Tall Building Inventory (from DataSF, pulled monthly)

Inventory of tall buildings in San Francisco, focusing on attributes that are relevant to building performance during an earthquake or to post-earthquake recovery. Where possible, the attributes were collected from permitting documents at the Department of Building Inspections. As of October 1, 2018, this database includes a complete list of the 156 buildings taller than 240 ft, as well as another 24 buildings over 160 ft. For more information on the Tall Building Safety Strategy, see http://OneSanFrancisco.org/Resilient-SF. Data pushed to ArcGIS Online on September 1, 2026 at 4:10 AM by SFGIS. Data from: https://data.sfgov.org/d/5kya-mfst Description of dataset columns: OBJECTID System ID generated by Esri software polygon The geometry of the buildin Name Name of the building Address Street address of the building MapBlockLot The block and lot number of the representative parcel for the building MBL_Unique The MapBlockLot (MBL) number, modified with a cardinal direction if multiple buildings share the same MBL Date Building's year of construction Retrofit_Date Year the building was seismically retrofit, if known Description Description of basic building characteristics Height_ft Height of the building, in feet Stories_Above_Grade Number of stories above ground level Stories_Below_Grade Number of stories below ground level Occupancy Occupancy type of building, consistent with San Francisco's Land Use categorization Structural_Material Structural material of the building (Steel, Reinforced Concrete, or Mixed) Structural_System Lateral Force Resisting System (LFRS) of the building Structural_Types Broad categorization of the LFRS (Steel Moment Frame, Steel Braced Frame, RC Shear Wall) Facade_Material Façade material, classified by visual identification Foundation_System Type of foundation system used BORP_Report Is the building part of Building Occupancy Resumption Program (BORP) Instrumented Is the building seismically instrumented to record earthquake motion? Square_Footage Square footage of the building (from Feb. 2018 SFFD records. Not all buildings have a match.) Fire_Resistence_Type Fire resistance of building materials (from Feb. 2018 SFFD records. Not all buildings have a match.) Percent_Sprinklered Percentage of building with sprinklers installed (from Feb. 2018 SFFD records. Not all buildings have a match.) Liquefaction_Potential Classification of the liquefaction potential at the building's centroid (Very High to Very Low) BedrockDepth_MEAN Mean depth to bedrock over the building's footprint (based on a 1961 USGS bedrock map and current day topographic data) BedrockDepth_MAX Maximum depth to bedrock over the building's footprint (based on a 1961 USGS bedrock map and current day topographic data) BedrockDepth_MIN Minimum depth to bedrock over the building's footprint (based on a 1961 USGS bedrock map and current day topographic data) Permit_Date_1 Year of any date stamps found on the permit documents Permit_Date_2 Year of any date stamps found on the permit documents Permit_Date_3 Year of any date stamps found on the permit documents Completion_Date Year of completion (from a CFC document or, if not other date is available, from Emporis) Building_Code_Year The date of the applicable design code (if noted) Base_Plan_Size Dimensions of the plan at ground level Tower_Plan_Size Dimensions of the plan for the tower Typ_Story_Height Height of typical story Attyp_Story_Height Any unique story heights Architectural_Notes Description of any relevant architectural features (set backs, plan shape, etc) Atrium_Location Story on which an atrium is located MEP_levels Story on which MEP equipment is located Site_Class Site class, if noted Foundation_Info Additional description of the foundation Collected_on Date the data was collected Primary_Source Primary source the data was collected from (BORP reports, DBI permits, Emporis, Peer Reviewers) Shape_Length Footprint geometry info (in feet) Shape_Area Footprint geometry info (in sqft) Note: If no description was provided by DataSF, the cell is left blank. See the source data for more information.