotel Residential Tower The Palace Hotel Residential Tower is a proposed residential skyscraper at the corner of Jessie & Annie Streets in the South of Market district of San Francisco, California...	08.0669 (204)	60	2009	Also known as Two New Montgomery.
Harbor Village Resort I Harbor Village Resort The Harbor Village Resort was a proposed complex of three skyscrapers intended for San Francisco's India Basin in the Bayview-Hunters Point district. To be located on Hudson Street, the mixed-use complex would have consisted of a 250-boat marina and three 61 story skyscrapers towering over the...	09.0656 (200)	61		Considered to be a stale proposal
Harbor Village Resort II Harbor Village Resort The Harbor Village Resort was a proposed complex of three skyscrapers intended for San Francisco's India Basin in the Bayview-Hunters Point district. To be located on Hudson Street, the mixed-use complex would have consisted of a 250-boat marina and three 61 story skyscrapers towering over the...	10.0656 (200)	61		Considered to be a stale proposal
Harbor Village Resort III Harbor Village Resort The Harbor Village Resort was a proposed complex of three skyscrapers intended for San Francisco's India Basin in the Bayview-Hunters Point district. To be located on Hudson Street, the mixed-use complex would have consisted of a 250-boat marina and three 61 story skyscrapers towering over the...	11.0656 (200)	61		Considered to be a stale proposal
Renzo Piano Tower V San Francisco Transbay development The San Francisco Transbay development plan consists of three supertall skyscrapers and ten other skyscrapers and highrises proposed in San Francisco. The towers are proposed to fund the replacement of the San Francisco Transbay Terminal in the South of Market neighborhood near the Financial...	12.0600 (183)
41 Tehama	13.0550 (168)	54
Transbay Project II San Francisco Transbay development The San Francisco Transbay development plan consists of three supertall skyscrapers and ten other skyscrapers and highrises proposed in San Francisco. The towers are proposed to fund the replacement of the San Francisco Transbay Terminal in the South of Market neighborhood near the Financial...	14.0550 (168)
Transbay Project IV San Francisco Transbay development The San Francisco Transbay development plan consists of three supertall skyscrapers and ten other skyscrapers and highrises proposed in San Francisco. The towers are proposed to fund the replacement of the San Francisco Transbay Terminal in the South of Market neighborhood near the Financial...	15.0550 (168)
509 Howard Street 509 Howard Street 509 Howard Street is a proposed skyscraper set to rise in San Francisco's South of Market district. It will be one of four high-rise towers at an integrated site called Foundry Square. The tower will stand above street level. The skyscraper project is notable for exceeding the local 200 foot ...	16.0500 (152)			Also known as Foundry Square III.
Transbay Project V San Francisco Transbay development The San Francisco Transbay development plan consists of three supertall skyscrapers and ten other skyscrapers and highrises proposed in San Francisco. The towers are proposed to fund the replacement of the San Francisco Transbay Terminal in the South of Market neighborhood near the Financial...	17.0450 (137)
1481 Post Street	18.0407 (124)	38	2010	Also referred to as Cathedral Hill Plaza II and Post Street Tower.
Transbay Project VI San Francisco Transbay development The San Francisco Transbay development plan consists of three supertall skyscrapers and ten other skyscrapers and highrises proposed in San Francisco. The towers are proposed to fund the replacement of the San Francisco Transbay Terminal in the South of Market neighborhood near the Financial...	19.0400 (122)

* Table entries with dashes (—) indicate that information regarding building floor counts or dates of completion has not yet been released.

Timeline of tallest buildings

This lists buildings that once held the title of tallest building in San Francisco as well as the current titleholder, the Transamerica Pyramid

Transamerica Pyramid

Name	Street address	Years as tallest	Height ft (m)	Floors
Mills Building Mills Building (San Francisco) The Mills Building and Tower is a two building complex following the Chicago school with Romanesque design elements in the financial district of San Francisco, California. The structures were declared San Francisco Designated Landmark #76, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places...	220 Bush Street	1898–1915	154 (47)	10
Central Tower Central Tower (San Francisco) Central Tower is a 21 floor of office building at Market- and Third-Streets in San Francisco, California. The building has undergone numerous renovations since its completion in 1898 as the Call Building and later, the Spreckels Building....	703 Market Street	1892–1898	299 (91)	21
San Francisco City Hall San Francisco City Hall San Francisco City Hall, re-opened in 1915, in its open space area in the city's Civic Center, is a Beaux-Arts monument to the City Beautiful movement that epitomized the high-minded American Renaissance of the 1880s to 1917. The structure's dome is the fifth largest in the world...	1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place	1915–1922	308 (94)	4
Commercial Union Assurance Building Commercial Union Assurance Building The Commercial Union Assurance Building is an 16-story office building located in San Francisco's financial district. The building, completed in 1921, stands 308 feet tall, equaling the height of the San Francisco City Hall. Both the San Francisco City Hall and the Commercial Union Assurance...	315 Montgomery Street	1921–1922	308 (94)	16
225 Bush Street 225 Bush Street 225 Bush Street is a 25 floor building, including 21 floors of office space, 1 floor of retail, 1 storage floor and 2 basement levels including the garage in San Francisco. It was the tallest building in the city from its completion in 1922 to 1925. It is currently owned by SEB Investment out of...	225 Bush Street	1922–1925	328 (100)	22
PacBell Building PacBell Building The PacBell Building or 140 New Montgomery Street in San Francisco's South of Market district is a Neo-Gothic, office tower located close to the St. Regis Museum Tower and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The 26-floor building was completed in 1925 and was San Francisco's first significant...	140 New Montgomery	1925–1965	435 (133)	26
Russ Building Russ Building The Russ Building is a Neo-Gothic office tower located in the Financial District of San Francisco, California. The building was completed in 1927 and had 32 floors as well as the city's first indoor parking garage...	235 Montgomery Street	1927–1965	435 (133)	31
Hartford Building 650 California Street 650 California Street, also known as the Hartford Building, is a 34 story, 142 m, office tower on the northwestern edge of San Francisco's Financial District. The tower is located on California Street on the edge of Chinatown, and not far from 555 California Street...	650 California Street	1965–1967	466 (142)	33
44 Montgomery Street 44 Montgomery Street 44 Montgomery is an office skyscraper in the heart of San Francisco's Financial District. The tower stands and has 43 floors. When completed in 1967, it was the tallest building west of Dallas until 555 California Street was erected in 1969. The building was once the world headquarters for Wells...	44 Montgomery Street	1967–1969	565 (172)	43
Bank of America Center	555 California Street	1969–1972	779 (237)	52
Transamerica Pyramid Transamerica Pyramid The Transamerica Pyramid is the tallest skyscraper in the San Francisco skyline and one of its most iconic. Although the building no longer houses the headquarters of the Transamerica Corporation, it is still strongly associated with the company and is depicted in the company's logo...	600 Montgomery Street	1972–present	853 (260)	48

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Diagram of San Francisco skyscrapers on SkyscraperPage
The skyscrapers of San Francisco Video detailing the San Francisco skyline.

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