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Ask Men : "Fine Living Top 10: 2008 Restaurant Openings:" -February 18, 2008

In 2008, Peru’s celebrity chef Gaston Acurio is expected to open the first American branch of his internationally acclaimed seafood restaurant, La Mar Cebicheria Peruana, along San Francisco’s Embarcadero.

Acurio’s restaurant chain is well-established throughout Latin America and Europe, and each house is known for its modern approach to classical Peruvian food. The San Francisco location -- an indoor/outdoor waterfront location that’s part of a $54-million waterfront renovation -- will be styled after the La Mar Cebicheria Peruana locations in Lima and Mexico City.

KTVU: "Tom Vacar Reports on Launching of New Water Taxi Launch and Free Public Dock:" -December 13, 2007

SF Examiner : "Water Taxi Stand Makes Debut:" -December 13, 2007

San Francisco Waterfront Partners and The Port of San Francisco hosted a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony celebrating the opening of San Francisco's first water taxi landing and free public dock.

SF Chronicle, Food Section: "Embarcadero to get Peruvian Restaurant :" -August 15, 2007

La Mar Cebichería Peruana, the first U.S. restaurant from Peruvian star chef Gaston Acurio, will go into spacious seaside digs in the newly renovated Pier 11/2. As a cebicheria, La Mar will specialize in Peruvian seafood dishes with Andean, Asian and Spanish influences. The menu will incorporate classic Peruvian dishes and ingredients, such as potatoes, tomatoes and chiles, as well as pastas combined with seafood and chile-infused sauces, all adapted to Northern California's sensibility and ingredients.

SF Business Times: "Bloomberg Hits C Note at New Offices :" -August 10, 2007

In the city's most expensive lease since the dot-com melt-down six years ago, financial news provider Bloomberg LP has inked a deal to take 30,000 square feet at the Piers, San Francisco Waterfront Partners' boutique historic rehab at Piers 1 ½, 3, and 5.

SF Business Times: "Waterfront Developer Hooks Big S.F. Real Estate Fish:" -April 27, 2007

Paul Osmundson's episode of "This is Your Life" would include a boat ride along the San Francisco Bay. Osmundson, the new director of development at Pacific Waterfront Partners, LLC has played a leading role in the development of high profile development projects stretching from the Giant's ballpark to the Presidio.

SF Business Times: "San Francisco Best Rehab Piers 1 1/2, 3 & 5:" -March 23, 2007

Piers 1 1/2. 3 & 5 finally docked last year. It took the developer five years of navigating historic preservation rules, approvals from 16 public agencies and uniquely challenging waterfront construction dilemmas, but San Francisco Waterfront Partners opened the office and retail project next to the Ferry Building, bringing back a piece of the city's waterfront history.

SF Chronicle: "Restored Piers Pay Tribut to Past " -November 27, 2006

The piers have been restored as a $54 million private development that includes transformation of the alleyway into part of a public promenade along the bay. The result shows how much San Francisco's Embarcadero has changed in the past century -- and the difficulty that lies ahead if it is to change even more.

SF Chronicle: "3 Neglected Piers Taking On New Life " -November 16, 2006

A neglected piece of San Francisco's waterfront opened to the public for the first time Wednesday -- part of a project called "The Piers." It is a historic rehabilitation of Piers 1 1/2, 3 and 5, three old waterfront landmarks that had been neglected so long they were nearly derelict.

SF Examiner: "Port Opens Expected Cash Cow " -November 15, 2006

“The Piers” along the Embarcadero, a $55 million public-private project expected to command above-average rental rates and provide revenue to the beleaguered port, opens today, and experts say the office space hits the commercial real estate market at an opportune time as vacancy rates continue to drop.

SF Business Times: "Office Construction Rises Again " -June 29, 2006

At Piers 1 1/2, 3 & 5, San Francisco Waterfront Partners, LLC is six months away from completing its swanky 66,000 square foot complex, which at $72 per square foot, it is as expensive as anything in town. "We thought the market would return in 2008, but its returning much more quickly," says Snellgrove.

SF Business Times: "Investment Firm to Drop Anchor at Swanky Waterfront Project " -August 3, 2006

The Piers has docked another tenant. With the highest rents in town, between $65 and $70 a square foot triple net, landlord San Francisco Waterfront Partners, LLC has signed an 11,000 square foot deal at Pier 5 with Renaissance Technologies.

