# List of tallest buildings in San Francisco

San Francisco, California, in the United States, has at least 482 high-rises, 58 of which are at least 400 feet (122 m) tall. The tallest building is Salesforce Tower, which rises 1,070 ft (330 m) and as of April 2023 is the 17th-tallest building in the United States. The city's second-tallest building is the Transamerica Pyramid, which rises 853 ft (260 m), and was previously the city's tallest for 45 years, from 1972 to 2017. The city's third-tallest building is 181 Fremont, rising to 802 ft (244 m).
San Francisco has 27 skyscrapers that rise at least 492 feet (150 m). Six more skyscrapers of over 492 feet (150 m) are under construction, have been approved for construction, or have been proposed. Its skyline is currently ranked second in the Western United States (after Los Angeles) and sixth in the United States, after New York City, Chicago, Miami, Houston, and Los Angeles.
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## History

San Francisco's first skyscraper was the 218-foot (66 m) Chronicle Building, which was completed in 1890. M. H. de Young, owner of the San Francisco Chronicle, commissioned Burnham and Root to design a signature tower to convey the power of his newspaper. Not to be outdone, de Young's rival, industrialist Claus Spreckels, purchased the San Francisco Call in 1895 and commissioned a tower of his own that would dwarf the Chronicle Building. The 315-foot (96 m) Call Building was completed in 1898 and stood across Market Street from the Chronicle Building. The Call Building (later named the Spreckels Building, and Central Tower today) would remain the city's tallest for nearly a quarter century.
Both steel-framed structures survived the 1906 earthquake, demonstrating that tall buildings could be safely constructed in earthquake country. Other early twentieth-century skyscrapers above 200 feet (61 m) include the Merchants Exchange Building (1903), Humboldt Bank Building (1908), Hobart Building (1914), and Southern Pacific Building (1916). Another skyscraper boom took hold during the 1920s, when several Neo-Gothic and Art Deco high rises, reaching three to four hundred feet (90 to 120 m) in height, were constructed, including the Standard Oil Building (1922), Pacific Telephone Building (1925), Russ Building (1927), Hunter-Dulin Building (1927), 450 Sutter Medical Building (1929), Shell Building (1929), and McAllister Tower (1930).
The Great Depression and World War II halted any further skyscraper construction until the 1950s when the Equitable Life Building (1955) and Crown-Zellerbach Building (1959) were completed. Many of San Francisco's tallest buildings, particularly its office skyscrapers, were completed in a building boom from the late 1960s until the late 1980s. During the 1960s, at least 40 new skyscrapers were built, and the Hartford Building (1965), 44 Montgomery (1967), Bank of America Center (1969), and Transamerica Pyramid (1972) each, in turn, took the title of tallest building in California upon completion. At 853 feet (260 m) tall, the Transamerica Pyramid was one of the most controversial, with critics suggesting that it be torn down even before it was completed.
This surge of construction was dubbed "Manhattanization" by opponents and led to local legislation that set some of the strictest building height limits and regulations in the country. In 1985, San Francisco adopted the Downtown Plan, which slowed development in the Financial District north of Market Street and directed it to the area South of Market around the Transbay Terminal. Over 250 historic buildings were protected from development and developers were required to set aside open space for new projects. To prevent excessive growth and smooth the boom-and-bust building cycle, the Plan included an annual limit of 950,000 square feet (88,000 m$^2$) for new office development, although it grandfathered millions of square feet of proposals already in the development pipeline. In response, voters approved Proposition M in November 1986 that reduced the annual limit to 475,000 square feet (44,100 m$^2$) until the grandfathered square footage was accounted for, which occurred in 1999.
These limits, combined with the early 1990s recession, led to a significant slowdown of skyscraper construction during the late 1980s and 1990s. To guide new development, the city passed several neighborhood plans, such as the Rincon Hill Plan in 2005 and Transit Center District Plan in 2012, which allow taller skyscrapers in certain specific locations in the South of Market area. Since the early 2000s, the city has been undergoing another building boom, with numerous buildings over 400 feet (122 m) proposed, approved, or under construction; some, such as the two-towered One Rincon Hill and mixed-use 181 Fremont, have been completed. Multiple skyscrapers have been constructed near the new Salesforce Transit Center, including Salesforce Tower, which topped-out in 2017 at a height of 1,070 feet (330 m). This building is the first supertall skyscraper in San Francisco and among the tallest in the United States.

