Skyline of San Francisco
San Francisco from the Twin Peaks in 2021
Tallest buildingSalesforce Tower (2018)
Tallest building height1,070 ft (326.1 m)
First 150 m+ building44 Montgomery (1967)
Number of tall buildings (2026)
Taller than 100 m (328 ft)100
Taller than 150 m (492 ft)27
Taller than 200 m (656 ft)5
Taller than 300 m (984 ft)1
Number of tall buildings — feet
Taller than 300 ft (91.4 m)124

San Francisco, a major city in the U.S state of California, has over 480 high-rises,[1] 124 of which are at least 300 feet (91 m) tall as of 2026. The tallest building in the city is Salesforce Tower, the city's sole supertall skyscraper. Headquarters of software company Salesforce, it was completed in 2018 at a height of 1,070 ft (326.1 m). It is the 18th-tallest building in the United States and the second tallest in California. San Francisco has the second largest skyline in the Western United States. It has the second most skyscrapers taller than 492 ft (150 m) in California, with 27, after Los Angeles. When ranked by buildings that reach 300 ft (91 m), San Francisco has more skyscrapers than Los Angeles, and is tied with Atlanta as having the fifth-most in the United States, after New York City, Chicago, Miami, and Houston.

The history of skyscrapers in San Francisco began with the 218-foot (66 m), ten-story Chronicle Building, which was completed in 1890. During the 1920s, San Francisco underwent one of the largest pre-war skyscraper booms in the United States, constructing ten structures greater than 300 ft (91 m), including the Telephone Building and the Russ Building. The Great Depression and World War II halted skyscraper development for two decades until the 1950s. Many of San Francisco's tallest buildings, particularly its office skyscrapers, were built in a major construction boom between the 1960s and the late 1980s. This included the iconic Transamerica Pyramid in 1972, which rises to 853 feet (260 m).

After a pause in the 1990s, high-rise construction resumed from the 2000s onward, with an increased share of residential buildings. The rate of development increased in the second half of the 2010s. New additions expanded the skyline towards the south and southeast, particularly in the neighborhoods of SoMa and Rincon Hill. The Transbay development resulted in the completion of the Salesforce Tower and the city's third-tallest building, 181 Fremont. The COVID-19 pandemic of the early 2020s heavily curtailed high-rise construction in the city, while commercial real estate in existing skyscrapers was heavily affected.[2] A number of planned projects could extend the skyline significantly in the future, such as the redevelopment of the Caltrain railyards and the ongoing Treasure Island Development.[3]

The large majority of tall buildings in San Francisco are concentrated in the city's Financial District, located in the northeastern corner of the San Francisco Peninsula. There is also a notable high-rise cluster at the intersection of Market Street and Van Ness Avenue. Shorter high-rises are spread more sparsely in nearby neighborhoods, such as in Russina Hill, Nob Hill, Pacific Heights, and in Mission Bay, where the Mission Rock project is under development.[4] The western half of the city, including the Richmond and Sunset districts that surround Golden Gate Park, is almost entirely devoid of high-rises. San Francisco's skyline is a common photography subject, with a popular viewpoint being that from the Twin Peaks[5] as well as the Marin Headlands, where it can be viewed alongside the Golden Gate Bridge.

History

Number of buildingsYear0204060801001201401920194019601980200020202040Buildings taller than 300 ft (91 m)Buildings taller than 328 ft (100 m)Buildings taller than 492 ft (150 m)Buildings taller than 656 ft (200 m)Growth of skyscrapers in San FranciscoNumber of buildings by height in San Francisco by the end of each year. Click on the legend to toggle a specific height on or off. View chart definition.

California's first skyscraper was the 218-foot (66 m) Chronicle Building in San Francisco, which was completed in 1890. M. H. de Young, owner of the San Francisco Chronicle, commissioned Burnham and Root to design a signature tower to convey the power of his newspaper.[6] Not to be outdone, de Young's rival, industrialist Claus Spreckels, purchased the San Francisco Call in 1895 and commissioned a tower of his own that would dwarf the Chronicle Building.[7] The 315-foot (96 m) Call Building was completed in 1898 and stood across Market Street from the Chronicle Building. The Call Building (later named the Spreckels Building, and Central Tower today) would remain the city's tallest for nearly a quarter century.

Both steel-framed structures survived the 1906 earthquake, demonstrating that tall buildings could be safely constructed in earthquake country.[8][9] Other early twentieth-century skyscrapers above 200 feet (61 m) include the Merchants Exchange Building (1903), Humboldt Bank Building (1908), Hobart Building (1914), and Southern Pacific Building (1916). Another skyscraper boom took hold during the 1920s, when several Neo-Gothic and Art Deco high rises, reaching three to four hundred feet (90 to 120 m) in height, were constructed, including the Standard Oil Building (1922), Pacific Telephone Building (1925), Russ Building (1927), Hunter-Dulin Building (1927), 450 Sutter Medical Building (1929), Shell Building (1929), and McAllister Tower (1930).[10]

The Great Depression and World War II halted any further skyscraper construction until the 1950s when the Equitable Life Building (1955) and Crown-Zellerbach Building (1959) were completed. Many of San Francisco's tallest buildings, particularly its office skyscrapers,[11] were completed in a building boom from the late 1960s until the late 1980s.[12] During the 1960s, at least 40 new skyscrapers were built,[13] and the Hartford Building (1965), 44 Montgomery (1967), Bank of America Center (1969), and Transamerica Pyramid (1972) each, in turn, took the title of the tallest building in California upon completion. At 853 feet (260 m) tall, the Transamerica Pyramid was one of the most controversial, with critics suggesting that it be torn down even before it was completed.[13]

