SAN FRANCISCO-Kilroy Realty Corporation will boost its Bay Area construction pipeline to more than 1.8 million square feet with new office-project starts in downtown Redwood City and the brick and timber commercial neighborhood of Brannan Street in the city's booming SOMA district. More than 1.3 million square feet of the company's Bay Area construction pipeline is pre-leased.

Crossing/900. As reported Monday at GlobeSt., KRC held a groundbreaking ceremony last week for this two-building, mid-rise office campus located in Redwood City's increasingly urbanized downtown area. The new 300,000-square-foot project is steps away from the city's Caltrain station and conveniently close to the two major freeways serving the region and San Francisco International Airport. It is also within walking distance of abundant retail, dining and entertainment amenities as well as over a thousand residential units under construction. The project, designed by Korth Sunseri Hagey, represents a key component in the city's plan to attract new businesses and residents to the downtown area and expand its role as a major employment and residential hub in the Silicon Valley. Crossing/900 is a LEED Gold certified development project that will feature large open floor plates, forward-looking designs, outdoor plaza areas, abundant parking and up-sized base building features thereby allowing greater densities that are highly desirable among today's modern workforce. “The project will serve the burgeoning knowledge-based industries in this region that currently has very limited options for new office space, especially near Caltrain,” said Mike Sanford, KRC's SVP, Northern California. KRC expects to complete construction on the project in 2015.

333 Brannan Street. Earlier this month, KRC received site approval for the construction of a modern 170,000-square-foot, six-level, brick and concrete office building at this 0.82-acre site located in one of San Francisco's most popular technology and media corridors. Designed by William McDonough, a leading proponent of sustainable architecture, 333 Brannan Street will be a LEED Platinum+ certified project and one of the most eco-friendly, greater than two-story office buildings built to-date in California. The building capitalizes on the charm of the historical area with contemporary and state of the art sustainable features, including large, highly efficient floor plates designed for higher density users, expansive public spaces, a panoramic roof deck and an on-site restaurant. 333 Brannan is surrounded by dozens of cafes and restaurants, is in close proximity to AT&T Park, Caltrain, and BART, and is also adjacent to KRC's 250 Brannan Street and 301 Brannan Street properties. The company expects to complete construction on the project in 2015.