SAN FRANCISCO-Convention facility, Moscone Center, will beginthe first phase of the two-year $55-million renovation project nextmonth. Construction and cosmetic improvement work will betimetabled to avoid any disruption to the facility, according toJones Lang LaSalle, which was recently awarded project managementresponsibilities for the renovation.

Built in 1981 and expanded in 1991 and again in 2003, the20-acre Moscone Center convention complex consists of three mainbuildings—Moscone North, South and West—totaling more than twomillion square feet and offering 740,000 square feet of meeting andexhibition space.
The renovation is being funded through a unique public-privatepartnership between the City of San Francisco and the San FranciscoTourism Improvement District Management Corp., a privately-fundedgroup formed by local hotels specifically to make improvements tothe Moscone Center and to promote tourism in SanFrancisco. The city is providing $35 million toward the totalcost of renovations with the SFTID generating an additional $20million through a self-assessment of San Francisco hotels.

The initial renovation work being supervised by JLL andbeginning in August includes cosmetic improvements to the mainexhibit halls—A, B and C—and minor HVAC work in the North meetingrooms. A second phase of work is slated to begin in December withcosmetic upgrades to selected restrooms to bring them intocompliance with the American Disabilities Act. The second phasewill also include renovation of meeting rooms in Moscone North. JLLtells GlobeSt.com that the renovation is planned to be completed inOctober 2012.