## Tallest buildings

This list ranks San Francisco skyscrapers that stand at least 400 feet (122 m) tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. The "Year" column indicates the year in which a building was completed.
| Rank | Name | Height ft (m) | Floors | Use | Year | Coordinates | Notes |
| 1 | Salesforce Tower | 1,070 (326) | 61 | Office | 2018 | 37°47′24″N 122°23′49″W﻿ / ﻿37.7899°N 122.3969°W﻿ / 37.7899; -122.3969﻿ (Salesforce Tower) | 17th-tallest building in the United States 2nd-tallest building in California Tallest building in San Francisco since 2018 Tallest building constructed in San Francisco in the 2010s |
| 2 | Transamerica Pyramid | 853 (260) | 48 | Office | 1972 | 37°47′42.72″N 122°24′10.08″W﻿ / ﻿37.7952000°N 122.4028000°W﻿ / 37.7952000; -122.4028000﻿ (Transamerica Pyramid) | 59th-tallest building in the United States 5th-tallest building in California Tallest building in San Francisco from 1972 until 2018, when Salesforce Tower was topped-off. Tallest building on the West Coast from 1972 until 1974 Tallest building constructed in San Francisco in the 1970s |
| 3 | 181 Fremont | 803 (245) | 56 | Office, Residential | 2017 | 37°47′23″N 122°23′43″W﻿ / ﻿37.78970°N 122.39535°W﻿ / 37.78970; -122.39535﻿ (181 Fremont) | 2nd-tallest mixed-use residential building west of the Mississippi River. |
| 4 | 555 California Street | 779 (237) | 52 | Office | 1969 | 37°47′30.84″N 122°24′13.68″W﻿ / ﻿37.7919000°N 122.4038000°W﻿ / 37.7919000; -122.4038000﻿ (555 California Street) | Tallest building on the West Coast from 1969 to 1972 Tallest building constructed in the city in the 1960s Formerly known as Bank of America Center Largest office building in San Francisco by floor area. |
| 5 | 345 California Center | 721 (220) | 48 | Hotel, Office | 1986 | 37°47′33.00″N 122°24′1.80″W﻿ / ﻿37.7925000°N 122.4005000°W﻿ / 37.7925000; -122.4005000﻿ (345 California Center) | Tallest mid-block skyscraper in San Francisco Tallest building constructed in the city in the 1980s The height shown includes flagpoles. |
| 6 | Millennium Tower | 645 (197) | 58 | Residential | 2009 | 37°47′25.44″N 122°23′45.96″W﻿ / ﻿37.7904000°N 122.3961000°W﻿ / 37.7904000; -122.3961000﻿ (Millennium Tower) | Tallest building constructed in the city in the 2000s The Millennium Tower has tilted up to 2 inches a year and has sunk as much as 3 inches per year |
| 7 | One Rincon Hill | 641 (195) | 60 | Residential | 2008 | 37°47′8.8″N 122°23′31.7″W﻿ / ﻿37.785778°N 122.392139°W﻿ / 37.785778; -122.392139﻿ (One Rincon Hill South Tower) | Originally known as One Rincon Hill South Tower. Tallest entirely residential building in the city. |
| 8 | The Avery | 618 (188) | 56 | Residential | 2019 | 37°47′16″N 122°23′39″W﻿ / ﻿37.78778°N 122.39417°W﻿ / 37.78778; -122.39417﻿ (The Avert (Transbay Block 8)) | |
