# San Francisco | Transamerica Pyramid | 853 FT | 48 FL | **URL:** \ **Category:** San Francisco\ **Created:** [December 7, 2022, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/san-francisco-transamerica-pyramid-853-ft-48-fl/22174 "2022-12-07T18:55:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mcart](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mcart/32/84718_2.png) [@mcart](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/mcart)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/san-francisco-transamerica-pyramid-853-ft-48-fl/22174/1 "2022-12-07T18:55:48Z")
> **[Official Ceremony for $400 Million Transamerica Pyramid Renovation - San...](https://sfyimby.com/2022/12/official-ceremony-for-400-million-transamerica-pyramid-renovation.html)** > > SHVO, the new owner of the Transamerica Pyramid and two adjacent buildings, has started renovations of the city’s iconic property with an official ceremony. ---
**Author:** ![mcart](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mcart/32/84718_2.png) [@mcart](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/mcart)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 10:30pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/san-francisco-transamerica-pyramid-853-ft-48-fl/22174/2 "2023-05-17T22:30:12Z")
[https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-17/san-francisco-transamerica-pyramid-is-being-remade-in-bet-remote-work-will-fade](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-17/san-francisco-transamerica-pyramid-is-being-remade-in-bet-remote-work-will-fade) ---
**Author:** ![stache](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/stache/32/30186_2.png) [@stache](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/stache)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 1:37pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/san-francisco-transamerica-pyramid-853-ft-48-fl/22174/3 "2023-05-18T13:37:08Z")
Such a magical building - ---
**Author:** ![robertwalpole](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/robertwalpole/32/15739_2.png) [@robertwalpole](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/robertwalpole)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 3:16pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/san-francisco-transamerica-pyramid-853-ft-48-fl/22174/4 "2023-05-18T15:16:28Z")
I agree. I love SF, but it’s in a race to the bottom with Chicago. ---
**Author:** ![stache](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/stache/32/30186_2.png) [@stache](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/stache)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2023, 1:26pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/san-francisco-transamerica-pyramid-853-ft-48-fl/22174/5 "2023-05-19T13:26:56Z")
San Diego coming up from behind - ---
**Author:** ![mcart](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mcart/32/84718_2.png) [@mcart](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/mcart)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2023, 5:55pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/san-francisco-transamerica-pyramid-853-ft-48-fl/22174/6 "2023-06-06T17:55:33Z")
> **[Tenant-Only Rooms Drive High Rents at Transamerica Pyramid](https://therealdeal.com/sanfrancisco/2023/06/06/exclusive-first-look-inside-transamerica-pyramids-tenant-only-rooms/)** > > Exclusive amenities play a key role in convincing companies to pay some of the highest office lease rates in San Francisco, SHVO says. ---
**Author:** ![Andrew](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/andrew/32/79731_2.png) [@Andrew](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Andrew)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2023, 6:10pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/san-francisco-transamerica-pyramid-853-ft-48-fl/22174/7 "2023-06-06T18:10:51Z")
Can anyone with access confirm if there are new renderings from this story? Regarding the feature image, we shared that rendering back in March of last year. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/5/3/53ff7e73cb9e8b28ced40e891563820a99794805.jpeg) > **[$400 Million Renovation Project Starts with San Francisco’s Iconic...](https://sfyimby.com/2022/03/400-million-renovation-project-starts-with-san-franciscos-iconic-transamerica-pyramid.html)** > > Construction work has begun renovating San Francisco’s most iconic skyscraper, the Transamerica Pyramid. Interiors by Foster + Partners will elevate... ---
**Author:** ![mcart](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mcart/32/84718_2.png) [@mcart](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/mcart)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2023, 6:24pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/san-francisco-transamerica-pyramid-853-ft-48-fl/22174/8 "2023-06-06T18:24:12Z")
Try this > **[Tenant-Only Rooms Drive High Rents at Transamerica Pyramid](https://web.archive.org/web/20230606182303/https://therealdeal.com/sanfrancisco/2023/06/06/exclusive-first-look-inside-transamerica-pyramids-tenant-only-rooms/)** > > Exclusive amenities play a key role in convincing companies to pay some of the highest office lease rates in San Francisco, SHVO says. ---
**Author:** ![Andrew](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/andrew/32/79731_2.png) [@Andrew](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Andrew)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2023, 7:39pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/san-francisco-transamerica-pyramid-853-ft-48-fl/22174/9 "2023-06-06T19:39:52Z")
> [@mcart](#): > > [Tenant-Only Rooms Drive High Rents at Transamerica Pyramid](https://therealdeal.com/sanfrancisco/2023/06/06/exclusive-first-look-inside-transamerica-pyramids-tenant-only-rooms/) made it work, thank you! From that the only rendering I haven’t seen before is of a board room. ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/2/e/2e17d363c437c8199c5f9b99015f812804aaca8a.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2023, 1:23pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/san-francisco-transamerica-pyramid-853-ft-48-fl/22174/10 "2023-10-24T13:23:54Z")
> **[Transamerica Pyramid: Michael Shvo on Downtown San Francisco](https://sfstandard.com/2023/10/24/transamerica-pyramid-downtown-san-francisco-michael-shvo/)** > > The developer shares his outlook on SF's commercial real estate. ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2023, 5:58am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/san-francisco-transamerica-pyramid-853-ft-48-fl/22174/11 "2023-11-14T05:58:09Z")
