California
In Memoriam: David N. Walton
David N. Walton, a Riverside, California, native who was passionate about elevators, vintage cars and Democratic politics, passed away peacefully on April 1. Born in 1942, Walton was a journeyman...
Foster To Retrofit San Francisco’s Transamerica Tower
Designer Foster + Partners is set to take in San Francisco a record overhaul project for the historic, 50-year-old Transamerica Tower, Architects’ Journal reported in March. The US$250-million plan, led...
Developers Call For Larger Tower Project In Sacramento
Developers of an apartment and office tower in Sacramento, California, are promoting an even larger building than originally mentioned, The Sacramento Bee reports. The proposed building, set for the empty...
Millennium Tower Parking Building Elevators Affected By Sliding
At downtown San Francisco's 58-story residential Millennium Tower, which has been the target of lawsuits over its sinking, tilting foundation, another problem has emerged — sliding — and it is...
Developers Behind Plan Seek To Pass Berkeley Height Limit
Developers behind a plan for a new apartment building in Berkeley, California, are pushing for a project taller than the city’s limits, Hoodline reports. The project, originally an 18-story residential tower, is...
Otis provides VT, Westbank Campus adds residential tower
Construction on San Francisco Tower Wrapping Up Construction is wrapping up on 30 Otis Street, SoMa, in San Francisco as the tower is preparing for move-ins later this summer, San...
Plans unfold in various parts of the city
A US$2-Billion Megaproject Could Reshape Arts District Pandemic-related shutdowns have hurt the city’s downtown streets and indicate long-term changes to office life, but builders are pressing ahead with major projects...
OEM and tower activity in San Francisco and beyond
Mitsubishi Electric US Opens New Office in San Francisco Mitsubishi Electric US, Inc., which produces, installs and repairs elevators and escalators, is opening an office in downtown San Francisco, its...
News from San Francisco YIMBY: towers being planned and taking shape
Permits Filed for San Francisco Residential High Rise Developers have filed permits to build a 42-story residential building in San Francisco’s SoMa (South of Market) neighborhood, the source reported in...
Residences, stores, hotel rooms on the drawing board.
City Approves Plan for 56-Story Downtown Tower City officials have approved a plan for a 56-story mixed-use tower in the city’s downtown, Connect California reported on August 20. The plan,...
