Dive summary:
- Almost six years after the Transbay Transit Tower project was announced for San Francisco, construction has begun for the 60 story-building that backers expect to be the tallest building on the West Coast.
- As soon as the partners behind the plan closed on a $192 million purchase of the land, the building began.
- The Wilshire Grand tower in Los Angeles, which is now being built, will hold the tallest building crown for a time, developers say, but then San Francisco will lay its claim.
From the article:
The Transbay Transit Tower will adjoin a multimodal transportation hub, also designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli, under construction just to the south of the site. ...