Four Embarcadero Center

{{Short description|Class A office skyscraper in the Financial District of San Francisco}}

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| name = Four Embarcadero Center

| image = Four Embarcadero Center front.jpg

| caption = In April 2021

| location = 55 Clay Street
San Francisco, California

| coordinates = {{coord|37.7952|-122.3961|region:US-CA|display=inline,title}}

| pushpin_map = United States San Francisco Central#California#USA

| completion_date = 1982

| building_type = Commercial offices

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| roof = {{convert|173.74|m|abbr=on}}

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| architect = John Portman & Associates

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| owner = Boston Properties

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| references = {{Cite web |url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/118753 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214858/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/118753 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |title=Emporis building ID 118753 |work=Emporis}}{{SkyscraperPage|2132}}{{Structurae|20009395}}

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Four Embarcadero Center is a class-A office skyscraper in the Financial District of San Francisco, California. The building is part of the Embarcadero Center complex of six interconnected buildings and one off-site extension. The skyscraper, completed in 1982, stands {{convert|174|m|abbr=on}} with 45 stories. Four Embarcadero Center is the tallest building out of the entire complex, standing at slightly taller than One Embarcadero Center, which is the second tallest in the complex without its flagpole.{{Cite web |url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/118761 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303180947/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/118761 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |title=One Embarcadero Center |work=Emporis}}

History

As of 2021, the complex is owned by Boston Properties. In 1998, they purchased the four towers along with 275 Battery Street and the Old Federal Reserve Bank Building from Prudential Insurance Co. and David Rockefeller for US$1.22 billion.{{cite news |url=https://money.cnn.com/1998/05/12/deals/embarcadero/index.htm |title=Zuckerman's Boston Properties to buy San Francisco complex for $1.3B |date=1998-05-12 |website=CNN Money}}{{Cite web|last=Andrew Nelson|date=2021-09-02|title=Number 18: Four Embarcadero Center, Financial District, San Francisco|url=https://sfyimby.com/2021/09/number-18-four-embarcadero-center-financial-district-san-francisco.html|access-date=2021-09-05|website=San Francisco YIMBY|language=en-US}}

See also

{{Portal|San Francisco Bay Area|Architecture}}

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