China Basin Landing, now referred to as simply China Basin, is an office complex on the border of the South of Market (SoMa) and Mission Bay areas of

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, California.Gordon, Rachel and Bernadette Tansey
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''. Saturday March 5, 2005. C1. Retrieved on March 3, 2012. The complex has of space.Ross, Andrew S.
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and

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History

M. Larry Lawrence, a developer from

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, California, purchased the site of the China Basin Landing building in 1982. The site had a six story existing structure, the China Basin Building, dating back to the 1920s or earlier. Lawrence spent $40 million to renovate the older building and build a new three story, office facility next to the existing structure. The new office building, which opened in 1991, was the final major office building in San Francisco to open during that year. As an office facility, a portion originally it had three stories,Dineen, J.K. "Dropbox repacks itself." ''

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''. Friday July 29, 2011. Last modified Monday August 1, 2011
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Retrieved on March 4, 2012. while another portion had six stories.Cothran, George and Matt Smith.
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''. Wednesday July 30, 1997. Retrieved on March 3, 2012. Cited segment is "In Like Clint" by George Cothran. The entire facility had a total of of space.Robson, Douglas. "Bankers' warning: Credit crunch ahead." ''

''. Sunday September 27, 1998.
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Retrieved on March 3, 2012. At one point the building was converted from warehouses to offices. A parking garage was established so the building owners could get a variance that permitted them to convert the building to offices.Wellman, Laura. "Dog Bites." ''

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''. Wednesday Jul 14, 1999
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Retrieved on March 4, 2012. Cited section is "Not in My Parking Lot" In 1998,

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owned the building. The

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(CalPERS) bought China Basin Landing in 2005 for $260 million.

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(HOK) San Francisco designed a two-story expansion on top of the existing 1991 section of the China Basin Landing facility. In 2011,

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announced that it would take the fourth floor with an option for the fifth, and the center became 91% leased. McCarthy Cook & Co currently own and manage the property.

Location

China Basin Landing is located on one

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bounded by 3rd Street, 4th Street, Berry Street, and the China Basin Canal. It is across from

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and it overlooks

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.Contact PLoS
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depot.Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
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. Retrieved on March 4, 2012. "185 Berry St., Lobby 5 5th Floor, Suite 5700 San Francisco, CA 94107-1762" It is about from the

Mission Bay campus. The building is close to public rail links that connect the facility to the

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and

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. China Basin also has access to the

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N and T lines and the bus lines 10, 30, 45, and 47. A China Basin Landing shuttle service, which has no charge, connects China Basin Landing to the

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, the Ferry Building, and the

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. A UCSF shuttle service also serves the building.Location
" UCSF Imaging Center at China Basin. Retrieved on March 4, 2012. "UCSF Imaging Center at China Basin 185 Berry Street, Suite 190, Lobby 6 San Francisco CA 94107"

Facilities

Most of the facilities within China Basin Landing are offices. The complex has a parking garage which, as of 1999, has 600 spaces.

Tenants

Academic facilities

The China Basin Location of the

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics is located in the building The UCSF Imaging Center at China Basin, of the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, is located in the building.

Offices

Up until 2015,

had its corporate headquarters in building.

and

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, among many other tenants, are in the building.

also has its corporate headquarters in the building.

Former tenants

When Sirna Therapeutics was located at China Basin Landing, it occupied Suite 6504. Previously the

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was located in Suite 3100. In June 2010, PLoS announced that it was moving to a new location. The ''

'' previously occupied space in Suite 3800 The newspaper is now in a different location.

KEST KEST (1450 AM) is a brokered-time radio station in San Francisco, California. Most of the station's programming is in Asian languages, including Mandarin and Cantonese. It also airs some South Asian, Greek, and German programs as well as New ...

AM 1450, a radio station, as of 1998 had offices at China Basin landing. The radio station is now located in another facility. Department of Rehabilitation had an office in the past.Contact Information
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. Retrieved on March 4, 2012. "KEST Office & Studio 145 Natoma Street, 4th Fl. San Francisco, CA 94105"

References

External links

{{Portal, San Francisco Bay Area, Architecture
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China Basin Landing UCSF Tenant Information Guide
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CHINA BASIN SHUTTLE SCHEDULE
" San Francisco Minibus.
China Basin Website
" China Basin McCarthy Cook & Co. Office buildings in San Francisco