345 California Center

345 California Center
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Alternative names	California Center Hotel Stun Gun Towers Tweezer Towers
General information
Type	Commercial offices Hotel
Location	345 California Street San Francisco, California
Coordinates	37.7925°N 122.4005°W / 37.7925; -122.4005
Completed	1986
Cost	US$83 million
Owner	Metropolis Investment Holdings Inc.
Management	Cushman & Wakefield
Height
Architectural	695 ft (212 m)
Tip	721 ft (220 m)
Roof	620 ft (190 m)
Technical details
Floor count	48
Floor area	570,900 sq ft (53,040 m^2)
Lifts/elevators	12
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Structural engineer	Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Main contractor	Hathaway Dinwiddie
References
[1][2][3][4]

345 California Center is a 48-story office tower in the financial district of San Francisco, California. Completed in 1986, the 211.8 m (695 ft) tower is the fifth tallest in the city after the Salesforce Tower, Transamerica Pyramid, 181 Fremont, and 555 California Street if the spires are included. It was originally proposed to be 30 m (98 ft) taller. The building was developed by Norland Properties, a private real estate investment firm led by Hany Ben-Halim.

345 California is in the middle of a block with historic buildings on each of the four corners. Initially planned as condominiums, the top 11 floors of the building are the Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco at Embarcadero, located in twin towers set at 45-degree angles to the rest of the building. Several glass skybridges offer views of the San Francisco Bay Area. The hotel has the street address 222 Sansome, with a different entrance.

Floors

The floors of the building are used as follows:

• 38F - 48F: The Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco at Embarcadero
• 4F - 36F: offices
• 2F - 3F: retail and restaurants
• 1F: Lobby entrance to the offices and hotel
• B2F-B1F: parking garage

Gallery

• 
  345 California lobby
• 
  The building's twin spires

See also

• List of tallest buildings in San Francisco

References

1. "345 California Center". CTBUH Skyscraper Center.
2. "Emporis building ID 118794". Emporis. Archived from the original on January 16, 2016.
3. "345 California Center". SkyscraperPage.
4. 345 California Center at Structurae

Further reading

• Lloyd, Peter (1997). San Francisco: A Guide To Recent Architecture. Cologne: Könnemann. pp. 94–95. ISBN 3-89508-643-6.

External links

• Mandarin Oriental, San Francisco official website