140 New Montgomery

I wish I could award no stars.
GREAT Lobby… BUT
It too 1 ½ years to wash the outside windows.
The building’s elevators ARE HORRIBLE. They overlaid a new software system on old elevators, they do NOT bank them by floor, and the result is long waits for elevators. Like a BAD hotel. They need another car. And the system freezes once every other month.
Worst part-​techie 20 somethings that work for Unilocal.NO concept of elevator etiquette, many unbathed, completely lacking is social graces. Glued to their phones. They don’t even talk to their coworkers! How does THAT work. Must be a miserable place to work. You think Unilocalers are bad (a la Southpark)? Try the people that work there. WORSE.

This beautiful building was started in 1924 finished in 1925 as the Pacific Telephone Building. it was the first high rise south of Market and the tallest building in San francisco a title that was matched a few years later by the Russ Building but not passed until 1964.
The building continued to house the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph (part of the Bell System) until the break up the company then it housed Pacific Bell until 2007 by a company that intended to convert it into condos though that never happened due to the bad economy,
Eventually the building was restored into offie space with its major tenant Unilocal signed a lease in 2012. The building now houses the reportedly 150,000 square foot Unilocal HQ.