SF Business Times: "Waterfront Project Picks Up First Class Passenger " -February 24, 2006

"Exquisite" and "expensive" were the adjectives Pacific Waterfront's Simon Snellgrove used back in January to describe The Piers, his $50 million renovation of Piers 1 ½, 3 and 5 that's nearing completion. Pacific Waterfront has snagged its first tenant -- to the tune of $62 a square foot, according to two sources familiar with the deal. The client, publicity-shy private equity firm Aperture Group PPC, signed a 10-year lease for 8,300 square feet of space and will move from the Ferry Building.

SF Examiner: "Piers Next to Ferry Building Get a Major Buff" -January 27, 2006

When the $50 million renovation of Piers 1 1/2, 3 and 5 is completed this summer, the long defunct waterfront property will be transformed from an eyesore to an eye-popping destination that is part of a larger plan to overhaul the city's aging piers.

SF Examiner: "Historic Piers Ready for Return to Spotlight " - November 20, 2005

Beginning in 1927, the Delta King and Delta Queen, grand riverboats known for their stained-glass windows and mahogany staircases, chugged overnight from Sacramento to San Francisco’s Pier 3. But after the boats stopped running in 1940, the pier slowly fell into disuse.

Now, after years of quiet, the pier will be bustling again next year when a major office, shopping and restaurant complex opens in the historic bulkhead buildings at piers 1½, 3 and 5. Cruise ships, water taxis and yachts will depart from the site.

SF Chronicle: "Old Piers Getting Dressed Up for New Era on the Waterfront" - September 16, 2005

Behind a construction curtain made of black mesh, just north of the Ferry Building, another piece of old San Francisco is being turned into part of the new San Francisco.

It is swarming with workers carrying pipes, hammering nails and building forms for concrete. It's all part of the Piers Project, a development with a 1,000-foot frontage on the Embarcadero.

The three piers are being transformed into a complex with shops, restaurants, a dock for large yachts and water taxis, maybe a classy bookstore, perhaps a fish market. There will also be 60,000 square feet of office space when the whole thing is finished next May at a cost of $50 million.

The Port approved The Piers lighting mock-up - February 2, 2005

On Wednesday, February 2, 2005, the Port approved the lighting mock-up, as designed by San Francisco Waterfront Partners, LLC with lighting architect, Architecture and Light. The lighting will provide a dramatic addition to the Waterfront and the Embarcadero and will emphasize the elegance of Piers 1 1/2, 3 & 5.

Construction to Commence on Piers 1½, 3 & 5 - April 05, 2004

On Friday, April 2, 2004, the Port closed escrow with San Francisco Waterfront Partners, LLC on the Piers 1½-3-5 Historic Rehabilitation Project. Construction will commence next week and is expected to last for approximately twenty-two months. The contractor is S.J. Amoroso Construction Company, Inc. and the architects for the project are Hannum Associates and Tom Eliot Fisch.

SF Business Times: "Enticing Visitors to the Embarcadero" - June 23, 2003

Over $1 billion worth of projects including a hotel, cruise terminal, offices, condominiums, retail and public parks are navigating the approvals process as part of the grand vision for the 7½ miles of waterfront stretching from Fisherman's Wharf to India Basin.

SF Chronicle: "SF considers modern face for old piers" - May 09, 2003

"Plans to renovate three decrepit piers on San Francisco's northern waterfront and build restaurants, offices, bayfront walkways and docks for pleasure boats and water taxis and on the verge of becoming reality"

SF Business Times: "Waterfront finds missing piece in $40M project" - May 02, 2003

"The California State Lands Commission has approved a $44 million renovation of Piers 1½, 3 and 5, moving forward the next piece of San Francisco's waterfront puzzle."

California State Lands Commission Approves Rehabilitation Project for Historic Piers 1½, 3 & 5 - April 22, 2003

The California State Lands Commission approved The Piers Project as being in compliance with the Public Trust doctrine for commerce, navigation, and fisheries and with the terms of the Burton Act.

San Francisco Port Commission Approves Rehabilitation Project for Historic Piers 1½, 3 & 5 - April 08, 2003

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (Tuesday, April 8, 2003)
The San Francisco Port Commission recently approved the development agreement and lease between the Port and San Francisco Waterfront Partners, LLC for the rehabilitation and development of Piers 1½, 3 and 5, located on the Embarcadero between Washington Street and Broadway. The $44 million project will include new restaurants, office space, public access, boat docks and a water taxi landing.