| 9 | Park Tower at Transbay | 605 (184) | 43 | Office | 2018 | 37°47′25″N 122°23′39″W﻿ / ﻿37.79028°N 122.39417°W﻿ / 37.79028; -122.39417﻿ (Park Tower at Transbay) | |
| 10 | Salesforce West | 600 (183) | 43 | Office | 1985 | 37°47′25.7″N 122°23′50.1″W﻿ / ﻿37.790472°N 122.397250°W﻿ / 37.790472; -122.397250﻿ (Salesforce West) | Previously known as 50 Fremont Center |
| 10 | 101 California Street | 600 (183) | 48 | Office | 1982 | 37°47′34.26″N 122°23′52.55″W﻿ / ﻿37.7928500°N 122.3979306°W﻿ / 37.7928500; -122.3979306﻿ (101 California Street) | |
| 12 | 575 Market Street Tower at Market Center | 573 (175) | 40 | Office | 1975 | 37°47′22.38″N 122°24′1.08″W﻿ / ﻿37.7895500°N 122.4003000°W﻿ / 37.7895500; -122.4003000﻿ (Chevron Tower) | Formerly Standard Oil Buildings and later the Chevron Towers |
| 13 | Four Embarcadero Center | 571 (174) | 45 | Office | 1982 | 37°47′42.72″N 122°23′45.96″W﻿ / ﻿37.7952000°N 122.3961000°W﻿ / 37.7952000; -122.3961000﻿ (Four Embarcadero Center) | |
| 14 | One Embarcadero Center | 568 (173) | 45 | Office | 1971 | 37°47′40.2″N 122°23′58.92″W﻿ / ﻿37.794500°N 122.3997000°W﻿ / 37.794500; -122.3997000﻿ (One Embarcadero Center) | |
| 15 | 44 Montgomery Street | 565 (172) | 43 | Office | 1967 | 37°47′23.28″N 122°24′6.48″W﻿ / ﻿37.7898000°N 122.4018000°W﻿ / 37.7898000; -122.4018000﻿ (44 Montgomery Street) | Tallest building in California from 1967 to 1969 |
| 16 | Spear Tower at One Market Plaza | 564 (172) | 43 | Office | 1976 | 37°47′35.84″N 122°23′40.27″W﻿ / ﻿37.7932889°N 122.3945194°W﻿ / 37.7932889; -122.3945194﻿ (One Market Plaza, Spear Tower) | |
| 17 | One Sansome Street | 550 (168) | 41 | Office | 1984 | 37°47′25.5″N 122°24′4.6″W﻿ / ﻿37.790417°N 122.401278°W﻿ / 37.790417; -122.401278﻿ (One Sansome Street) | Also known as the Citigroup Center |
| 18 | The Harrison | 541 (165) | 49 | Residential | 2014 | 37°47′11.04″N 122°23′31.44″W﻿ / ﻿37.7864000°N 122.3920667°W﻿ / 37.7864000; -122.3920667﻿ (One Rincon Hill North Tower) | Originally known as One Rincon Hill North Tower. |
| 19 | One Front Street | 538 (164) | 38 | Office | 1979 | 37°47′30.5″N 122°23′55.7″W﻿ / ﻿37.791806°N 122.398806°W﻿ / 37.791806; -122.398806﻿ (One Front Street) | Also known as Shaklee Terraces and 444 Market Street |
| 20 | First Market Tower | 528 (161) | 39 | Office | 1973 | 37°47′25.80″N 122°23′56.76″W﻿ / ﻿37.7905000°N 122.3991000°W﻿ / 37.7905000; -122.3991000﻿ (First Market Tower) | |
| 20 | One Post Street | 528 (161) | 38 | Office | 1969 | 37°47′19.32″N 122°24′9.36″W﻿ / ﻿37.7887000°N 122.4026000°W﻿ / 37.7887000; -122.4026000﻿ (McKesson Plaza) | |
| 22 | 425 Market Street | 520 (158) | 38 | Office | 1973 | 37°47′27.96″N 122°23′53.16″W﻿ / ﻿37.7911000°N 122.3981000°W﻿ / 37.7911000; -122.3981000﻿ (425 Market Street) | |
| 23 | Four Seasons Private Residences at 706 Mission Street | 510 (155) | 43 | Residential, Museum | 2020 | 37°47′10″N 122°24′9″W﻿ / ﻿37.78611°N 122.40250°W﻿ / 37.78611; -122.40250﻿ (706 Mission Street) | |
