Think Bryant Park on a Rooftop

This rooftop park atop the Transbay Center is the size of Bryant Park (photo: JLL).

SAN FRANCISCO—The planned rooftop park atop the new Transbay Center, designed by PWP Landscape Architecture, will feature 13 different gardens, a spacious lawn with trees, movable chairs and tables, an 800-seat amphitheater for concerts and performances, a half-mile jogging track and a restaurant. Park programming being considered includes yoga, exercise classes, farmers markets, nighttime movies, ping pong, chess, reading rooms, art shows, children’s programming and concerts.

Dan Biederman, who transformed New York City’s Bryant Park, and his consulting firm Biederman Redevelopment Ventures, which specializes in developing and operating public spaces, will manage and operate the park. Biederman Redevelopment is part of a management team led by commercial real estate developer Lincoln Property Company, hired by the Transbay Joint Powers Authority.