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inMy old home at 370 Third Street has gone through quite a transformation — including its identifying street number as well. It didn’t sit empty and disconsolate like 140 New Montgomery or 666 Folsom, since it was much newer construction, but it did suffer through the financial/real estate crisis with little potential tenant interest for a time. But it has come roaring back, with big changes outside, inside, and apparently, even on the roof. From today’s San Francisco Business Times:
Kilroy tops off SoMa office turnaround with chic roof deck
J.K. Dineen – Reporter- San Francisco Business Times
Sep 19, 2013, 10:36am PDT
Kilroy Realty Corp. has completed a 360 degree turnaround of 360 Third St. Two years when Kilroy bought the former back office building for Pacific Bell, it was 91 percent empty and left for dead.
The previous owner had made a full-press effort to lease the hulking building in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood to the Environmental Protection Agency, but even the federal government didn’t want it.
Now the 410,000-square-foot building, which recently earned LEED Gold certification, is 85 percent leased and this week is celebrating with a party on its new $5 million roof deck. The project was designed by Douglas Giesey, a former Gensler architect who is now in-house at Kilroy.
“From the beginning, our goal was to deliver a top quality, top performing work environment with all the amenities sought after by creative and innovation-driven companies flooding into the SoMa area,” said John Kilroy, Jr., who is chairman, president and CEO of Kilroy Realty (NASDAQ: KRC). “Not only did we achieve this but I think we’ve successfully converted this former Pacific Bell call center into a hip and cool new digital, media and technology powerhouse.”
Just as residential developers are stealing ideas from office builders to lure young tech workers, Kilroy’s new roof deck employs some of the amenities that have become obligatory in high-end rental communities in SoMa and Mission Bay. With views of the Bay Bridge, AT&T Ball Park and the bay, the rooftop deck has a bar, integrated lighting and sound systems, fire pits and extensive landscaping. Elevator systems were modernized and extended to the roof deck. Building infrastructure was updated to support densification and the lobby and floor plans were redesigned into contemporary, collaborative layouts. A new irrigation system was installed that reduces landscaping water usage by 50 percent, and a new measurement and verification system was added to the building that allows individual tenants to monitor and manage energy consumption. Bicycle storage and showers were also incorporated into the new design as part of the amenity package that tenants seek in today’s modern office campuses.
“We were able to create a new vibe in the building – taking it from un-inspired shell office space and conventional common areas to more vibrant and productive technology and media space with inviting public areas that include indoor and outdoor ‘great’ rooms and modern amenities. Achieving LEED Gold certification serves as a testament to the successful transformation of the project by our team,” said Mike Sanford, Kilroy Realty’s senior vice president for Northern California.
When Kilroy bought the building, the only tenant was ComCast SportsNet who uses the space to broadcast its CSN Bay Area programs. Building off Comcast’s studio, 360 Third St. was able to attract Pac-12 Enterprises, which signed an 11-year lease almost immediately after Kilroy Realty closed on the acquisition. In addition to ComCast SportsNet and PAC-12 Enterprises, the roster of tenants includes KNTV, AKQA, Square Trade, Flurry, Real Page and Clinkle.
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inThe demolition of the two old buildings has begun. The smaller of the two is almost completely gone, but one portion remains — perhaps because there are two fascinating old safes or vaults there ! I wonder if Al Capone’s fortune is inside.
The beautiful old bricks of the larger building are visible as it is demolished from the center outward.
As I suspected, they will need to take out the old, tough, battle-scarred, ever-faithful street trees along the front of the two buildings that are coming down. I snapped a last view of these wonderful sentinels. They did their best, and it was great.
The back side of the larger of the two buildings is seen here. I love those arched windows. I was never able to get up close to that side of the building, as it was closed off by both the old transbay terminal configuration and by the barriers now protecting the excavation site.
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