This surge of construction was dubbed "Manhattanization" by opponents and led to local legislation that set some of the strictest building height limits and regulations in the country.[14] In 1985, San Francisco adopted the Downtown Plan, which slowed development in the Financial District north of Market Street and directed it to the area South of Market around the Transbay Terminal.[15] Over 250 historic buildings were protected from development and developers were required to set aside open space for new projects.[16] To prevent excessive growth and smooth the boom-and-bust building cycle, the Plan included an annual limit of 950,000 square feet (88,000 m2) for new office development, although it grandfathered millions of square feet of proposals already in the development pipeline. In response, voters approved Proposition M in November 1986 that reduced the annual limit to 475,000 square feet (44,100 m2) until the grandfathered square footage was accounted for, which occurred in 1999.[17][18]

These limits, combined with the early 1990s recession, led to a significant slowdown of skyscraper construction during the late 1980s and 1990s. To guide new development, the city passed several neighborhood plans, such as the Rincon Hill Plan in 2005 and Transit Center District Plan in 2012, which allow taller skyscrapers in certain specific locations in the South of Market area.[19] Since the early 2000s, the city has been undergoing another building boom, with numerous buildings over 400 feet (122 m) proposed, approved, or under construction; some, such as the two-towered One Rincon Hill and mixed-use 181 Fremont, have been completed. Multiple skyscrapers have been constructed near the new Salesforce Transit Center, including Salesforce Tower, which topped-out in 2017 at a height of 1,070 feet (330 m).[20][21] This building is the first supertall skyscraper in San Francisco and among the tallest in the United States.

Map of tallest buildings

The map below shows the location of buildings taller than 300 feet (91.4 m) in San Francisco. Each marker is numbered by height and colored by the decade of the building's completion.

Cityscape

Tallest buildings

This list ranks San Francisco skyscrapers that stand at least 300 feet (91 m) tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. The "Year" column indicates the year in which a building was completed. Buildings tied in height are sorted by year of completion, and then alphabetically.

