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at 280 Spear Street in

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. The tower is located on Block 1 of the

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plan at the northwest corner of Folsom and Spear Streets, near the Embarcadero. Developed by

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, the project contains 392 condominiums, with 156 designated below-market-rate, and was completed in 2020. In addition to the tower, the project includes an eight-story podium at Folsom and Main and a four-story row of townhomes along Clementina Street. The project is located across the street from two other Tishman Speyer properties, The Infinity and

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History

The rippled tower design by architect

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was first unveiled in 2014. The parcel is located on former right-of-way of the now-demolished

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. Originally zoned for , the parcel was upzoned to when the developer agreed to increase the ratio of

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from 33% to 40%. The parcel was officially sold to the developer in 2016. Shanghai Longlife Business Group Co. Ltd. acquired a 50% stake in the project in March 2017. Construction started in April 2017. In October 2018, after the first 32 of 392 condos in the development were made available for pre-sales, and three dozen buyers submitted bids within three days, starting under $1 million. Upper units ranged up to $3 million."Exclusive: Transbay condos kick off pre-sales starting under $1 million"
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'', Carl Shannon (October 24, 2018) The building topped out in May 2019,"First look at 40-story Mira condo tower in Transbay"
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'', Carl Shannon (August 12, 2019) at which point its white facade appeared mostly complete."What's the new twisting high-rise that suddenly appeared in SF's skyline?"
'' SFGate'', Amy Graff (May 21, 2019) Construction was announced finished in November 2019."Mira’s twisted vision finally complete"
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'', Adam Brinklow (November 21, 2019) 40% of the 392 condos are designated to be sold below market rate. The units at the top of Mira tower start around $5 million."Ultra-luxury SF condo projects could test just how high home prices can go: ‘They have a lot of money to spend’"
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'', J. K. Dineen (February 22, 2020)

Features

Due to the spiraling design, each unit has slightly different layout and bay windows."Condo in rippling MIRA building asks $1.09 million"
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'', Adam Brinklow (August 20, 2019) The design also relied on facade consultant Heintges and fabricator Permasteelisa."Studio Gang's MIRA Tower twists with alternating window bays"
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'', Matthew Marani (January 16, 2020) The building is built with spiral tiers."This Studio Gang building is exactly what Mission Bay needs"
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'', Brock Keeling (October 18, 2019) In December 2019, ''

'' named it one of the 10 most important buildings of the prior decade, saying "reaching 400 vertical feet, the spiraling ribbons of glass and Italian white panels are made possible by a sophisticated curtain wall that guides a coiling pattern of modern bay windows, a motif adopted from San Francisco’s architectural heritage.""The Bay Area’s 10 most important buildings of the past decade"
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'', Leilani Marie Labong (December 2, 2019) The ''San Francisco Business Journal'' said in 2018 that amenities would include "a courtyard, rooftop deck, private dining room, club lounge, gym, children’s playroom, business and conference center, dog-washing station, valet parking, electric vehicle charging stations and bike parking." It also has "dog washing station, valet parking for 340 cars with electric vehicle charging stations, parking for 150 bicycles, and over 10,000 square feet of retail at street level." MIRA is strategically located near key transportation hubs, such as the Salesforce Transit Center, BART, MUNI and SF Ferry services.

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Mira Tower from Studio Gang
{{Buildings in San Francisco, state=collapsed Residential skyscrapers in San Francisco South of Market, San Francisco Studio Gang Architects buildings Residential buildings completed in 2020 2020 establishments in California 2020 in San Francisco

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