Status Complete Opening 2002 Floor count 40 Floors 40 Phone +1 917-526-7458 | Type Residential apartments Roof 420 ft (130 m) Height 127 m Construction started 2000 | |
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Similar 399 Fremont Street, Jasper, Trinity Place, 340 Fremont Street, 100 Van Ness Avenue | ||
The Paramount, or 680 Mission Street at Third, is a 40-story rental-apartment tower that is located South of Market just outside the Financial District on Mission Street in San Francisco.
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History
Construction of the 420-foot (128-m) tower was completed in 2002. Upon completion, the building was the tallest concrete-framed structure located in Seismic Zone 4. It was also the tallest all-residential building in San Francisco from 2002 to 2008.
The Paramount is one of several new highrise projects completed or under construction on Mission Street since 2000. Other examples include 555 Mission Street, St. Regis Museum Tower, Millennium Tower, 101 Second Street, and the JP MorganChase Building.
Suicide
UC Santa Cruz chancellor Denice Denton leapt to her death from the roof on 24 June 2006.
She shared an apartment with her partner, Gretchen Kalonji, a former professor of materials science at the University of Washington in Seattle. Her mother, Carolyn Mabee, was in the building when Denton died, and reportedly said her daughter was "very depressed" about her professional and personal life.