Sam Spade's San Francisco

San Francisco Business Times reports today that SKS Investments is proposing a 900-foot, 66-story tower to be built at 181 Fremont Street in the new Transbay Center District that is being developed on and around the existing Transbay Terminal. SKS wants to build a mixed-use tower with 140 residential condominiums on top of a half-million square-feet of office space.

In the photo: San Francisco's developing Transbay Center District. Click to enlarge in separate window.

Other SKS projects in San Francisco include:
301 Brannan (70,000 sf),
501 Second Street (240,000 sf),
475 Brannan (250,000 sf),
139 Townsend (60,000 sf),
350 Rhode Island (260,000 sf),
Bryant Square (121 residential units),
Green Glen (35,000 sf),
2300 Harrison (70,000 sf),
409-499 Illinois (450,000 sf).

Managing Partners of SKS include:
Paul Stein, a co-founder of SKS, was previously vice president and director of marketing for Shorenstein Co.
Daniel Kingsley, was vice president of Maguire Thomas Partners before co-founding SKS.
Julie Stein was vice-president of Salomon Brothers Inc.

More information, resources and articles about San Francisco's Big Building Boom:
Bay Rail Alliance
SF Planning Dept - Transbay Center (.pdf)
Wikipedia's Transbay Terminal article
San Francisco Planning - Urban Research Assn (SPUR)
San Francisco's Changing Skyline
Millions in Tax Breaks for SF Businesses
Jewish Museum's Blue Cube
Building San Francisco
Cool, Blue Glass Rising