535 Mission Street, Modern office skyscraper in South of Market district, San Francisco, US
535 Mission Street is a modern office tower with 27 floors and a glass exterior that reflects daylight across the surrounding streets. Retail spaces and a two-story lobby occupy the ground level, leading out to a public plaza.
Construction began in 2008 but paused during the financial crisis, resuming when Boston Properties took over the project in 2013. The building was completed in 2014.
The tower's name comes simply from its address on Mission Street. Its ground floor holds 344 square metres of retail space and a two-storey lobby opening onto an outdoor plaza. Tenants have included the real estate website Trulia, which cut its space from six floors to two in February 2023, and WeWork, which announced a 91,000-square-foot lease in December 2014 and by May 2025 listed seven of the 27 floors.
The building sits near the Transbay Transit Center, making it easy to reach by public transportation from different parts of the city. The ground-level plaza is open to the public for sitting and taking a break.
The building was planned to reach LEED Gold status, not Platinum, and its facade is a four-sided SSG system installed by Architectural Glass and Aluminum. Architecture critic John King called it "not a masterpiece" but praised its restraint, noting that near dusk or dawn each side can read as a single blue or silver pane.
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