Creative Office Space in San Francisco

Many technology, marketing, and design firms prefer creative office space in San Francisco.  Creative space often entails such features as:  wood floors, high ceilings, exposed brick walls, or heavy timber wood beams.  Such buildings often tend have a rich and interesting history from the pioneer days of San Francisco which further adds to their appeal.  They are often buildings which were converted from a different, more industrial-type, use.  In order to get into the better creative space type buildings you often need a very experienced broker with a great deal of tenacity and perseverance because buildings like these are very much desired in the current market.  The really great creative space buildings in the best locations are often reported as being "fully occupied" or "fully leased".  However, a deeper understanding by an experienced office tenant representation expert, with hundreds of contacts in the city, will have the unique negotiating skills research skills to get into one of these buildings in many cases.  It will often require the broker to know when leases are expiring at the building, or for the broker to know many of these building owners and/or their listing brokers, in order for you, the tenant, to get to the front of the line.  See our Fenruary 2011 featured listing here.

Address	Photo	Building Information
88 1st Street		This building offers close proximity to Market Street.  Some of the common areas have been updated.  This building will be located near the new Trans Bay Terminal.
234-246 1st Street		This is one of the larger sized older buildings on 1st street.  It is located near the Bay Bridge.  It is called the Phillips Building.
540 1st Street		This property is located on the south side of where the Bay Bridge crosses over 1st Street.  This section of 1st Street is often referred to as Delancy Street.  It is great looking, old, renovated warehouse building.
171 2nd Street		This property offers tenants operable windows, nice brick walls, and good natural light.  The location is very convenient as it is located at the corner of Natoma and 2nd Street.
215 2nd Street		This property was originally built around 1906.  It offers a convenient location just south of Howard Street.
625 2nd Street		This property is located close to the Ballpark.  This building is sometimes referred to the Looksmart building.  That is because Looksmart leased the property for 10 years back in 1999 and still has signage on the property.  Brick walls and large timber beams make this an attractive choice for consideration in the market.
243-245 8th Street		This is a nice, smaller-sized building located on 8th street.  It features hardwood floors and brick interior walls.
301 Brannan Street		This property is located close to the Ballpark at the southwest corner of Brannan and 2nd Street.  The property has some below-ground parking which is fairly rare in this part of the city.  It is a large, square shaped building that can typically accommodate a variety of tenant sizes.
501 Folsom Street		Critical Path was located here during the Dot Com hey-day.  This building is a classic. The building offers good access to the Freeway and is located in the heart of the SOMA area most preferred by technology companies.  This building is sometimes (rarely) referred to as 320 First Street as well.
921 Front Street		This building is located in the north waterfront area of the city, but still offers convenient access to downtown.  This building has a great of character.  It is located at the intersection of Front Street and Vallejo.  Although there are several parking lots close by, this location also offers 10 on-site parking spaces.
145 Natoma Street		This building offers nice, spacious, outdoor decks.  It is located next to the Museum of Modern Art across from a parking garage and about 2 blocks from BART.  Skyscraper Group has placed many tenants in this building over the years.
149 Natoma Street		Extremely cool, historic Firehouse, building.  One of Skyscraper Group's favorite buildings to show to tenants.  15 foot ceiling heights, beautiful brick walls, restored original wood flooring, operable windows and a modern parking garage across the street are just a few of the better perks.  The location is hard to beat as well as the property is located directly behind the W Hotel and is about 2 blocks to the Montgomery Street BART and yet is located in the South Financial District next to many of the famous, and infamous, Dot-Com companies of the City.
315 Pacific Street		This property is located in the Jackson Square area of the city.  This area offers very convenient proximity to the heart of the financial district while also providing for easier parking, convenient access to good restaurants and cafes and proximity to the waterfront.
208 Utah Street		208 Utah Street is another building creative users are often interested in.  The building tends to offer competitive rental rates and oftentimes a no-frills start-up look and feel on the inside.  It is located a bit off the beaten path not far from Showplace Square.

 

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