  Was the tallest building in San Francisco upon completion
Rank Name Image Location Height
ft (m) 		Floors Year Purpose Notes
1 Salesforce Tower 37°47′24″N 122°23′49″W / 37.7899°N 122.3969°W / 37.7899; -122.3969 (Salesforce Tower) 1,070 (326) 61 2018 Office
  • 18th-tallest building in the United States
  • 2nd-tallest building in California
  • Tallest building in San Francisco since 2018
  • Tallest building constructed in San Francisco in the 2010s[22]
2 Transamerica Pyramid 37°47′43″N 122°24′10″W / 37.795167°N 122.40279°W / 37.795167; -122.40279 (Transamerica Pyramid) 853 (260) 48 1972 Office
  • 5th-tallest building in California
  • Tallest building in San Francisco from 1972 until 2018, when Salesforce Tower was topped-off.[23]
  • Tallest building on the West Coast from 1972 until 1974
  • Tallest building constructed in San Francisco in the 1970s[24][25][26]
3 181 Fremont 37°47′23″N 122°23′43″W / 37.78970°N 122.39535°W / 37.78970; -122.39535 (181 Fremont) 810 (246.9) 56 2018 Mixed-use
  • 2nd-tallest mixed-use residential building west of the Mississippi River.[27][28]
  • Mixed-use hotel and residential building.[29]
4 555 California Street 37°47′32″N 122°24′14″W / 37.7921036°N 122.40377°W / 37.7921036; -122.40377 (555 California Street) 779 (237.4) 52 1969 Office
  • Tallest building in San Francisco and on the West Coast from 1969 to 1972
  • Tallest building constructed in the city in the 1960s
  • Formerly known as Bank of America Center
  • Largest office building in San Francisco by floor area.[30][31][32]
5 345 California Center 37°47′33″N 122°24′02″W / 37.79260°N 122.400463°W / 37.79260; -122.400463 (345 California Center) 695 (211.8) 48 1986 Mixed-use
  • Mixed-use hotel and office building.
  • Tallest mid-block skyscraper in San Francisco
  • Tallest building constructed in the city in the 1980s[33][34]
  • The height shown includes flagpoles.
6 Millennium Tower 37°47′26″N 122°23′46″W / 37.79042°N 122.396187°W / 37.79042; -122.396187 (Millennium Tower) 645 (196.6) 58 2009 Residential
  • Tallest building constructed in the city in the 2000s.[35]
  • The Millennium Tower has tilted up to 2 inches a year and has sunk as much as 3 inches per year.
7 The Avery 37°47′16″N 122°23′40″W / 37.787759°N 122.394564°W / 37.787759; -122.394564 (The Avert (Transbay Block 8)) 618 (188.4) 56 2019 Residential [36][37][38][39]
8 Park Tower at Transbay 37°47′25″N 122°23′39″W / 37.7903676°N 122.394305°W / 37.7903676; -122.394305 (Park Tower at Transbay) 605 (184.5) 43 2018 Office [40][41][42][43]
9 One Rincon Hill 37°47′09″N 122°23′32″W / 37.785766°N 122.392162°W / 37.785766; -122.392162 (One Rincon Hill South Tower) 605 (184.4) 54 2008 Residential
  • Originally known as One Rincon Hill South Tower.
  • Tallest entirely residential building in the city from 2008 to 2019.[44][45]
10 101 California Street 37°47′34″N 122°23′53″W / 37.7928646°N 122.397956°W / 37.7928646; -122.397956 (101 California Street) 600 (183) 48 1982 Office [46]
11 Salesforce West 37°47′26″N 122°23′50″W / 37.790515°N 122.397272°W / 37.790515; -122.397272 (Salesforce West) 600 (183) 43 1985 Office Previously known as 50 Fremont Center.[47]
12 575 Market Street 37°47′22″N 122°24′01″W / 37.78957°N 122.40038°W / 37.78957; -122.40038 (575 Market Street) 573 (174.7) 40 1975 Office Formerly Standard Oil Buildings and later the Chevron Towers. Part of the Market Center.[48]
13 Four Embarcadero Center 37°47′43″N 122°23′46″W / 37.795306°N 122.396198°W / 37.795306; -122.396198 (Four Embarcadero Center) 570 (173.7) 45 1984 Office [49]
14 One Embarcadero Center 37°47′40″N 122°23′59″W / 37.794485°N 122.39962°W / 37.794485; -122.39962 (One Embarcadero Center) 569 (173.4) 45 1970 Office [50][51]
15 44 Montgomery Street 37°47′23″N 122°24′07″W / 37.789848°N 122.401877°W / 37.789848; -122.401877 (44 Montgomery Street) 565 (172.3) 43 1967 Office Tallest building in San Francisco and California from 1967 to 1969[52][53]
16 Spear Tower 37°47′36″N 122°23′40″W / 37.793294°N 122.394531°W / 37.793294; -122.394531 (Spear Tower) 564 (172) 42 1976 Office Part of One Market Plaza.[54][55]
17 One Sansome Street 37°47′26″N 122°24′05″W / 37.790422°N 122.401278°W / 37.790422; -122.401278 (One Sansome Street) 550 (168) 43 1984 Office Also known as the Citigroup Center[56][57]
18 The Harrison 37°47′11″N 122°23′31″W / 37.786417°N 122.392044°W / 37.786417; -122.392044 (One Rincon Hill North Tower) 541 (165) 45 2014 Residential Originally known as One Rincon Hill North Tower.[58][59][60]
19 One Front Street 37°47′31″N 122°23′56″W / 37.791833°N 122.39884°W / 37.791833; -122.39884 (One Front Street) 538 (164) 38 1982 Office Also known as Shaklee Terraces and 444 Market Street[61][62]
20 McKesson Plaza 37°47′20″N 122°24′10″W / 37.7887828°N 122.402673°W / 37.7887828; -122.402673 (McKesson Plaza) 529 (161.2) 38 1969 Office Also known as One Post Street.[63][64]
21 First Market Tower 37°47′26″N 122°23′57″W / 37.790521°N 122.39918°W / 37.790521; -122.39918 (First Market Tower) 529 (161.2) 38 1972 Office [65][66]
22 425 Market Street 37°47′28″N 122°23′53″W / 37.791214°N 122.39816°W / 37.791214; -122.39816 (425 Market Street) 524 (159.7) 38 1973 Office [67][68]
23 Four Seasons Private Residences at 706 Mission Street 37°47′10″N 122°24′10″W / 37.786059°N 122.4027877°W / 37.786059; -122.4027877 (706 Mission Street) 510 (155.5) 43 2020 Mixed-use Mixed-use residential and museum building. Permanent home of the Mexican Museum, located in the bottom four floors.[69][70][71]
24 One Montgomery Tower 37°47′21″N 122°24′12″W / 37.789216°N 122.4033186°W / 37.789216; -122.4033186 (One Montgomery Tower) 500 (152.4) 38 1982 Office Formerly the Pacific Telesis Tower. Part of the Post Montgomery Center complex. From 2017 to 2024, the Wikimedia Foundation was headquartered on the sixteenth floor.[72][73]