| 24 | One Montgomery Tower | 500 (152) | 38 | Office | 1982 | 37°47′20.76″N 122°24′11.88″W﻿ / ﻿37.7891000°N 122.4033000°W﻿ / 37.7891000; -122.4033000﻿ (Post Montgomery Center) | Formerly Pacific Telesis Tower Part of the Post Montgomery Center complex |
| 25 | 333 Bush Street | 495 (151) | 43 | Office, Residential | 1986 | 37°47′26.16″N 122°24′10.80″W﻿ / ﻿37.7906000°N 122.4030000°W﻿ / 37.7906000; -122.4030000﻿ (333 Bush Street) | |
| 26 | Hilton San Francisco Tower I | 493 (150) | 46 | Hotel | 1971 | 37°47′7.08″N 122°24′39.24″W﻿ / ﻿37.7853000°N 122.4109000°W﻿ / 37.7853000; -122.4109000﻿ (Hilton San Francisco Tower I) | Tallest building used exclusively as a hotel in the city |
| 27 | Pacific Gas & Electric Building | 493 (150) | 34 | Office | 1971 | 37°47′29.76″N 122°23′44.88″W﻿ / ﻿37.7916000°N 122.3958000°W﻿ / 37.7916000; -122.3958000﻿ (Pacific Gas & Electric Building) | Proposed in September 2021 to be reskinned for $106 million and will be addressed as 200 Mission Street (now 77 Beale Street). |
| 28 | 50 California Street | 487 (148) | 37 | Office | 1972 | 37°47′38.40″N 122°23′50.64″W﻿ / ﻿37.7940000°N 122.3974000°W﻿ / 37.7940000; -122.3974000﻿ (50 California Street) | Also known as Union Bank Building |
| 28 | 555 Mission Street | 487 (148) | 33 | Office | 2008 | 37°47′18.60″N 122°23′54.96″W﻿ / ﻿37.7885000°N 122.3986000°W﻿ / 37.7885000; -122.3986000﻿ (555 Mission Street) | Tallest office building constructed in the 2000s |
| 30 | St. Regis Museum Tower | 484 (148) | 42 | Hotel, Residential | 2005 | 37°47′10.68″N 122°24′4.68″W﻿ / ﻿37.7863000°N 122.4013000°W﻿ / 37.7863000; -122.4013000﻿ (St. Regis Museum Tower) | |
| 31 | 100 Pine Center | 476 (145) | 33 | Office | 1972 | 37°47′33.32″N 122°23′56.21″W﻿ / ﻿37.7925889°N 122.3989472°W﻿ / 37.7925889; -122.3989472﻿ (100 Pine Center) | |
| 31 | 45 Fremont Street | 476 (145) | 34 | Office | 1978 | 37°47′28.32″N 122°23′49.56″W﻿ / ﻿37.7912000°N 122.3971000°W﻿ / 37.7912000; -122.3971000﻿ (45 Fremont Street) | Also known as the Bechtel Building |
| 33 | 333 Market Street | 472 (144) | 33 | Office | 1979 | 37°47′30.98″N 122°23′51.00″W﻿ / ﻿37.7919389°N 122.3975000°W﻿ / 37.7919389; -122.3975000﻿ (333 Market Street) | |
| 34 | 650 California Street | 466 (142) | 34 | Office | 1964 | 37°47′34.2″N 122°24′18.7″W﻿ / ﻿37.792833°N 122.405194°W﻿ / 37.792833; -122.405194﻿ (650 California Street) | Tallest building in California from 1965 to 1967 Also known as the Hartford Building |
| 35 | LUMINA I | 450 (137) | 43 | Residential | 2015 | 37°47′19.30″N 122°23′31.99″W﻿ / ﻿37.7886944°N 122.3922194°W﻿ / 37.7886944; -122.3922194﻿ (LUMINA I) | |
| 36 | 100 First Plaza | 447 (136) | 27 | Office | 1988 | 37°47′21.0″N 122°23′51.0″W﻿ / ﻿37.789167°N 122.397500°W﻿ / 37.789167; -122.397500﻿ (100 First Plaza) | Also Delta Dental Tower |
