The new Salesforce Transit Center Park opened this past weekend atop the transit center.
SAN FRANCISCO—During the course of San Francisco's history, urban parks have often served as the stimulus for neighborhood development. But how do you create a four-block park spanning 5.4 acres in a highly developed area of downtown? You build it on a roof.
And what a roof it is. The new Salesforce Transit Center Park opened this past weekend atop the transit center, providing green space in a downtown area surrounded by the high-rises of Trulia and BlackRock, and of course, Salesforce Tower, looming above. The park accomplishes multiple purposes not only for passengers but also for this newly developing area, as it increases the amount of open space in the neighborhood by 17%, according to the Transbay Joint Powers Authority.
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Lisa Brown
Lisa Brown is an editor for the south and west regions of GlobeSt.com. She has 25-plus years of real estate experience, with a regional PR role at Grubb & Ellis and a national communications position at MMI. Brown also spent 10 years as executive director at NAIOP San Francisco Bay Area chapter, where she led the organization to achieving its first national award honors and recognition on Capitol Hill. She has written extensively on commercial real estate topics and edited numerous pieces on the subject.
