St. Regis Museum Tower

St. Regis Museum Tower is a mixed-use luxury hotel and residential skyscraper in San Francisco, California. The building stands at the corner of Mission Street and Third Street in the South of Market neighborhood, immediately outside the Financial District. Its complex combines high-end hospitality and residential accommodation with a major cultural institution: the first three floors house the Museum of the African Diaspora. The tower officially opened in 2005 after construction began in 2001. The building was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and is recognized as one of San Francisco’s prominent high-rise developments. At the time of completion, it was described as the tallest concrete building west of the Mississippi River. It is subsequently listed as the 30th-tallest building in San Francisco. The project’s vertical mixed-use format reflects the wider redevelopment of the South of Market area, where hotels, condominiums, offices, cultural venues, and public institutions were brought together in large urban complexes. The tower includes luxury residential units as well as hotel accommodation associated with the St. Regis name. Reference material describes the property as having 90 suites, 286 high-end hotel units, and 376 rooms in total. The residential component is marketed as an upper-tier urban living offering, while the hotel component provides luxury lodging and services in a central San Francisco location. Because the property is a building and hospitality-residential complex rather than a standalone consumer-goods brand, information about its ownership, corporate structure, executives, and financial performance is not established in the supplied references. The property underwent remodeling in April 2022. In November 2023, during the APEC United States 2023 meeting, Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping stayed in the presidential suite. That visit brought additional international attention to the tower, but it does not by itself establish a continuing political or commercial relationship between the building and any government. The tower remains primarily a luxury accommodation and residential property integrated with a cultural and urban development complex.

St. Regis Museum Tower is a mixed-use skyscraper developed in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood at the junction of Mission Street and Third Street. Its location places it just outside the Financial District and within a part of the city that became increasingly defined by large-scale residential, hotel, office, and cultural projects. The building was conceived as a combination of luxury lodging and high-end residential accommodation rather than as a conventional single-purpose office tower. Construction began in 2001, and the building officially opened in 2005. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill served as the architectural designer. The completed structure incorporated hotel and residential functions and also provided space for the Museum of the African Diaspora on its first three floors. This arrangement made the tower part of a broader civic and cultural development rather than an isolated hospitality property. At completion, the tower was described as the tallest concrete building west of the Mississippi River. It later came to be identified as the 30th-tallest building in San Francisco. Reference material records 376 rooms in total, comprising 90 suites and 286 high-end hotel units. The property also includes luxury residential units, although the supplied sources do not provide a complete unit count, detailed floor plan, or ownership history. The building underwent remodeling in April 2022. No reliable details are provided in the supplied material regarding the project’s budget, design changes, operators, or contractors. In November 2023, during the APEC United States 2023 meeting, Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping stayed in the presidential suite. The event was notable because of the guest’s international profile and the tower’s role as a high-end accommodation venue, but the available reference does not identify any permanent change to the property’s management or business strategy as a result. The tower’s historical identity therefore rests on three linked characteristics: its position in San Francisco’s South of Market redevelopment, its combination of hotel and residential uses, and its integration with the Museum of the African Diaspora. Publicly available information in the supplied references is limited, and it does not establish the property’s developer, current owner, hotel operator, financial results, or senior management.

• 2023

  Presidential-suite stay during APEC

  [1]St. Regis Museum Toweren.wikipedia.org

  Xi Jinping stays in the presidential suite during the APEC United States 2023 meeting.

• 2022

  Remodeling completed or initiated

  [1]St. Regis Museum Toweren.wikipedia.org

  The tower undergoes remodeling in April 2022; the supplied reference does not give further project details.

• 2005

  Official opening

  [1]St. Regis Museum Toweren.wikipedia.org

  The mixed-use luxury hotel and residential skyscraper officially opens. The completed building includes space for the Museum of the African Diaspora on its first three floors.

• 2001

  Construction begins

  [1]St. Regis Museum Toweren.wikipedia.org

  Construction of the St. Regis Museum Tower begins in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood.

A high-end mixed-use urban property combining St. Regis luxury hospitality, residential condominiums, and a prominent cultural institution in central San Francisco.

• Hospitality · 2005

  Luxury hotel accommodation

  The hotel component provides high-end accommodation in central San Francisco, including suites and other luxury rooms. Reference material describes 90 suites and 286 high-end hotel units, forming part of a total inventory of 376 rooms. The supplied sources do not specify the full service menu, room-rate structure, or current operating arrangements.

• Residential real estate · 2005

  Luxury residential condominiums

  The tower includes high-end residential units positioned as luxury urban homes in the South of Market area. These residences share the broader mixed-use complex with the hotel and cultural facilities. The supplied references do not provide a verified unit count, sales history, current ownership information, or detailed residential amenities.

• Luxury hotel accommodation · 2005

  Presidential suite

  The presidential suite is the property’s most prominent identified hotel accommodation. Its public profile increased after Xi Jinping stayed there during the APEC United States 2023 meeting. No verified information is provided about its size, pricing, layout, or amenities.

1. 1St. Regis Museum Toweren.wikipedia.org