Portfolio: Project Details
U.S. Appraisers Building
Master Plan Study and Tenant Realignment
San Francisco, CA
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The Appraisers Building is a 16-story, 300,531 gross square foot Federally-owned
office building that finished construction in 1944. The building is primarily
occupied by five federal government tenant agencies. Over the years, as space
requirements have changed, the agencies have found their various components
physically separated from each other, placed on multiple floors, or housed in
inappropriately-sized spaces.
Interactive Resources was hired to develop a master plan and scope of work for
tenant realignment. Several alternatives for the realignment of the tenants,
and phasing of the construction were developed. Alternative solutions were
presented in the form of colored floor plans, stacking sections and bar graphs
representing the project schedule. Cost estimates for each solution were also
prepared. Critical issues considered in this study include tenant space and
adjacency requirements, structural modifications, upgrade of interior finishes,
and historical preservation. Meetings and presentations were held with the GSA
(the client), and the various agencies which occupy the building.
The study prepared by Interactive Resources proposes a major tenant realignment
to upgrade the Appraisers Building to meet the space needs as projected by the
building's agency tenants. In conjunction with this tenant realignment,
the study proposed the general renovation of the building,
including an upgrade of life safety systems, a limited hazardous
material abatement, and a new building entrance to accommodate Immigration and
Naturalization Service public contact functions. Also included are
implementation of legislatively mandated improvements such as an accessibility
upgrade.
Two preferred alternatives were proposed, both of which suggested consolidating
the tenants onto consecutive floors, providing adjacent expansion space for
each major tenant, and consolidating the remaining future expansion/available
lease space on the upper floors. The two alternatives differ in their handling
of the U.S. Customs laboratory and warehouse facilities.