25 333 Bush Street 37°47′26″N 122°24′11″W / 37.79061°N 122.40309°W / 37.79061; -122.40309 (333 Bush Street) 495 (150.9) 43 1986 Mixed-use Mixed-use office and residential building.[74][75]
26 Hilton San Francisco Union Square 37°47′07″N 122°24′39″W / 37.785399°N 122.410968°W / 37.785399; -122.410968 (Hilton San Francisco Tower I) 493 (150.3) 46 1971 Hotel Tallest building used exclusively as a hotel in the city[76][77]
27 Pacific Gas & Electric Building 37°47′30″N 122°23′45″W / 37.79178°N 122.395772°W / 37.79178; -122.395772 (Pacific Gas & Electric Building) 492 (150) 34 1971 Office In September 2021, it was proposed that the building be reskinned for $106 million and be addressed as 200 Mission Street (now 77 Beale Street).[78][79][80]
28 50 California Street 37°47′39″N 122°23′51″W / 37.794083°N 122.39744°W / 37.794083; -122.39744 (50 California Street) 487 (148.4) 37 1972 Office Also known as Union Bank Building[81][82]
29 555 Mission Street 37°47′19″N 122°23′55″W / 37.788530°N 122.3985507°W / 37.788530; -122.3985507 (555 Mission Street) 487 (148.4) 33 2008 Office Tallest office building completed in the 2000s[83][84][85]
30 St. Regis Museum Tower 37°47′11″N 122°24′05″W / 37.786359°N 122.40133°W / 37.786359; -122.40133 (St. Regis Museum Tower) 484 (147.5) 42 2005 Mixed-use Mixed-use hotel and residential building.[86][87]
31 100 Pine Center 37°47′33″N 122°23′56″W / 37.79261°N 122.399003°W / 37.79261; -122.399003 (100 Pine Center) 476 (145.1) 34 1972 Office [88][89]
32 45 Fremont Street 37°47′28″N 122°23′50″W / 37.791237°N 122.397162°W / 37.791237; -122.397162 (45 Fremont Street) 476 (145) 34 1979 Office Also known as the Bechtel Building[90][91]
33 333 Market Street 37°47′31″N 122°23′51″W / 37.791945°N 122.39742°W / 37.791945; -122.39742 (333 Market Street) 472 (144) 33 1979 Office [92][93]
34 650 California Street 37°47′34″N 122°24′19″W / 37.79287°N 122.405216°W / 37.79287; -122.405216 (650 California Street) 466 (142) 33 1964 Office Tallest building in California from 1965 to 1967. Also known as the Hartford Building[94][95]
35 100 First Plaza 37°47′21″N 122°23′51″W / 37.789297°N 122.39756°W / 37.789297; -122.39756 (100 First Plaza) 447 (136.2) 27 1988 Office Also known as Delta Dental Tower[96][97]
36 340 Fremont Street 37°47′13″N 122°23′34″W / 37.78703°N 122.39280°W / 37.78703; -122.39280 (340 Fremont Street) 440 (134.1) 40 2016 Residential [98]
37 One California 37°47′36″N 122°23′50″W / 37.793225°N 122.397213°W / 37.793225; -122.397213 (One California) 438 (133.5) 32 1969 Office [99][100]
38 San Francisco Marriott Marquis 37°47′07″N 122°24′15″W / 37.785381°N 122.404299°W / 37.785381; -122.404299 (San Francisco Marriott Marquis) 436 (132.9) 39 1989 Hotel [101][102]
39 140 New Montgomery 37°47′12″N 122°24′00″W / 37.786735°N 122.400012°W / 37.786735; -122.400012 (140 New Montgomery) 435 (132.7) 26 1925 Office
  • Tallest building completed in San Francisco in the 1920s
  • Originally called the Pacific Telephone Building[103][104]
40 Russ Building 37°47′29″N 122°24′10″W / 37.791426°N 122.402733°W / 37.791426; -122.402733 (Russ Building) 435 (132.6) 32 1927 Office Second tallest building completed in San Francisco in the 1920s[105][106]
41 500 Folsom 37°47′14″N 122°23′42″W / 37.78727°N 122.39511°W / 37.78727; -122.39511 (500 Folsom) 435 (132.6) 42 2019 Residential [107][108][109]
42 415 Natoma Street 37°46′53″N 122°24′21″W / 37.78140°N 122.40587°W / 37.78140; -122.40587 (415 Natoma Street) 435 (132.6) 25 2022 Office [110]
43 Jasper 37°47′09″N 122°23′38″W / 37.785853°N 122.39375°W / 37.785853; -122.39375 (45 Lansing Street) 430 (131) 39 2015 Residential [111][112][113]
44 MIRA 37°47′24″N 122°23′29″W / 37.79012°N 122.39150°W / 37.79012; -122.39150 (160 Folsom Street) 427 (130) 39 2020 Residential [114][115][116][117][118][119]
45 505 Montgomery Street 37°47′38″N 122°24′12″W / 37.793983°N 122.40336°W / 37.793983; -122.40336 (505 Montgomery Street) 425 (129.5) 24 1988 Office [120]
46 Fifteen Fifty 37°46′26″N 122°25′06″W / 37.773755°N 122.418341°W / 37.773755; -122.418341 (Fifteen Fifty) 422 (128.6) 37 2020 Residential Also known as 1550 Mission Street[121][122]
47 JPMorgan Chase Building 37°47′20″N 122°23′58″W / 37.788805°N 122.39947°W / 37.788805; -122.39947 (JPMorgan Chase Building) 420 (128) 31 2002 Office [123]
48 The Infinity II 37°47′22″N 122°23′26″W / 37.789427°N 122.390644°W / 37.789427; -122.390644 (The Infinity II) 420 (128) 41 2009 Residential [124]
49 The Paramount 37°47′12″N 122°24′07″W / 37.786728°N 122.401956°W / 37.786728; -122.401956 (Paramount) 418 (127.4) 40 2002 Residential [125][126]
50 Providian Financial Building 37°47′28″N 122°23′42″W / 37.791244°N 122.395006°W / 37.791244; -122.395006 (Providian Financial Building) 417 (127) 30 1983 Office Also known as the Pacific Gateway Building[127][128]
51 Two Embarcadero Center 37°47′42″N 122°23′55″W / 37.794998°N 122.398478°W / 37.794998; -122.398478 (Two Embarcadero Center) 413 (126) 31 1974 Office [129][130]
52 Three Embarcadero Center 37°47′42″N 122°23′51″W / 37.795136°N 122.397368°W / 37.795136; -122.397368 (Three Embarcadero Center) 413 (126) 31 1976 Office [131][132]
53 350 Mission Street 37°47′27″N 122°23′48″W / 37.790877°N 122.39670°W / 37.790877; -122.39670 (350 Mission Street) 413 (125.9) 27 2015 Office Also known as Salesforce East.[133][134]
54 595 Market Street 37°47′21″N 122°24′03″W / 37.789252°N 122.400812°W / 37.789252; -122.400812 (595 Market Street) 410 (125) 30 1979 Office [135][136]
55 123 Mission Street 37°47′31″N 122°23′40″W / 37.791853°N 122.394483°W / 37.791853; -122.394483 (123 Mission Street) 407 (124) 29 1986 Office [137][138]
56 101 Montgomery 37°47′26″N 122°24′09″W / 37.790443°N 122.402517°W / 37.790443; -122.402517 (101 Montgomery) 404 (123) 28 1984 Office [139][140]
