SAN FRANCISCO | One Rincon Hill- North Tower | 541 FT (151 M) | 50 floors - Page 2

tech12 · #21 Posted **Jun 20, 2012, 5:00 AM**

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Originally Posted by NOPA

I was recently at a friend's loft on Beale street with a view of this site. She was complaining about all the new buildings planned for Freemont street and that "they are going to build another one of those ugly towers." I just bit my tongue and laughed inside since I cannot wait. I'll take a photo next time I am there

I really don't understand why people who hate skyscrapers move to big cities, let alone their downtown areas of big cities.

SLO · #22 Posted **Jun 20, 2012, 5:57 AM**

Excellent news. I think this tower will have a lot of impact on the skyline, further widening it.
I do agree with Plinko though on the buildings orientation, but who knows....

1977 · #23 Posted **Jun 21, 2012, 4:53 PM**

Apparently, the June 11th start was a little optimistic.

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Meanwhile, the developer, Mike Kriozere, and his new capital partner (Principal Global Investors) are being coy about when the second tower of the One Rincon project might get started. It could happen by August, according to real estate sources.

Source: http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfranci...-tv-stars.html

mt_climber13 · #24 Posted **Jun 21, 2012, 5:33 PM**

I went by the site yesterday- no progress yet.

minesweeper · #25 Posted **Jul 7, 2012, 12:53 AM**

Not sure if I'm reading this right, but it looks like the Shoring permit was approved today, so perhaps construction is imminent?

rocketman_95046 · #26 Posted **Jul 7, 2012, 6:01 AM**

minesweeper · #27 Posted **Jul 9, 2012, 3:48 PM**

Apparently they were indeed waiting for that permit:

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Tower II: Four years after the economy tanked, a developer of One Rincon Hill plans to finally break ground this week on that second giant condo tower next to the Bay Bridge.

"We are ready to start," said Michael Kriozere of Urban West Associates, which developed One Rincon and is now advising on the new project.

1977 · #28 Posted **Jul 9, 2012, 3:57 PM**

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Apparently they were indeed waiting for that permit:

Awesome!

rocketman_95046 · #29 Posted **Jul 16, 2012, 6:53 PM**

One Rincon Hill: The Ground Has Been Broken For Tower Two
http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2....html#comments

mt_climber13 · #30 Posted **Jul 16, 2012, 7:54 PM**

Maybe by the time it's built our lovely moderators would have updated the title thread to the actual height.

minesweeper · #31 Posted **Jul 16, 2012, 11:36 PM**

What's the new tower's height going to be? The press release out today says:

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According to Kriozere, One Rincon Hill's second tower will be a "52-story 450-foot version" of the existing tower with some subtle internal changes and new features.

Either that's incorrect, or those are some really compact floors. Is that a typo, where they meant "540" instead?

rocketman_95046 · #32 Posted **Jul 17, 2012, 2:57 PM**

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Originally Posted by minesweeper

What's the new tower's height going to be? The press release out today says:

Either that's incorrect, or those are some really compact floors. Is that a typo, where they meant "540" instead?

The zoning for rincon hill was 550' and 450' with additional allowances for mechanical and architectural features. Thus tower one is 641'. In the same light, tower two will be 450' + 91' = 541' This was confirmed way back in 2006 when J Church got his hands on the architectural drawings. Fflint verified this to be correct.

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ht=rincon+hill

NOPA · #33 Posted **Jul 18, 2012, 12:11 AM**

Does this mean we can move this thread to the Highrise Construction folder? Groundbreaking also reported here:

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfranci...on-second.html

peanut gallery · #34 Posted **Jul 19, 2012, 6:17 PM**

Not yet. For one, the groundbreaking was ceremonial. No actual work has begun as you can see here on Tuesday:

Second, a project isn't considered under construction on SSP until something permanent is in the ground, like foundation work, piles, etc.

minesweeper · #35 Posted **Jul 19, 2012, 10:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by peanut gallery

Not yet. For one, the groundbreaking was ceremonial. No actual work has begun as you can see here on Tuesday

I was wondering what the site looked like now; too bad that nothing has happened. Thanks for the update.

viewguysf · #36 Posted **Jul 22, 2012, 1:21 AM**

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I was wondering what the site looked like now; too bad that nothing has happened. Thanks for the update.

Yeah, let's get on with it! I don't want to see anything stop this one.

That "Penthouse Closeout!" banner seems like a mattress store or car dealer closeout sale.

CyberEric · #37 Posted **Jul 26, 2012, 2:32 PM**

Or a lot of dirty magazines!

Happy to see this one seems to be underway.

botoxic · #38 Posted **Jul 30, 2012, 5:21 AM**

I walked by One Rincon II today on my way to the Giants game. A backhoe has demo'ed all of the asphalt, which is stockpiled, ready to be off-hauled. It did not look like below ground excavation has started, but could begin once the asphalt is removed from the site (this week perhaps?).

OneRinconHill · #39 Posted **Jul 30, 2012, 8:33 AM**

I'm not sure if this is going to make the skyline look even stranger, or better.

tech12 · #40 Posted **Jul 30, 2012, 4:38 PM**

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I'm not sure if this is going to make the skyline look even stranger, or better.

Better. One Rincon hill will look less removed from the rest of the skyline, and especially so once the other Rincon Hill towers go up.