| 37 | 340 Fremont Street | 440 (134) | 40 | Residential | 2016 | 37°47′13.23″N 122°23′33.86″W﻿ / ﻿37.7870083°N 122.3927389°W﻿ / 37.7870083; -122.3927389﻿ (340 Fremont Street) | |
| 37 | 399 Fremont Street | 440 (134) | 42 | Residential | 2016 | 37°47′13.94″N 122°23′31.34″W﻿ / ﻿37.7872056°N 122.3920389°W﻿ / 37.7872056; -122.3920389﻿ (399 Fremont Street) | |
| 37 | 500 Folsom | 440 (134) | 43 | Residential | 2019 | 37°47′14″N 122°23′43″W﻿ / ﻿37.78722°N 122.39528°W﻿ / 37.78722; -122.39528﻿ (Transbay Block 9) | |
| 40 | One California | 438 (134) | 32 | Office | 1969 | 37°47′35.52″N 122°23′49.92″W﻿ / ﻿37.7932000°N 122.3972000°W﻿ / 37.7932000; -122.3972000﻿ (One California) | |
| 41 | San Francisco Marriott Marquis | 436 (133) | 39 | Hotel | 1989 | 37°47′5.64″N 122°24′15.48″W﻿ / ﻿37.7849000°N 122.4043000°W﻿ / 37.7849000; -122.4043000﻿ (San Francisco Marriott Marquis) | |
| 42 | Russ Building | 435 (133) | 32 | Office | 1927 | 37°47′28.32″N 122°24′10.08″W﻿ / ﻿37.7912000°N 122.4028000°W﻿ / 37.7912000; -122.4028000﻿ (Russ Building) | Tied as the tallest building constructed in the city in the 1920s |
| 42 | 140 New Montgomery | 435 (133) | 26 | Office | 1925 | 37°47′13.20″N 122°24′0.00″W﻿ / ﻿37.7870000°N 122.4000000°W﻿ / 37.7870000; -122.4000000﻿ (140 New Montgomery) | Tied as the tallest building constructed in the city in the 1920s Originally called the Pacific Telephone Building upon completion |
| 44 | Jasper | 430 (131) | 39 | Residential | 2015 | 37°47′9.19″N 122°23′37.61″W﻿ / ﻿37.7858861°N 122.3937806°W﻿ / 37.7858861; -122.3937806﻿ (45 Lansing Street) | |
| 45 | MIRA | 422 (129) | 39 | Residential | 2020 | 37°47′23.9″N 122°23′30.0″W﻿ / ﻿37.789972°N 122.391667°W﻿ / 37.789972; -122.391667﻿ (160 Folsom Street) | |
| 46 | The Infinity II | 420 (128) | 41 | Residential | 2009 | 37°47′21.76″N 122°23′26.39″W﻿ / ﻿37.7893778°N 122.3906639°W﻿ / 37.7893778; -122.3906639﻿ (The Infinity II) | |
| 46 | JPMorgan Chase Building | 420 (128) | 31 | Office | 2002 | 37°47′19.6″N 122°23′58.0″W﻿ / ﻿37.788778°N 122.399444°W﻿ / 37.788778; -122.399444﻿ (JPMorgan Chase Building, San Francisco) | |
| 46 | The Paramount | 420 (128) | 40 | Residential | 2002 | 37°47′12.0″N 122°24′7.0″W﻿ / ﻿37.786667°N 122.401944°W﻿ / 37.786667; -122.401944﻿ (Paramount, San Francisco) | |
| 49 | Providian Financial Building | 417 (127) | 30 | Office | 1981 | 37°47′28.40″N 122°23′42.16″W﻿ / ﻿37.7912222°N 122.3950444°W﻿ / 37.7912222; -122.3950444﻿ (Providian Financial Building) | Also Pacific Gateway Building |
| 50 | Three Embarcadero Center | 413 (126) | 31 | Office | 1977 | 37°47′42.5″N 122°23′50.5″W﻿ / ﻿37.795139°N 122.397361°W﻿ / 37.795139; -122.397361﻿ (Three Embarcadero Center) | |
| 50 | Two Embarcadero Center | 413 (126) | 30 | Office | 1974 | 37°47′41.8″N 122°23′54.5″W﻿ / ﻿37.794944°N 122.398472°W﻿ / 37.794944; -122.398472﻿ (Two Embarcadero Center) | |