57 275 Battery Street 37°47′38″N 122°24′02″W / 37.793863°N 122.400463°W / 37.793863; -122.400463 (275 Battery Street) 404 (123) 33 1989 Office Also known as Embarcadero Center West or Embarcadero West[141][142]
58 100 Van Ness Avenue 37°46′36″N 122°25′09″W / 37.7767243°N 122.41919°W / 37.7767243; -122.41919 (100 Van Ness Avenue) 400 (122) 30 1974 Residential Originally completed as an office tower in 1974 as the California Automobile Association Building. Renovated as a residential tower in 2015.[143][144][145]
59 Westin-St. Francis Hotel Tower 37°47′16″N 122°24′34″W / 37.787701°N 122.409309°W / 37.787701; -122.409309 (Westin-St. Francis Hotel Tower) 400 (121.9) 32 1972 Hotel [146]
60 LUMINA I 37°47′19″N 122°23′32″W / 37.788696°N 122.392256°W / 37.788696; -122.392256 (LUMINA I) 400 (121.9) 42 2015 Residential [147][148]
61 399 Fremont Street 37°47′14″N 122°23′32″W / 37.787132°N 122.392097°W / 37.787132; -122.392097 (399 Fremont Street) 400 (121.9) 42 2016 Residential [149]
62 One Maritime Plaza 37°47′44″N 122°23′57″W / 37.795593°N 122.399231°W / 37.795593; -122.399231 (One Maritime Plaza) 398 (121.3) 25 1967 Office [150]
63 Four Seasons Hotel & Residences 37°47′11″N 122°24′16″W / 37.78632°N 122.404495°W / 37.78632; -122.404495 (Four Seasons Hotel & Residences) 398 (121.3) 40 2001 Mixed-use Mixed-use hotel and residential building[151]
64 8 NEMA – 37°46′34″N 122°25′03″W / 37.776041°N 122.417378°W / 37.776041; -122.417378 (8 NEMA) 387 (118) 37 2014 Residential Also known as NEMA North Tower.[152]
65 33 New Montgomery – 37°47′19″N 122°24′05″W / 37.78858°N 122.40141°W / 37.78858; -122.40141 (33 New Montgomery) 382 (116.5) 21 1986 Office [153]
66 Spera SF 37°47′14″N 122°23′47″W / 37.787251°N 122.396286°W / 37.787251; -122.396286 (Spera SF) 380 (115.8) 35 2017 Residential Also known as 33 Tehama.[154]
67 535 Mission Street 37°47′20″N 122°23′53″W / 37.788952°N 122.398178°W / 37.788952; -122.398178 (535 Mission Street) 379 (115.4) 26 2015 Office [155]
68 Shell Building 37°47′29″N 122°24′00″W / 37.791481°N 122.39991°W / 37.791481; -122.39991 (Shell Building) 378 (115.2) 29 1929 Office [156]
69 456 Montgomery Street 37°47′37″N 122°24′10″W / 37.793606°N 122.402672°W / 37.793606; -122.402672 (456 Montgomery Street) 378 (115.2) 26 1986 Office [157]
70 388 Market Street 37°47′32″N 122°23′53″W / 37.792265°N 122.39817°W / 37.792265; -122.39817 (388 Market Street) 375 (114.3) 26 1985 Office [158]
71 Hyatt Regency San Francisco Downtown SOMA – 37°47′12″N 122°24′11″W / 37.786598°N 122.4031°W / 37.786598; -122.4031 (Hyatt Regency San Francisco Downtown SOMA) 374 (114) 34 1984 Hotel Formerly The Westin San Francisco Market Street[159]
72 222 Second Street 37°47′11″N 122°23′54″W / 37.786346°N 122.398239°W / 37.786346; -122.398239 (222 Second Street) 370 (112.8) 26 2015 Office [160]
73 San Francisco Hilton Hotel Financial District – 37°47′43″N 122°24′15″W / 37.795182°N 122.404224°W / 37.795182; -122.404224 (San Francisco Hilton Hotel Financial District) 365 (111.3) 30 1971 Hotel Also known as SF Chinese Cultural Center[161]
74 199 Fremont Street 37°47′24″N 122°23′41″W / 37.789978°N 122.394783°W / 37.789978; -122.394783 (199 Fremont Street) 365 (111.3) 27 2000 Office [162]
75 Steuart Tower 37°47′36″N 122°23′38″W / 37.793301°N 122.393822°W / 37.793301; -122.393822 (Steuart Tower) 364 (111) 27 1976 Office [163]
76 88 Kearny Street 37°47′19″N 122°24′12″W / 37.788688°N 122.40337°W / 37.788688; -122.40337 (88 Kearny Street) 363 (110.6) 22 1986 Office [164]
77 Two Transamerica Plaza – 37°47′42″N 122°24′07″W / 37.795092°N 122.401836°W / 37.795092; -122.401836 (Two Transamerica Plaza) 362 (110.3) 20 1980 Office [165]
78 180 Montgomery Street 37°47′27″N 122°24′07″W / 37.7907923°N 122.40208°W / 37.7907923; -122.40208 (180 Montgomery Street) 360 (109.8) 25 1979 Office Also known as Bank of the West Building[166]
79 425 California Street 37°47′34″N 122°24′05″W / 37.79277°N 122.401375°W / 37.79277; -122.401375 (425 California Street) 359 (109.4) 27 1967 Office [167]
80 100 Montgomery Street 37°47′25″N 122°24′07″W / 37.7903143°N 122.40188°W / 37.7903143; -122.40188 (100 Montgomery Street) 356 (108.5) 25 1955 Office Also known as the Equitable Life Building.[168]
81 Grand Hyatt San Francisco 37°47′21″N 122°24′26″W / 37.789132°N 122.407247°W / 37.789132; -122.407247 (Grand Hyatt San Francisco) 355 (108.2) 35 1972 Hotel [169]
82 101 Second Street 37°47′17″N 122°23′57″W / 37.788101°N 122.399055°W / 37.788101; -122.399055 (101 Second Street) 354 (108) 26 1999 Office [170]
83 Fox Plaza 37°46′37″N 122°25′04″W / 37.77705°N 122.417679°W / 37.77705; -122.417679 (Fox Plaza) 354 (107.9) 29 1967 Mixed-use Mixed-use residential and office building[171]
84 580 California Street 37°47′35″N 122°24′15″W / 37.792927°N 122.404144°W / 37.792927; -122.404144 (580 California Street) 351 (107) 23 1984 Office [172]
85 450 Sutter Street 37°47′22″N 122°24′28″W / 37.789551°N 122.407852°W / 37.789551; -122.407852 (450 Sutter Street) 350 (106.7) 26 1929 Office [173]
86 Parc 55 San Francisco 37°47′06″N 122°24′32″W / 37.785084°N 122.408936°W / 37.785084; -122.408936 (Parc 55 San Francisco) 350 (106.7) 32 1984 Hotel [174]
87 The Infinity I 37°47′22″N 122°23′29″W / 37.789345°N 122.391388°W / 37.789345; -122.391388 (The Infinity I) 350 (106.7) 35 2008 Residential [175]
88 LUMINA II 37°47′19″N 122°23′29″W / 37.788738°N 122.391495°W / 37.788738; -122.391495 (LUMINA II) 350 (106.7) 37 2015 Residential [176]
89 601 California Street 37°47′32″N 122°24′17″W / 37.792309°N 122.404724°W / 37.792309; -122.404724 (601 California Street) 349 (106.4) 22 1960 Office Also known as the International Building[177]
90 Hilton San Francisco Union Square Tower II – 37°47′09″N 122°24′39″W / 37.785851°N 122.410904°W / 37.785851; -122.410904 (Hilton San Francisco Union Square Tower II) 348 (106) 23 1987 Hotel [178]
