As built, the SF Blu penthouses advertise the following features:

• 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths
• Private rooftop solariums and roof terraces
• 2 floors devoted to living, dining and entertaining
• Lower private floor for bedrooms with its own separate access
• Panoramic views from every level
• Wood flooring throughout second level living and dining areas
• Floor to ceiling and wrap-around corner windows
• Miele in-home washery and dryer
• Central heat and air conditioning

Kitchens:

• Viking stainless steel appliances
• Viking under-counter built-in wine refrigerator
• Fisher Paykel double drawer dishwasher
• European kitchen cabinetry with undermount halogen task lighting
• Granite kitchen counters with undermount stainless steel sinks

Baths:

• Custom cabinetry
• Marble vanity top with undermount sink
• Marble flooring, counters and shower surrounds (Master)
• Double designer sinks (Master)
• Frameless glass shower enclosure (Master)

Siteplan for SF Blu Penthouse Level 21

Penthouse A Floorplan

Penthouse B Floorplan

Penthouse C Floorplan

Penthouse D Floorplan

Penthouse E Floorplan

Penthouse F Floorplan

Siteplan for SF Blu Penthouse Level 21

The team behind the building consists of Lennar Urban, Malcolm Properties, Inc. and Handel Architects, LLP.

Roses are Red,
SF Penthouses at Blu,
Our Valentines Day post for You.

Awful, I know. I had the pleasure of being at SF Blu, located on Folsom at 2nd street in the Yerba Buena district – last Friday for a luxury market meeting with my colleagues at Zephyr. In addition to reviewing how the market for luxury properties in San Francisco was doing, we took time to tour the remaining penthouses available at the SF Blu project.

There are six penthouses in total, with three remaining as of Friday. Those with the most amazing views sold first, and currently Penthouses B, C and F remain. Although, to be fair, I must say that the views from Penthouse F are pretty spectacular. It is the largest of the remaining homes, with an asking price of $2,925,000. The least expensive that remains in Penthouse B with an asking price of $2,500,000. Square footage runs from approximately 2,245 for floorplan B to 2,573 for floorplan F. For those of you not interested in the penthouses, they have about 10 or 15 of their 2 bedroom 2 bath models available.

All of the penthouse homes are on three levels, with private living space on the lowest level, the main entrance, living room, dining room, and kitchen on the main level, and a solarium and private roof deck on the top floor. It is a nicely done and thoughtful division of space, and for those with families or who just like their private rooms kept private, you will definitely appreciate the layout.

Finishes are nicely done throughout, essentially what you would expect for a home in this price range, although I personally am not a fan of the cabinet and appliance white oak finish in the kitchens. But your mileage may vary. The master bath is spacious, and I absolutely love the bathtub they went with. Below are photos I snapped, I apologize for the quality of some of them but it should give you a good feel for the space and finishes. Click on any thumbnail for a larger image.

Millennium Tower, San Francisco

As of the beginning of December, 2010 45% of the development has been sold, with an additional 10 – 15% leased. The project has 419 luxury residences for sale, so a quick computation says about 200 homes remain available. Good inventory remains: for example, of the 80 one-bedrooms, half are gone, several are leased. Residences at the highest and lowest price points are moving fairly rapidly, with the slowest sales in the (approximately) $1,500,00 to $3,000,000 range.

The building has won numerous awards, several for it’s seismic safety and engineering. According to the Millennium Tower entry at wikipedia, those awards are:

2008: American Concrete Institute Awards, Northern California – Construction

2008: Concrete Industry Board – Roger H. CIB Award of Merit

2009: American Society of Civil Engineers, Region 9 – Structural Engineering Project of the Year

2008: American Society of Civil Engineers, San Francisco Section – Outstanding Structural Engineering Project

2009: Metal Architecture Magazine – April 2009 edition Top Honor

2009: California Construction – Outstanding Project Management

2009: California Construction – Multi-family/Residential, Award of Merit

According to the folks in the sales office, the building was built on a 15 foot thick concrete pad that is anchored on over 900 piles that were driven 185 feet deep into the ground. So if you’ve got fears about living in earthquake country, it sounds like the Millennium Tower might be a good building to tour. Not that I’m a structural engineer or anything.