SAN FRANCISCO—Equivalent to nearly four Olympic swimming pools, the 11,000-cubic-yard foundation slab is now in place for Park Tower at Transbay. The project's partners, The John Buck Company, Golub and MetLife, are on schedule and the team will soon go vertical with construction of the 43-story office tower that will be part of San Francisco's skyline.

The last of 80 truckloads of concrete were poured into the 40-foot deep hole at Beale and Howard Streets, completing the foundation with a 12-foot-thick concrete slab. Anxious not to repeat the issues that Millennium Tower faces, Park Tower will have one of the most robust foundations in San Francisco. Construction crews wove 4 million pounds of rebar into the concrete base, which is anchored 25 feet into bedrock.

When completed in the first quarter of 2018, Park Tower will offer 750,000 square feet of office and retail space with views of the Bay and downtown. In fact, 70% of the floors will have views of the Bay.

Park Tower is pre-certified LEED Gold with advanced building systems and a 25% stronger, reinforced ductile concrete core, making it capable of withstanding major seismic movement.

The building features 14 exclusive sky decks, offering outdoor work and leisure space for tenants. There is also more than 50,000 square feet of public space within the project, which sits adjacent to the future Transbay Terminal and its planned city park. The development is located across the street from the temporary transit center and offers access to BART, Muni, ferries and on/off ramps to the Bay Bridge along with amenities that support a 24/7 lifestyle.

GlobeSt.com learns Park Tower will be delivered in first quarter 2018 with 43 floors. The tower will be closer to the Bay than any other ground-up office development in San Francisco. The leasing team is Christopher Roeder, Wes Powell and Steve Anderson of JLL.

“It's been a productive time to get all of the approvals and with the completion of the foundation pour, we are going ahead full-speed with our building program,” Roeder tells GlobeSt.com. “As a result, we are seeing tremendous interest in our leasing opportunity.”

Park Tower is pre-certified LEED Gold with advanced building systems and a 25% stronger, reinforced ductile concrete core, making it capable of withstanding major seismic movement.

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Tower to Have One of the Most Robust Foundations

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