Inside San Francisco Real Estate

Welcome back to our new series, Building Profiles.  Last time we took a good look at one of San Francisco’s older condo buildings, The Bellaire Tower.  This time, we’re taking things into the 21st Century.  As a matter of fact, this building was the first skyscraper to be completed in the 21st Century in San Francisco.

Part 5-star hotel, part luxury residences, the Four Seasons of San Francisco is a magnificent complex located at 757 Market between 3rd and 4th Streets.  You can access the hotel from Stevenson Street, a small alleyway off of 3rd.

Stats and Scoops:

• The luxury condominiums within the building have an address of 765 Market Street
• Neighborhood:  South of Market (SoMa) or Financial District South
• Year Built:  2001
• Style:  Modern
• Height:  398 feet, 121 meters
• Layout:  419 hotel and condo units on 40 floors.  277 units are hotel rooms, 142 are luxury condominiums.
• Property Type:  Mixed Use – Hotel, retail, and residential condominium
• Architects:  Del Campo & Maru Architects, Handel Architects
• Other Notable Projects:  Handel designed the new condos on Folsom, BLU, the new massive condo tower Millennium, and the Hokua condo tower in Honolulu.
• Non-linear viscous dampers limit wind impact (Emporis.com)
• The Four Seasons is the 44th tallest building in San Francisco.
• The Four Seasons is 1 meter taller than the Westin St. Francis at Union Square (the highrise, not the historic building).
• It would take 2.14 Four Seasons buildings stacked on top of each other to equal the height of the Transamerica Pyramid.
• The Four Seasons (121 meters) is nearly twice as tall as Coit Tower (64 meters).
• 555 California Street (237 meters) is nearly twice as tall as the Four Seasons.
• If the Four Seasons were moved to Chicago, it would be the 178th tallest building.  In New York, it would rank #372.
• The Woolworth Building in NYC is twice as tall as the Four Seasons.

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• There are currently 5 condos for sale at the Four Seasons and one in contract.
• The average asking price for the 5 condos is $3,108,000.
• Condos range from 1 to 3 bedrooms.
• The highest sales price per square foot on record took place in October of 2008.  Unit #22B, a one bedroom, recorded $2,123.79 per square foot.
• The highest listing in the MLS was a penthouse condo that was listed for $8,975,000.  It sold in March 2008 for an undisclosed price.
• The last time any property in the building sold for less than $1 million was in 2005 (according to MLS).
• Average marketing time for units is around 47 days.  However, there are plenty of withdrawn and expired listings in the building’s history.
• The average square feet per unit is 2,147.  The median is 1,750.  These are nice-sized condos.
• The building has a swimming pool, basketball court, spa, 10,000 square foot weight training gym, 4,000 square foot cardio centre, and four group exercise studios, all run by Sports Club L.A.
• Seasons Restaurant features 110 seats and views of San Francisco’s financial district.

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