| 50 | Salesforce East | 413 (126) | 30 | Office | 2015 | 37°47′27.31″N 122°23′48.25″W﻿ / ﻿37.7909194°N 122.3967361°W﻿ / 37.7909194; -122.3967361﻿ (350 Mission Street) | |
| 53 | 595 Market Street | 410 (125) | 30 | Office | 1979 | 37°47′21.31″N 122°24′2.92″W﻿ / ﻿37.7892528°N 122.4008111°W﻿ / 37.7892528; -122.4008111﻿ (595 Market Street) | |
| 54 | 123 Mission Street | 407 (124) | 29 | Office | 1986 | 37°47′30.84″N 122°23′40.20″W﻿ / ﻿37.7919000°N 122.3945000°W﻿ / 37.7919000; -122.3945000﻿ (123 Mission Street) | |
| 55 | 101 Montgomery | 404 (123) | 28 | Office | 1984 | 37°47′25.44″N 122°24′8.64″W﻿ / ﻿37.7904000°N 122.4024000°W﻿ / 37.7904000; -122.4024000﻿ (101 Montgomery) | |
| 55 | Embarcadero West | 404 (123) | 34 | Office | 1989 | 37°47′37.9″N 122°24′1.6″W﻿ / ﻿37.793861°N 122.400444°W﻿ / 37.793861; -122.400444﻿ (Embarcadero West) | |
| 57 | 100 Van Ness Avenue | 400 (122) | 29 | Residential | 1974 | 37°46′36.2″N 122°25′09.1″W﻿ / ﻿37.776722°N 122.419194°W﻿ / 37.776722; -122.419194﻿ (100 Van Ness Avenue) | Originally completed as an office tower in 1974 as the California Automobile Association Building. In 2015, it was completely renovated to a residential tower. |
| 57 | LUMINA II | 400 (122) | 38 | Residential | 2015 | 37°47′19.47″N 122°23′29.41″W﻿ / ﻿37.7887417°N 122.3915028°W﻿ / 37.7887417; -122.3915028﻿ (LUMINA II) | |
| 57 | Fifteen Fifty [Wikidata] | 400 (122) | 40 | Residential | 2020 | 37°46′25.3″N 122°25′5.7″W﻿ / ﻿37.773694°N 122.418250°W﻿ / 37.773694; -122.418250﻿ (Fifteen Fifty) | Also 1550 Mission Street |

## Tallest under construction, approved and proposed
### Under construction

This lists buildings that are under construction in San Francisco and are planned to rise at least 100 meters (328 ft). Under construction buildings that have already been topped out are also included.
| Name | Height ft (m) | Floors | Use | Year (est.) | Coordinates | Notes |
| Oceanwide Center, Tower 1 | 910 (277) | 61 | Office, Residential | unknown | 37°47′24″N 122°23′53″W﻿ / ﻿37.79000°N 122.39806°W﻿ / 37.79000; -122.39806﻿ (Oceanwide Center Tower 1) | Will be the second tallest building in San Francisco once completed, only behind the Salesforce Tower. Construction started December 2016. |
| Oceanwide Center, Tower 2 | 625 (191) | 54 | Hotel, Residential | On Hold | 37°47′22.24″N 122°23′53.71″W﻿ / ﻿37.7895111°N 122.3982528°W﻿ / 37.7895111; -122.3982528﻿ (50 First Street Tower 2) | This project contains a 169-room Waldorf Astoria San Francisco hotel on the first 21 floors and approximately 154 residential units on the upper 33 floors. |
| 30 Van Ness | 540 (165) | — | Office, Residential | 2025 | 37°46′32.4″N 122°25′08.5″W﻿ / ﻿37.775667°N 122.419028°W﻿ / 37.775667; -122.419028﻿ (30 Van Ness) | Architect: Solomon Cordwell Buenz Construction is on hold since August 2023. |

### Approved

This lists buildings that are approved for construction in San Francisco and are planned to rise at least 328 feet (100 m).
