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I worked on the 4th and 5th floor of this building for a few years, and there’s no reason why would want this building at a time when there is plenty of space o
by kdamica 2y ago
I worked on the 4th and 5th floor of this building for a few years, and there’s no reason why would want this building at a time when there is plenty of space on the market. The bottom floors were designed to be a 1970s data center, and so the city block sized floors only have windows on only one side. So during the winter months when it gets dark early, you might not see sunlight on weekdays except during your morning commute.
The plus side of this building is that it is one of, if not the most, seismically safe building in the city. So if you’re optimizing for that, you can probably get a great deal right now.
- flomo 2y agoAlso, SF MTA and CTA have/had offices there, so it could be convenient to negotiate with local officials. But yeah, it was originally a BoFA IT bunker, never intended to be a nice building.
- phendrenad2 2y ago> 1970s data center Off-topic but: That's something I'd really, really like to see.
- fragmede 2y agocheck out the computer history museum in mountain view, they have one
- lchengify 2y agoI used to use the WeWork on the bottom floor (technically partial basement). This is definitely the vibe: Huge open floor, no windows. WeWork did an OK job trying to light it but, I could never shake the feeling that it felt like a scene from Fallout. My two cents: If this building ever becomes popular again, it'll be because of the location and not because of the building itself. It's reasonably close both to "Van Mission" (the rebranding of that part of Market Street for high rise residential), a BART stop, and Hayes Valley. It's probably one good Twitter-esque city tax subsidy away from being fully occupied in 5 years.