San Francisco’s skyline is ever-changing and the upcoming years will be no exception. From skyscrapers to hospitals and master-planned communities, The City is about to see a whole lot of change. Developments in the city range in size, architectural design, and use, but they all are striving to provide the community and residents with much-needed infrastructure. While there are dozens of upcoming projects coming to the city, here are the ten major developments that are poised to change the landscape of San Francisco. 

Rendering Courtesy of Transbay Center

Transbay Transit Center - 200 Folsom St.

The Transbay Transit Center will serve as a hub for eleven different transportation systems such as Muni, BART, Amtrak, and more. The five-story building located in SoMa will include a 5.4-acre public park on the roof and a soft architectural design. The structure is expected to be complete by the end of the year and is sure to change the way Downtown-goers get around.

Salesforce Tower - 415 Mission St.

Currently the tallest building in San Francisco (and not even complete yet) is the altitudinous

Salesforce Tower. Formerly known as the Transbay Tower, this 1,070-foot skyscraper is expected to be completed sometime in 2018. The roof of the tower will feature a nine-story art installation made of aluminum panels lit with 11,000 LED lights.

Rendering courtesy of Foster and Partners

Oceanwide Center - 50 First St.

A view from Oakland reveals a new building emerging to the right of the Salesforce Tower. The Oceanwide Center’s exterior mixes the vintage with the modern thanks to a convex diamond design. With a height of 905 feet, one of the center’s towers will become the second-tallest building in the city. The bottom floors of the building will feature an open outdoor space with seating and landscaping. The center will house office and residential space and will have a second, shorter tower along Mission Street.

Courtesy of 181 Fremont

181 Fremont - 181 Fremont St.

At 802-feet, 181 Fremont will be the third-tallest building in San Francisco once completed. The tower will house 34 floors of office space and 15 floors of condos. It will also have a pedestrian bridge to the rooftop park on the Transbay Center. 181 Fremont’s design features strong diagonal lines wrapped around the structure meeting at a point that extends to the rooftop.

Rendering Courtesy of Heintges

Folsom Bay Tower - 160 Folsom St.

This South Bay tower is under construction in San Francisco just blocks away from the Bay Bridge, Embarcadero, and Rincon Park. Folsom Bay Tower will predominantly serve as a residential building but will also feature retail space on the ground floor. Its distinguishable exterior will feature long bay windows that incrementally twist throughout the entire structure. The skyscraper is expected to house 390 residential units and will be complete sometime in 2018.

Rendering Courtesy of SOM

Transbay Block 9 - 500/510 Folsom St.

The multi-layered building currently called Transbay Block 9 has a design unlike any other. With seemingly stacked blocks of residential floors and a base layer of two interlocking buildings, this structure is set to stand apart from the crowd. The building will feature space for offices, retail, and 545 residential units. Block 9’s design alone will change the face of San Francisco’s Downtown once completed in 2018.

Rendering Courtesy of Sutter Health

CPMC Hospital - Van Ness Avenue and Geary Boulevard

An entire block outside of the Tenderloin is in the process of transforming into a California Pacific Medical Center hospital campus. The buildings will feature twelve hospital floors, 274 licensed patient beds, and five living garden roofs. An adjacent 253,000 square-foot, nine-story building is also rising and will serve as an office space. Construction is currently ahead of schedule and is expected to end in early 2019.

Rendering Courtesy of Kennerly Architecture

Brady Block - 1629 Market St.

Five new buildings are coming to Downtown San Francisco and will take over a block that houses two historic buildings. One historic building will be absorbed into the new construction and may house some of the 579 residential units. With the rise of Brady Block comes a new public park and a pedestrian passage from Market Street to an open public space.

Rendering Courtesy of Handel Architects

The Mexican Museum - 706 Mission St.

With the rise of the 47-story Mexican Museum Tower also comes the restoration of the adjacent historic Aronson building. The Mexican Museum, also located Downtown, will have the actual museum on the bottom four levels with 190 condos above. The Aronson building, built in 1903, will be restored and used as part of the museum with residential space as well. The new building design will feature modern horizontal windows and is expected to finish construction in 2019.

Rendering Courtesy of Lennar Urban

The SF Shipyard - Crisp Road and Spear Avenue

The SF Shipyard promises to bring new waterfront homes, restaurants, retail, and dry docks to the city. In the next five years, nearly 1,500 homes are expected to pop-up in Shipyard’s neighborhoods alone — out of the 12,100 homes promised. Although the entire project may take two or three decades to complete, the transformation of the area is sure to bring plenty of new residents to the area.