33 Tehama

Apartment complex located in San Francisco, California, United States

Spera SF

From Salesforce Park in April 2021

Location within San Francisco

Former names| 33 Tehama, 41 Tehama Street[citation needed]
General information
Status| Rebranded after closure due to Water damage
Type| Residential apartments
Location| 39 Tehama Street, San Francisco, California
Coordinates| 37°47′14″N 122°23′46″W﻿ / ﻿37.7873°N 122.3962°W﻿ / 37.7873; -122.3962
Construction started| 2015
Completed| 2018
Closed| June 3, 2022 (as 33 Tehama)
Owner| Hines Interests Limited Partnership
Height
Architectural| 380 ft (120 m)
Roof| 360 ft (110 m)
Technical details
Floor count| 35
Floor area| 278,097 square feet (25,836.1 m2)
Design and construction
Architect(s)| Arquitectonica
Developer| Hines Interests Limited Partnership
Invesco
Main contractor| Lendlease
Other information
Number of units| 403
Website
33tehama.com
References
[1][2][3][4]

33 Tehama was a luxury residential apartment complex in South of Market, San Francisco, California. The building is 380 feet (120 m) tall, 35 stories, and contains 403 residential units.

Groundbreaking was in mid-2015, and construction finished in 2018. The building is part of the San Francisco Transbay development area around the Salesforce Transit Center site in the South of Market neighborhood. The building was developed by the Hines Interests Limited Partnership and Invesco. Lendlease was the general contractor.[5] Due to repeated incidents of flooding on the 35th floor, the building was closed indefinitely to all tenants on June 3, 2022. It was initially not expected to reopen until early 2023.[6]

In 2024, Hines began the process of re-opening the building, during which the property was rebranded as "Spera San Francisco", and officially changed the building's address from 33 Tehama St to 39 Tehama St.[7]

## Apartments

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33 Tehama had 403 residences, consisting of one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments, as well as penthouses.[8] It included an art installation designed by Yayoi Kusama,[8] however this installation was destroyed in 2021 following an incident involving a vehicular crash into the property.[citation needed] 33 Tehama offers 700 square feet of ground floor retail space.[9]

## Construction incident

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On February 15, 2017, a construction malfunction of the climbing formwork occurred, prompting precautionary evacuations of neighboring buildings. The developer's first official statement read:

"This afternoon, an incident occurred at the 33 Tehama site between levels 35 and 36 where an interior forming system had a partial hydraulic failure while being raised to the next level. The interior forming system and the concrete placement arm have been secured and are being evaluated by engineers to bring it back to level. No injuries and no damage has been reported."[5][10][11][12]

On February 17, 2017, the developer released another statement and construction resumed on the site:

"When a Hydro jack failed causing the tilt, Lendlease, the project's general contractor, immediately secured all equipment and materials. The interior forming system and the concrete placement arm were secured and were evaluated by engineers to bring it back to level."[13]

## Flooding

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On June 3, 2022, a water pipe on the 35th floor of the apartment building burst, causing rooms to be flooded and necessitating indefinite evacuation from the building. According to city records, the flood damaged 95 of the 403 units and caused severe damage to the building's Elevators, Fire Alarm system, and electrical systems, with some stairwells and hallways of the building needing to be completely stripped.[14] According to some reports, this flooding had occurred at least once before, with one resident noting that it was his second time being displaced from the building because of water damage.[6][15][16]

On August 10, 2022, the building was flooded again from water leaking out of the same pipe where the first flooding originated. This flood damaged an additional 22 units, as far down as the 4th floor.[14] Building management restricted access to tenants, many of whom had been planning to remove personal property from the building by the end of the month.[17] Several lawsuits have been filed, with allegations that Hines Interests Limited Partnership improperly maintained the property, and that their response to the disaster has been negligent. Some residents were told that their lease was still in effect even though they had stopped paying for Hotel rooms, and some residents claim that repair contractors stole items from the apartments, cashed 2 fraudulent checks, and used tenant's names to check in to the hotels Hines was using as emergency lodging.[18]

Hines rebuked the claims of the lawsuit, stating "We have provided our residents with temporary housing and funds for personal expenses. We have also worked tirelessly to repair the building, engaging leading experts to identify and address the building's mechanical problems."[18] Hines has paid out approximately $13 million in accommodations, parking, and other tenant expenses related to the flooding.[citation needed]

