275 Battery Street, formerly known as Embarcadero West, is a 30-story, office

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History

The building was completed in 1989 as Embarcadero West, part of the

Embarcadero Center Embarcadero Center is a commercial complex of four office towers, two hotels, and a shopping center located in San Francisco. An outdoor ice skating rink is open in the center during winter months. Embarcadero Center sits on a site largely bo ...

complex, containing four other office towers and two hotels. The skyscraper was not connected physically to the other buildings.

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, owners of Embarcadero Center, sold the building to Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association (TIAA-CREF) in December 2005 for more than . TIAA-CREF sold the building to Rockpoint Group in October 2014 for around $307 million.

Tenants

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External links

275 Battery Street official web site
{{Buildings in San Francisco, state=collapsed Skyscraper office buildings in San Francisco John C. Portman Jr. buildings Financial District, San Francisco Office buildings completed in 1989

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