91 135 Main Street – 37°47′30″N 122°23′39″W / 37.791534°N 122.394127°W / 37.791534; -122.394127 (135 Main Street) 340 (103.6) 22 1990 Office [179]
92 The InterContinental San Francisco 37°46′55″N 122°24′17″W / 37.781872°N 122.40484°W / 37.781872; -122.40484 (The InterContinental San Francisco) 340 (103.6) 31 2008 Hotel [180]
93 71 Stevenson Street – 37°47′22″N 122°23′59″W / 37.789349°N 122.399673°W / 37.789349; -122.399673 (71 Stevenson Street) 338 (103) 26 1986 Office Also known as Stevenson Place[181]
94 Bridgeview – 37°47′13″N 122°23′28″W / 37.787064°N 122.391113°W / 37.787064; -122.391113 (Bridgeview) 333 (101.4) 26 2002 Residential [182]
95 Royal Towers Apartments – 37°47′55″N 122°24′47″W / 37.79871°N 122.413094°W / 37.79871; -122.413094 (Royal Towers Apartments) 330 (100.6) 24 1964 Residential [183]
96 KPMG Building 37°47′19″N 122°24′01″W / 37.788742°N 122.400352°W / 37.788742; -122.400352 (KPMG Building) 330 (100.6) 25 2002 Office Also known by its street address, 55 Second Street.[184]
97 150 California Street 37°47′37″N 122°23′54″W / 37.793621°N 122.398445°W / 37.793621; -122.398445 (150 California Street) 330 (100.6) 23 1999 Office [185]
98 San Francisco Marriott Union Square 37°47′22″N 122°24′30″W / 37.7894795°N 122.408346°W / 37.7894795; -122.408346 (San Francisco Marriott Union Square) 329 (100.3) 29 1972 Hotel [186]
99 225 Bush Street 37°47′27″N 122°24′05″W / 37.790871°N 122.401344°W / 37.790871; -122.401344 (225 Bush Street) 328 (100) 22 1922 Office [187]
100 50 Beale Street 37°47′29″N 122°23′48″W / 37.7912903°N 122.396535°W / 37.7912903; -122.396535 (50 Beale Street) 328 (100) 23 1967 Office Also known as the Bechtel Building and the Blue Shield of California Building.[188]
101 Fairmont San Francisco – 37°47′34″N 122°24′35″W / 37.7927967°N 122.4096925°W / 37.7927967; -122.4096925 (Fairmont San Francisco) 325 (99.1) 29 1961 Hotel [189]
102 Union Bank Building – 37°47′36″N 122°24′03″W / 37.793389°N 122.400887°W / 37.793389; -122.400887 (Union Bank Building) 325 (99) 23 1977 Office [190]
103 235 Pine Street 37°47′31″N 122°24′01″W / 37.791901°N 122.400299°W / 37.791901; -122.400299 (235 Pine Street) 324 (98.8) 26 1990 Office [191]
104 Hunter-Dulin Building 37°47′23″N 122°24′09″W / 37.789753°N 122.402557°W / 37.789753; -122.402557 (Hunter-Dulin Building) 323 (98.3) 22 1926 Office [192]
105 Central Plaza 37°47′26″N 122°23′54″W / 37.790665°N 122.398293°W / 37.790665; -122.398293 (Central Plaza) 318 (96.9) 23 1987 Office [193]
106 Beacon Grand Hotel 37°47′20″N 122°24′30″W / 37.788937°N 122.40834°W / 37.788937; -122.40834 (Beacon Grand Hotel) 315 (96) 22 1928 Hotel Opened as, and also known as, the Sir Francis Drake Hotel.[194]
107 The Summit 37°47′54″N 122°24′55″W / 37.79845°N 122.415245°W / 37.79845; -122.415245 (The Summit) 315 (96) 32 1965 Residential [195]
108 1455 Market Street 37°46′32″N 122°25′04″W / 37.775478°N 122.417906°W / 37.775478; -122.417906 (1455 Market Street) 315 (96) 21 1977 Office [196]
109 W San Francisco 37°47′08″N 122°24′01″W / 37.785479°N 122.400398°W / 37.785479; -122.400398 (W San Francisco) 315 (96) 33 1999 Hotel [197]
110 Bank of California Building 37°47′36″N 122°24′06″W / 37.793243°N 122.401787°W / 37.793243; -122.401787 (Bank of California Building) 314 (95.7) 21 1967 Office [198]
111 353 Sacramento Street 37°47′38″N 122°23′59″W / 37.793915°N 122.399727°W / 37.793915; -122.399727 (353 Sacramento Street) 313 (95.4) 23 1983 Office [199]
112 Philip Burton Federal Building 37°46′55″N 122°25′05″W / 37.781898°N 122.418114°W / 37.781898; -122.418114 (Philip Burton Federal Building) 312 (95.1) 21 1959 Mixed-use Mixed-use office and government building[200]
113 Ritz Carlton Residence Club 37°47′18″N 122°24′12″W / 37.788227°N 122.403236°W / 37.788227; -122.403236 (Ritz Carlton Residence Club) 312 (95.1) 24 2006 Mixed-use Mixed-use residential and hotel building. A renovation of the Chronicle Building, considered the first high-rise in San Francisco. 14 new floors were buitl on top of the original ten in 2006.[201]
114 555 Market Street 37°47′24″N 122°24′00″W / 37.789955°N 122.399933°W / 37.789955; -122.399933 (555 Market Street) 311 (94.8) 22 1964 Office [202]
115 McAllister Tower Apartments 37°46′52″N 122°24′50″W / 37.781067°N 122.413986°W / 37.781067; -122.413986 (McAllister Tower Apartments) 310 (94.5) 28 1930 Residential [203]
116 Bank of America Center - Annex Building – 37°47′32″N 122°24′11″W / 37.79215°N 122.40298°W / 37.79215; -122.40298 (Bank of America Center - Annex Building) 309 (94.2) 16 1923 Office [204]
117 One Bush Plaza 37°47′28″N 122°24′00″W / 37.791012°N 122.400054°W / 37.791012; -122.400054 (One Bush Plaza) 308 (93.9) 20 1959 Office [205]
118 215-245 Market Street – 37°47′34″N 122°23′48″W / 37.792671°N 122.396576°W / 37.792671; -122.396576 (215-245 Market Street) 307 (93.5) 18 1925 Office Formerly the headquarters of Pacific Gas & Electric[206]
119 301 Howard Street 37°47′22″N 122°23′39″W / 37.789547°N 122.394295°W / 37.789547; -122.394295 (301 Howard Street) 307 (93.5) 23 1988 Office [207]
120 Mark Hopkins Hotel 37°47′30″N 122°24′37″W / 37.791531°N 122.41037°W / 37.791531; -122.41037 (Mark Hopkins Hotel) 306 (93.3) 19 1926 Hotel [208]
121 Trinity Place Building A – 37°46′42″N 122°24′46″W / 37.77837°N 122.412872°W / 37.77837; -122.412872 (Trinity Place Building A) 305 (93) 25 2009 Residential [209]
122 Mills Tower 37°47′29″N 122°24′05″W / 37.791374°N 122.401337°W / 37.791374; -122.401337 (Mills Tower) 302 (92.1) 22 1931 Office [210]
123 Montgomery - Washington Tower 37°47′43″N 122°24′13″W / 37.7952°N 122.403618°W / 37.7952; -122.403618 (Montgomery - Washington Tower) 300 (91.5) 26 1984 Mixed-use Mixed-use office and residential building[211]
124 299 Fremont 37°47′18″N 122°23′37″W / 37.788406°N 122.393696°W / 37.788406; -122.393696 (299 Fremont) 300 (91.4) 25 2016 Residential [212]