> **[Aerial Dancers Mark APEC In Transamerica Pyramid Performance](https://sfstandard.com/2023/11/13/aerial-dancers-mark-apec-atop-transamerica-pyramid/)** > > The dance troupe also shared a call to "free Palestine" in a social media post. ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2023, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/san-francisco-transamerica-pyramid-853-ft-48-fl/22174/12 "2023-12-21T18:06:59Z")
[https://www.sfchronicle.com/realestate/article/transamerica-pyramid-shadow-sf-18550477.php](https://www.sfchronicle.com/realestate/article/transamerica-pyramid-shadow-sf-18550477.php) > Shvo, the Manhattan luxury development firm led by Michael Shvo, has been seeking permission to tear down a commercial building that sits at the foot of the 48-story pyramid at 505 Washington St., renovate an adjacent nine-story historic building at 545 Sansome St. and expand the latter by six floors. The result would be a single building designed by renowned architect Foster + Partners that would add 50,000 square feet of new office space and rise 217 feet in height. > > The remake of 545 Sansome ushers in the second phase of Shvo’s planned multimillion-dollar investment in the Transamerica Pyramid block, which the company bought with the help of investors for a whopping $650 million in the early months of the pandemic in 2020. > > But there was a caveat: San Francisco’s 1984 Sunlight Ordinance, or Proposition K, mandates additional review of new structures that rise higher than 40 feet and could result in new shadows cast on properties under the jurisdiction of the Recreation and Park Department. > > According to the city’s Planning Department, the proposed construction at 545 Sansome would raise the so-called shadow load that’s already cast on Maritime Plaza — a public plaza that sits above street level on a parking structure between Battery, Davis, Clay and Washington streets — by a hair, from 67.88% today to 67.91%, if built. .Renderings here: > **[Unanimous Approval for Three Transamerica Redevelopment - San Francisco YIMBY](https://sfyimby.com/2023/12/unanimous-approval-for-three-transamerica-redevelopment.html)** > > The San Francisco Parks Department and Planning Commission have unanimously approved the Three Transamerica redevelopment in San Francisco’s Financial... old plan: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/9/1/918f927538ff4b75a4ebc110a8607b92aeba19d9.jpeg) source: [Tense Development Toward 545 Sansome Street Expansion, Financial District, San Francisco - San Francisco YIMBY](https://sfyimby.com/2022/02/tense-development-toward-545-sansome-street-expansion-financial-district-san-francisco.html) new plan: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/f/7/f741af7eb0ecde52f0786f94d1f5af11c2458331.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![stache](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/stache/32/30186_2.png) [@stache](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/stache)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2023, 2:39pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/san-francisco-transamerica-pyramid-853-ft-48-fl/22174/13 "2023-12-22T14:39:16Z")
I guess people are betting long term that SF will eventually come back. ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2023, 6:52pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/san-francisco-transamerica-pyramid-853-ft-48-fl/22174/14 "2023-12-29T18:52:03Z")
> **[San Francisco’s Montgomery Street Could Signal a Downtown Revival](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/28/us/san-francisco-downtown-rebound.html)** > > From the revamped Transamerica Pyramid to a small public radio station broadcasting from a former copy shop, the street offers hope for recovery in the city. Columbus Avenue looking towards downtown ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/8/d/8d2bb5d5e455a2ac90cf20e4c00d4c31a6d3565b.jpeg) The Transamerica Pyramid in downtown San Francisco.Credit…Jim Wilson/The New York Times ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2024, 8:06pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/san-francisco-transamerica-pyramid-853-ft-48-fl/22174/15 "2024-05-06T20:06:31Z")
> **[Exclusive: SF’s Transamerica Pyramid is going to look very different](https://sfstandard.com/2024/05/06/transamerica-pyramid-renovation-beacon/)** > > The beacon atop the Transamerica Pyramid is currently undergoing tests as a new design firm installs a new lighting system that will remake the skyline of San Francisco by night. We got an exclusive peek, climbing all the way to the top. ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 10:52pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/san-francisco-transamerica-pyramid-853-ft-48-fl/22174/16 "2024-06-14T22:52:10Z")
> **[YIMBY Visits Transamerica Pyramid, San Francisco - San Francisco YIMBY](https://sfyimby.com/2024/06/yimby-visits-transamerica-pyramid-san-francisco.html)** > > Last week, YIMBY was given an exclusive tour of the Transamerica Pyramid showcasing the progress of renovations designed by the internationally acclaimed... ---
**Author:** ![TK2000](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/tk2000/32/114212_2.png) [@TK2000](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/TK2000)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2024, 1:47am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/san-francisco-transamerica-pyramid-853-ft-48-fl/22174/17 "2024-06-15T01:47:14Z")
I’m really glas YIMBY still gets these exclusive tours. I can’t tell you how excited I was writing my tours about Arthaus in Philadelphia, and I dislike writing lol ---
**Author:** ![stache](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/stache/32/30186_2.png) [@stache](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/stache)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2024, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/san-francisco-transamerica-pyramid-853-ft-48-fl/22174/18 "2024-06-15T15:13:06Z")
I’m old enough to remember when you could walk into that building and go to any floor you wanted. I served a summons to someone there as a favor to a friend. ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2024, 6:48pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/san-francisco-transamerica-pyramid-853-ft-48-fl/22174/19 "2024-06-16T18:48:07Z")
You delivered the summons at Arthaus in Philadelphia or the Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco? ---
**Author:** ![stache](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/stache/32/30186_2.png) [@stache](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/stache)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2024, 11:33pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/san-francisco-transamerica-pyramid-853-ft-48-fl/22174/20 "2024-06-16T23:33:10Z")
Transamerica. Arthaus is new. [Next page](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/san-francisco-transamerica-pyramid-853-ft-48-fl/22174.md?page=2)