It is only fitting that Salesforce, whose logo is a cloud, won the naming rights to what will be the West Coast's tallest building when completed in 2017 where they will lease half the space. When the fog rolls in, that's all the workers will see!
Salesforce, whose logo as well as business is cloud-related, is San Francisco's largest technology employer. In a "landmark real estate deal, it will lease half of the planned Transbay Tower, now to become the Salesforce Tower thanks to a naming rights agreement - when the 61-story skyscraper is completed in 2017," write Ellen Huet and John Coté.
In 2010, two years before the city approved plans for the tower, "then-Mayor Gavin Newsom was already envisioning Salesforce as an anchor tenant - waxing poetic about the company's logo perched atop the highest building in the city", add Huet and Coté.
In fact, as we noted in 2012 when the tower was approved, the 1,070-foot tower will also be the tallest on the West Coast, surpassing the U.S. Bank Tower at 1,018 feet by 52 feet. However, the ranking may not last long, if at all, as L.A.'s 71-story Wilshire Grand Tower at 1,121 feet, is also expected to be completed in 2017.
The centerpiece of the Transbay Transit Center will hopefully be the new $4.5 billion Transbay Terminal (renamed the Transit Center), what some have dubbed "America's Next Great Train Station". However, when the center is completed by 2017, it will not have the two rail tenants, Caltrain and High Speed Rail. But if you need to catch a bus to the East Bay, North Bay, Peninsula or the Greyhound, your needs will be met.
FULL STORY: S.F.'s biggest tech employer to be Transbay building's anchor tenant

Planetizen Federal Action Tracker
A weekly monitor of how Trump’s orders and actions are impacting planners and planning in America.

Map: Where Senate Republicans Want to Sell Your Public Lands
For public land advocates, the Senate Republicans’ proposal to sell millions of acres of public land in the West is “the biggest fight of their careers.”

Restaurant Patios Were a Pandemic Win — Why Were They so Hard to Keep?
Social distancing requirements and changes in travel patterns prompted cities to pilot new uses for street and sidewalk space. Then it got complicated.

DC Area County Eliminates Bus Fares
Montgomery County joins a growing trend of making transit free.

Platform Pilsner: Vancouver Transit Agency Releases... a Beer?
TransLink will receive a portion of every sale of the four-pack.

Toronto Weighs Cheaper Transit, Parking Hikes for Major Events
Special event rates would take effect during large festivals, sports games and concerts to ‘discourage driving, manage congestion and free up space for transit.”
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
Heyer Gruel & Associates PA
JM Goldson LLC
Custer County Colorado
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Astoria
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Claremont
Municipality of Princeton (NJ)