Tallest under construction, approved, or proposed

Under construction

As of 2026, there are no buildings expected to be 300 ft (91 m) or taller under construction in San Francisco.

On hold

This lists buildings that are on hold in San Francisco and were originally planned to rise at least 300 feet (91 m).

Name Coordinates Height
ft (m) 		Floors Purpose Notes
Oceanwide Center, Tower 1 37°47′24″N 122°23′53″W / 37.79000°N 122.39806°W / 37.79000; -122.39806 (Oceanwide Center Tower 1) 910 (277) 61 Mixed-use
  • Will be the second tallest building in San Francisco once completed, only behind the Salesforce Tower. Mixed-use office and residential building.
  • Construction started December 2016.[213][214][215][216]
Oceanwide Center, Tower 2 37°47′22.24″N 122°23′53.71″W / 37.7895111°N 122.3982528°W / 37.7895111; -122.3982528 (50 First Street Tower 2) 625 (191) 54 Mixed-use
  • Mixed-use hotel and residential building. This project contains a 169-room Waldorf Astoria San Francisco hotel on the first 21 floors and approximately 154 residential units on the upper 33 floors.[213][214][217]
30 Van Ness 37°46′32.4″N 122°25′08.5″W / 37.775667°N 122.419028°W / 37.775667; -122.419028 (30 Van Ness) 540 (165) 47 Mixed-use

Approved

This lists buildings that are approved in San Francisco and are planned to rise at least 300 feet (91 m). Table entries with dashes (—) indicate that information regarding building floor counts or dates of completion has not yet been released.