## References

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1. ^ "Emporis building ID 261757". Emporis. Archived from the original on September 17, 2020.
2. ^ "33 Tehama". SkyscraperPage.
3. ^ "33 Tehama Street". Lendlease. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
4. ^ "33 Tehama". BuzzBuzzHome. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
5. ^ a b "Evacuations Lifted, Streets Reopen Around SoMa Construction Site". February 15, 2017.
6. ^ a b Hollyfield, Amy (June 7, 2022). "Residents at SF luxury apartment displaced after pipe bursts, flooding all 35 floors". ABC7 San Francisco. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
7. ^ "Apache2 Ubuntu Default Page: It works". www.sperasf.com. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
8. ^ a b "33 Tehama". The Mark Company. Archived from the original on September 23, 2017. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
9. ^ Torres, Blanca (May 19, 2014). "Hines and Invesco snap up Transbay site in S.F. for 418-unit highrise". San Francisco Business Journal. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
10. ^ "Building evacuated in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood due to loose 2,000-pound concrete slab". February 15, 2017.
11. ^ "SoMa skyscraper construction failure forcing evacuation of over a dozen buildings". February 15, 2017.
12. ^ "UPDATE: Evacuations underway at 10 buildings near construction site in SoMa". February 15, 2017.
13. ^ Sarnoff, Nancy (February 16, 2017). "Construction resumes after mishap at Hines' San Francisco tower". Retrieved February 21, 2017.
14. ^ a b "Department of Building Inspection". dbiweb02.sfgov.org. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
15. ^ Whiting, Sam (June 6, 2022). "A posh S.F. housing tower gets flooded by a burst rooftop pipe. Residents don't know when they can return". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
16. ^ "SoMa Luxury Apartment Building Totally Flooded Friday, Residents All Displaced at Hotels". SFist – San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports. June 6, 2022. Archived from the original on June 6, 2022. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
17. ^ "Luxury SF high-rise sees second major flood". August 12, 2022.
18. ^ a b "Residents flooded out of 33 Tehama high-rise in SF sue landlord, claim theft by contractors - CBS San Francisco". CBS News. October 10, 2022. Retrieved July 7, 2023.

## External links

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* Official website
* Hines project website

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* 21st Amendment Brewery
* 33 Tehama
* 101 Second Street
* 123 Mission Street
* 140 New Montgomery
* 181 Fremont
* 199 Fremont Street
* 222 Second Street
* 340 Fremont Street
* 350 Mission Street
* 399 Fremont Street
* 535 Mission Street
* 555 Mission Street
* The Avery
* Baker and Hamilton Building
* BridgeView
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* Foundry Square
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* Hall of Justice
* Hugo Hotel
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* James Lick Baths
* Jasper
* JPMorgan Chase Building
* LUMINA
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* Millennium Tower
* MIRA
* Moscone Center
* NEMA
* Oceanwide Center
* One Rincon Hill
* Palace Hotel Residential Tower
* Palace Hotel
* The Paramount
* Park Tower at Transbay
* Providian Financial Building
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* San Francisco Mint
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Defunct|

* Blow Buddies
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Culture|

* Cartoon Art Museum
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* Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in San Francisco

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* California Institute of Integral Studies
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* Barbary Coast
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Public art|

* Aurora
* Statue of Mahatma Gandhi
* Shaking Man

Religion|

* St Patrick's Catholic Church

Transportation|

* 49-Mile Scenic Drive
* 2nd and King station
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* Central Subway
* The Portal (planned)
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* Salesforce Transit Center
* San Francisco 4th and King Street station
* San Francisco Transbay Terminal (former)

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Tallest buildings in San Francisco

Skyscrapers over
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* Salesforce Tower
* Transamerica Pyramid
* 181 Fremont
* 555 California Street
* 345 California Center
* Millennium Tower
* One Rincon Hill
* The Avery
* Park Tower at Transbay
* Salesforce West
* 101 California Street
* 575 Market Street
* Four Embarcadero Center
* One Embarcadero Center
* 44 Montgomery
* One Market Plaza Spear Tower
* One Sansome Street
* The Harrison
* One Front Street
* First Market Tower
* McKesson Plaza
* 425 Market Street
* 706 Mission Street
* One Montgomery Tower

Highrises over
400 feet (120 m)|

* 333 Bush Street
* Hilton San Francisco Union Square Tower I
* Pacific Gas & Electric Building
* 50 California Street
* 555 Mission Street
* St. Regis Museum Tower
* 100 Pine Center
* 45 Fremont Street
* 333 Market Street
* 650 California Street
* 100 First Plaza
* 340 Fremont Street
* 399 Fremont Street
* 500 Folsom
* One California
* San Francisco Marriott Marquis
* Russ Building
* 140 New Montgomery
* Jasper
* MIRA
* The Infinity II
* JPMorgan Chase Building
* The Paramount
* Providian Financial Building
* Three Embarcadero Center
* Two Embarcadero Center
* Salesforce East
* 595 Market Street
* 123 Mission Street
* 101 Montgomery
* Embarcadero West
* 100 Van Ness Avenue
* LUMINA
* Fifteen Fifty

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300 feet (91 m)|

* One Maritime Plaza
* Four Seasons Hotel
* 415 Natoma Street
* Westin St. Francis
* 33 Tehama Street
* 456 Montgomery Plaza
* 535 Mission Street
* Shell Building
* Park Central Hotel San Francisco
* 222 Second Street
* 199 Fremont Street
* One Market Plaza Steuart Tower
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* 425 California Street
* 100 Montgomery Street
* Grand Hyatt San Francisco
* Fox Plaza
* 101 Second Street
* NEMA
* 580 California Street
* 601 California Street
* The Infinity I
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* 450 Sutter Street
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* 225 Bush Street
* 505 Montgomery Street
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* 180 Montgomery Street
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* Oceanwide Center I & II

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* Palace Hotel Residential Tower
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* 5M Project
* 524 Howard Street

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