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595 Market Street is a
skyscraperA skyscraper is a tall, continuously habitable building of many stories, often designed for office and commercial use. There is no official definition or height above which a building may be classified as a skyscraper...
in
San FranciscoSan Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
,
CaliforniaCalifornia is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. The building rises 410 feet (125 meters) in the northern region of San Francisco’s
Financial DistrictThe Financial District is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California, that serves as its main central business district. The nickname "FiDi" is occasionally employed, analogous to nearby SoMa.-Location:...
. It contains 30 floors, and was completed in 1979. 595 Market Street currently stands as the
37th-tallest building in the city. The architect who designed the building was Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. It is one of the few
hexagonal-shaped skyscrapers in the city.
In 2009 Visa, Inc. signed a 10 year lease for the top three floors of the building. Visa moved its top executives, and therefore, the headquarters, to 595 Market from
Foster CityFoster City is an affluent planned city located in San Mateo County, California, 94404. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 30,567. Forbes ranked Foster City #10 on their 2009 list of America's Top 25 Towns to Live Well. Money has also recognized Foster City multiple times as...
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