| Name | Height ft (m) | Floors | Year (est.) | Coordinates | Notes |
| 550 Howard Street (Parcel F) | 806 (246) | 61 | 2024/2025 | 37°47′17″N 122°23′50″W﻿ / ﻿37.7880°N 122.3973°W﻿ / 37.7880; -122.3973﻿ (Parcel F) | Approved in March 2021 The project contains 325,000 sqft of office space, 165 condos and 180 hotel rooms by Rosewood Hotels and Resorts. Developed by a joint venture with Hines, Urban Pacific, and Goldman Sachs Asset Management and designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects. |
| 45 Third Street | 600 (183) | 52 | — | 37°47′13″N 122°24′09″W﻿ / ﻿37.786936°N 122.402549°W﻿ / 37.786936; -122.402549﻿ (45 Third St) | Design by Skidmore Owings & Merrill The development is sponsored by Hearst and JMA Ventures. |
| 10 South Van Ness | 590 (180) | 55 | — | 37°46′28.2″N 122°25′05.7″W﻿ / ﻿37.774500°N 122.418250°W﻿ / 37.774500; -122.418250﻿ (10 South Van Ness) | Developer: Crescent Heights Architect: Handel Architects Design: Kohn Pedersen Fox |
| 524 Howard Street | 515 (157) | 48 | — | 37°47′17.67″N 122°23′49.33″W﻿ / ﻿37.7882417°N 122.3970361°W﻿ / 37.7882417; -122.3970361﻿ (524 Howard Street) | This project contains 334 residential units from developer Crescent Heights. |
| 200 Main Street (Transbay Block 4) | 513 (156) | 47 | — | 37°47′24.4″N 122°23′37.0″W﻿ / ﻿37.790111°N 122.393611°W﻿ / 37.790111; -122.393611﻿ (200 Main Street) | Hines is the property owner and Solomon Cordwell Buenz is the designer. |
| 5M Development - N1 Tower | 470 (143) | 40 | — | 37°46′52.34″N 122°24′25.23″W﻿ / ﻿37.7812056°N 122.4070083°W﻿ / 37.7812056; -122.4070083﻿ (5M Project) | Along with H1, N2 and M2 towers, this project is set on total 4 acres (1.6 ha) at Fifth and Mission. |
| 95 Hawthorne Street | 444 (135) | 42 | — | 37°47′6.1″N 122°23′52.4″W﻿ / ﻿37.785028°N 122.397889°W﻿ / 37.785028; -122.397889﻿ (95 Hawthorne Street) | Approved in October 2019. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) |
| One Oak | 437 (133) | 40 | — | 37°46′30.37″N 122°25′12.04″W﻿ / ﻿37.7751028°N 122.4200111°W﻿ / 37.7751028; -122.4200111﻿ (One Oak) | This project would contain 304 condominiums. |
| 555 Howard Street | 405 (123) | 36 | — | 37°47′15″N 122°23′49″W﻿ / ﻿37.787424°N 122.396911°W﻿ / 37.787424; -122.396911﻿ (555 Howard Street) | This project includes 69 condominiums over a 255-room hotel. The ultra-luxury hotel will be named Langham Place. |
| 655 4th Street | 440 (134) | 39 | — | 37°46′40″N 122°23′44″W﻿ / ﻿37.777726°N 122.395432°W﻿ / 37.777726; -122.395432﻿ (655 4th Street) | Approved in June 2019. Developed by Tishman Speyer and designed by Bjarke Ingels Group Tower A (37 floor and 400 ft high) and Tower B (39 floor and 440 ft high) . |
| 395 3rd Street | 384 (117) | 35 | — | | Developed by Strada Investment Group |

### Proposed

This lists buildings that are proposed in San Francisco and are planned to rise at least 328 feet (100 m).