Name Height Floors Year (est.) Notes
530 Howard Street 843 (257)[223] 72[224] —
  • This project contains 882,250 square feet, with 730,975 square feet for housing and 48,000 square feet for parking. Once complete, the tower will contain 672 apartments.
  • Approved on October 24, 2024.[225]
10 South Van Ness 820 (250)[226][227] 67[228][229] 2027[230][231]
  • Developer: Crescent Heights
  • Architect: Arcadis[232][233]
  • Construction expected to begin the beginning of 2027. When completed it will become the city's 3rd tallest building.[234][235]
550 Howard Street (Parcel F) 806 (246) 61 —
  • Approved in March 2021[236][237]
  • The project contains 325,000 sqft of office space, 165 condos and 180 hotel rooms by Rosewood Hotels and Resorts.[238][239]
  • Developed by a joint venture with Hines, Urban Pacific, and Goldman Sachs Asset Management and designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects.[240]
45 Third Street 600 (183) 52 —
  • Design by Skidmore Owings & Merrill
  • The development is sponsored by Hearst and JMA Ventures.[241][242][243]
88 Bluxome Street 599 (183)[244] 58[245] —
  • Approved December 2025.[246]
  • Project will rise at the site of the former San Francisco Tennis Club.
  • The development will construct 1,500 apartments across two towers in addition to ground level retail.[247]
530 Sansome Street 574 (175)[248] 41 —
  • Proposed in August 2024 by Related Companies as a mixed-use office and hotel development[249]
  • To be built on the current site of San Francisco Fire Department Station 13; as part of the project, a new station would be constructed at 447 Battery Street.[250]
  • Approved in October 2025[251]
200 Main Street (Transbay Block 4) 513 (156) 47 —
  • Hines is the property owner and Solomon Cordwell Buenz is the designer.[252]
5M Development – N1 Tower 470 (143) 40 —
  • Along with H1, N2 and M2 towers, this project is set on total 4 acres (1.6 ha) at Fifth and Mission.[253][254][255]
95 Hawthorne Street 444 (135) 42 —
  • Approved in October 2019.[256]
  • Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM)[257][258]
655 4th Street 440 (134) 39 —
  • Approved in June 2019.[259][260]
  • Developed by Tishman Speyer and designed by Bjarke Ingels Group[261]
  • Tower A (37 floor and 400 ft high) and Tower B (39 floor and 440 ft high) .[262]
One Oak 437 (133) 41 —
  • This project developed by The Emerald Fund will contain 541 condominiums.[263]
555 Howard Street 405 (123) 36 —
  • This project includes 69 condominiums over a 255-room hotel.[264][265][266]
  • The ultra-luxury hotel will be named Langham Place.[267][268]
570 Market Street 320 (98) 29[269] —
  • Approved September 12th, 2025.[270]
  • Plans for a 211 room boutique hotel.[271]

Proposed

This lists buildings that are proposed in San Francisco and are planned to rise at least 300 feet (91 m). Table entries with dashes (—) indicate that information regarding building floor counts or dates of completion has not yet been released.

Name Height
ft (m) 		Floors Year (est.) Notes
77 Beale Street 1,225 (373) – —
  • Proposed in July 2025 by Hines.[272] If built, it would become the tallest building in San Francisco, 155 feet taller than the Salesforce Tower. It would also be the tallest building in the United States outside of New York City or Chicago.[272]
536 Mission Street 699 (213) 47 —
  • Height provided is a lower estimate. The other plan option calls for 752 ft tall office building.
  • Replaces an existing Golden Gate University campus[273]
The Cube (620 Folsom Street) 663 (202) 62 —
  • Applied by Ground Matrix in August 2021.[274]
  • Designed by Arquitectonica and applied by Align Real Estate.[275]
Central SOMA Tower (636–648 4th Street) 517 (158) 47 —
  • SF Planning Department made initial feedback in March 2023.[276]
95 Hawthorne Street 444 (135) 42 —
  • Approved in October 2019.[256]
  • Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM)[257][258]
180 Hawthorne Street 444 (135) 40 —
598 Bryant Street 355 (108) 33 —
  • Proposed in 2024. Environmental review approved February 2026.[278]
  • Will contain 395 apartments, 3,750 square feet of ground-level retail, and 2,900 square feet for the 32-car parking garage, which will use stackers.[279]

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 Salesforce Tower.

Name Image Street address Years as tallest Height
ft (m) 		Floors Notes
Montgomery Block 628 Montgomery Street 1853–1854 ~50 (15) 4 [280][281][282]
Old Saint Mary's Cathedral 660 California Street 1854–1875 90 (27) 1 [283][284][285][286]
Palace Hotel 2 New Montgomery Street 1875–1890 120 (37) 7 [note 1][287][288]
Chronicle Building 690 Market Street 1890–1898 218 (66) 10 [289]
Call Building 703 Market Street 1898–1922 315 (96) 15 [note 2][290]
225 Bush Street 225 Bush Street 1922–1925 328 (100) 22 [291]
140 New Montgomery 140 New Montgomery Street 1925–1964 435 (133) 26 [note 3][292]
650 California Street 650 California Street 1964–1967 466 (142) 33 [note 4][293]
44 Montgomery Street 44 Montgomery Street 1967–1969 565 (172) 43 [294]
555 California Street 555 California Street 1969–1972 779 (237) 52 [note 5][295]
Transamerica Pyramid 600 Montgomery Street 1972–2018 853 (260) 48 [296]
Salesforce Tower 415 Mission Street 2018–present 1,070 (326) 61 [297]

Notes

  1. The original Palace Hotel burned down in 1906.
  2. The Call Building was renamed the Spreckels Building in 1913 and was heavily modified in 1938, lowering its height to 299 feet (91 m).
  3. The Russ Building, completed in 1927, was only a few inches (0.1 meters) taller than the height of the Pacific Telephone Building. The two buildings can be considered to be tied for the title of San Francisco's tallest building, which they held unti 1964.
  4. This building was constructed as the Hartford Building, but is now more commonly known as 650 California Street.
  5. This building was constructed as the Bank of America Center, but was renamed to 555 California Street in 2005.

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