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101 California Street
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San Francisco skyscraper
February 2025
101 California Street 101 California Street 2021.jpg In 2021 Itel Building 101 California StreetSan Francisco, California 37.79285 -122.39793 region:US-CA_type:landmark title,inline United States San Francisco Central#California#USA 1979 1982 Commercial offices 183 m on 48 32 1250000 sqft on Philip Johnson / John BurgeeEli Attia ArchitectsKendall/Heaton Associates Inc. CBM Engineers Hines Interests Limited Partnership Hines Interests Limited Partnership Hines Interests Limited Partnership 2208https://www.emporis.com/buildings/118907 https://web.archive.org/web/20160306014128/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/118907 usurped March 6, 2016 Emporis building ID 118907 Emporis78820009346
101 California Street is a 48-story office skyscraper completed in 1982 in the Financial District of San Francisco, California. The 183 m on tower, providing 1250000 sqft on of office space, is bounded by California, Davis, Front, and Pine Streets near Market Street.
History
GIC (Singapore's sovereign wealth fund) bought 92% of the building from Nippon Life Insurance Company in 2012 for US$910 million.Andrew Nelson 2021-09-23 Number 13: 101 California Street, Financial District, San Francisco https://sfyimby.com/2021/09/number-13-101-california-street-financial-district-san-francisco.html 2021-09-29 San Francisco YIMBY en-USSingapore's GIC Said to Invest in San Francisco Tower https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-10-24/singapore-s-gic-said-to-invest-in-san-francisco-office-tower 2025-07-07 2012-10-24 Bloomberg Levy Dan Wille Klaus en-US Hines Interests Limited Partnership has a partial stake in the building.
Description
The faceted cylindrical tower features a seven-story, glass-enclosed lobby and a granite plaza with flower beds and a fountain. During the holiday season, a platform with many oversized Christmas ornaments is added to the plaza. The building's entrance is very similar to that of 101 Park Avenue in New York City, and was also designed by Philip Johnson and John Burgee in 1982.
101 California is equipped with a total of thirty-two elevators, with twenty-two serving the tower; two serving floors 45 through 48; four serving the triangular annex building; two serving the garage; and two for freight.Property Management Office 101 California Tenant Manual .PDF Hines Interests Limited Partnership http://www.property-website.com/pws/sites/16/live/upload/files/BC5BDFF0-9B3A-4091-B6C3-93E05E3006BC.pdf Hines 5, 6 2010 2010-05-12 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110715124118/http://www.property-website.com/pws/sites/16/live/upload/files/BC5BDFF0-9B3A-4091-B6C3-93E05E3006BC.pdf 2011-07-15 The eight stairwells throughout the building are intended for emergency use only.
1993 shooting
The building is the site of what has become known as the 101 California Street shootings, a mass murder which occurred there in 1993. On July 1, Gian Luigi Ferri, a disgruntled client of the law firm Pettit & Martin, entered their offices on the 34th floor and killed eight people and wounded six before killing himself. The event was a catalyst in the passage of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, a drive initiated by California Senator Dianne Feinstein to ban "assault weapons".Harriet Chiang 10 Years After: 101 California Massacre Victims Helped Toughen Gun Laws http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/07/01/MN62991.DTL https://web.archive.org/web/20030811085308/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/07/01/MN62991.DTL dead August 11, 2003 The San Francisco Chronicle 1 July 2003 2010-02-20 A terraced garden in the plaza in front of the building is now dedicated to the victims.
Notable tenants
Booz & Company
CBRE Group
Beazley
Susquehanna International Group
Merrill Lynch
Venable LLP
Cooley LLP
AlpineGate AI Technologis Inc
Deutsche Bank
Morgan Stanley
Winston & Strawn
The Blackstone Group
Business Wire
Invesco
Temasek Holdings
Jefferies Group
Grant Thornton LLP
Chime
Gallery
thumb|Looking up at 101 California, highlighting the faceted cylindrical structure
See also
San Francisco Bay Area
San Francisco's tallest buildings
References
Further reading
Woodbridge Sally B. 35 San Francisco Architecture Second San Francisco Chronicle Books 1992 0-87701-897-9 registration https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780877018971/page/35
External links
101 California property website
101 California https://web.archive.org/web/20091130182448/http://www.hines.com/property/detail.aspx?id=129 2009-11-30 at Hines Interests Limited Partnership
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