| Name | Height ft (m) | Floors* | Year* (est.) | Coordinates | Notes |
| 50 Main Street | 992 (302) | 89 | — | 37°47′32.3″N 122°23′46.0″W﻿ / ﻿37.792306°N 122.396111°W﻿ / 37.792306; -122.396111﻿ (50 Main Street) | Proposed in December 2021 by Hines. If built, it will become the second tallest; four feet shorter than the Salesforce Tower |
| 530 Howard Street | 840 (256) | 71 | — | | Proposed in November 2023 by Bayhill Ventures |
| The Cube (620 Folsom Street) | 640 (195) | 62 | — | 37°47′06.8″N 122°23′51.2″W﻿ / ﻿37.785222°N 122.397556°W﻿ / 37.785222; -122.397556﻿ (620 Folsom Street) | Applied by Ground Matrix in August 2021. Designed by Arquitectonica and applied by Align Real Estate. |
| 2700 Sloat Boulevard | 560 (171) | 50 | — | 37°44′09.2″N 122°30′13.3″W﻿ / ﻿37.735889°N 122.503694°W﻿ / 37.735889; -122.503694﻿ (2700 Sloat Boulevard) | Proposed in April 2023 by CH Planning LLC |
| Central SOMA Tower (636-648 4th Street) | 461 (141) | 46 | — | 37°46′40.1″N 122°23′46.8″W﻿ / ﻿37.777806°N 122.396333°W﻿ / 37.777806; -122.396333 | SF Planning Department made initial feedback in March 2023. |
| Sun Tower | 450 (137) | — | — | 37°49′10.66″N 122°22′19.20″W﻿ / ﻿37.8196278°N 122.3720000°W﻿ / 37.8196278; -122.3720000﻿ (Sun Tower, Treasure Island) | This project is also referred to as Treasure Island Tower. It would stand as the tallest building on Treasure Island. |
| 1481 Post Street | 416 (127) | 36 | — | 37°47′8.65″N 122°25′34.08″W﻿ / ﻿37.7857361°N 122.4261333°W﻿ / 37.7857361; -122.4261333﻿ (1481 Post Street) | This project is also referred to as Cathedral Hill Plaza II and Post Street Tower. The developer proposed a shorter 240 ft tower instead in July 2017. |
| 98 Franklin Street | 365 (111) | 37 | — | | New design proposed in February 2021 Designed by Skidmore Owings & Merrill |
| Treasure Island Parcel C2.1 | 345 (105) | 31 | 2027 | | Design by Handel Architects. |
* Table entries with dashes (—) indicate that information regarding building floor counts or dates of completion has not yet been released.

## Timeline of tallest buildings

This lists buildings that once held the title of tallest building in San Francisco as well as the current titleholder, the Salesforce Tower.
| Name | Street address | Years as tallest | Height ft (m) | Floors |
| Montgomery Block | 628 Montgomery Street | 1853–1854 | ~50 (15) | 4 |
| Old Saint Mary's Cathedral | 660 California Street | 1854–1875 | 90 (27) | 1 |
| Palace Hotel | 2 New Montgomery Street | 1875–1890 | 120 (37) | 7 |
| Chronicle Building | 690 Market Street | 1890–1898 | 218 (66) | 10 |
| Call Building | 703 Market Street | 1898–1922 | 315 (96) | 15 |
| 225 Bush Street | 225 Bush Street | 1922–1925 | 328 (100) | 22 |
| 140 New Montgomery | 140 New Montgomery Street | 1925–1964 | 435 (133) | 26 |
| Russ Building | 235 Montgomery Street | 1927–1964 | 435 (133) | 31 |
| 650 California Street | 650 California Street | 1964–1967 | 466 (142) | 33 |
| 44 Montgomery Street | 44 Montgomery Street | 1967–1969 | 565 (172) | 43 |
| 555 California Street | 555 California Street | 1969–1972 | 779 (237) | 52 |
| Transamerica Pyramid | 600 Montgomery Street | 1972–2018 | 853 (260) | 48 |
| Salesforce Tower | 415 Mission Street | 2018–present | 1,070 (326) | 61 |