St. Regis Museum Tower - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

St. Regis Museum Tower is a highrise in the South of Market district of San Francisco, California

California

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, adjacent to Yerba Buena Gardens

Yerba Buena Gardens

Yerba Buena Gardens is the name for two blocks of public parks located between Third and Fourth, Mission and Folsom Streets in downtown San Francisco, California. The first block bordered by Mission and Howard Streets was opened in 1993. The second block, between Howard and Folsom Streets was...

, Moscone Center

Moscone Center

Moscone Center is the largest convention and exhibition complex in San Francisco, California. It comprises three main halls: Two underground halls underneath Yerba Buena Gardens, known as Moscone North and Moscone South, and a three-level Moscone West exhibition hall across 4th Street...

, PacBell Building

PacBell Building

The PacBell Building or 140 New Montgomery Street in San Francisco's South of Market district is a Neo-Gothic, office tower located close to the St. Regis Museum Tower and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The 26-floor building was completed in 1925 and was San Francisco's first significant...

and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is a modern art museum located in San Francisco, California. A nonprofit organization, SFMOMA holds an internationally recognized collection of modern and contemporary art and was the first museum on the West Coast devoted solely to 20th century art...

. The 42-storey

Storey

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, 484 ft (147.5 m) tower is bounded by Mission Street

Mission Street

Mission Street is a north-south arterial thoroughfare in San Francisco, California that runs from the city's southern border to its northeast corner. The street and the Mission District through which it runs were named for the Spanish Mission Dolores, several blocks away from the modern route. Only...

, 3rd Streets and is operated by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide

Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is a hospitality ownership and management organization, headquartered in White Plains, New York. One of the world's largest hotel companies, it owns, operates, franchises and manages hotels, resorts, spas, residences, and vacation ownership properties...

. The hotel recently attained five-star

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status.

The tower was designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill

Skidmore, Owings and Merrill

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and constructed by Webcor Builders

Webcor Builders

Webcor Builders is a commercial construction contractor with headquarters in San Francisco, California. The firm also has regional offices in San Mateo, California, Alameda, California, Los Angeles, and San Diego, and is among the largest builders in California with clients including Starwood...

. Construction began on the highrise sometime around 2001. The project was completed in 2005 along with the retrofit

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of historic nine-story The Williams Building, which was incorporated and annexed to the tower. The tower houses 102 luxury Condominium

Condominium

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s, 269 hotel rooms, a 4-story subterranean parking garage, and Yerba Buena's newest museum

Museum

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, the Museum of the African Diaspora

Museum of the African Diaspora

The Museum of the African Diaspora is a new museum in San Francisco, California, USA, dedicated to the diasporan histories of people of African origin and their influence and adaptation throughout the world....

.

The St. Regis Museum Tower is one of several new 21st century highrise projects completed or under construction on Mission Street joining 555 Mission Street

555 Mission Street

555 Mission Street is a 33 story, office tower in the South of Market area of San Francisco, California. Construction of the tower began in 2007 and the tower was finished on September 18, 2008. The building is the first in a new generation of office towers in San Francisco's downtown...

, The Paramount, 101 Second Street

101 Second Street

101 Second Street is an office tower located in the South of Market district in San Francisco, California on Mission Street. The building was completed in 2000 and has 26 floors with for offices. This is one out of several new highrise projects completed or under construction on Mission Street...

, JP MorganChase Building

JP MorganChase Building

The JPMorgan Chase Building is an office building in San Francisco, California, 560-584 Mission Street, on the border between South of Market and the Financial District. Designed by architect César Pelli, the building stands and has about of office space. It also has two levels of underground...

, and 301 Mission Street.

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