01 / Porter
Day and night porter
Staffed coverage that keeps lobbies, restrooms and common areas presentable all day and reset every night.
View detailsFacility services in San Francisco
Janitorial and facility services for San Francisco properties.
One partner for cleaning, porter, exterior, grounds and maintenance across San Francisco’s high-rise office towers, converted loft offices and more.
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What San Francisco high-rise office towers need.
San Francisco buildings are on show from the moment the lobby doors open. Towers need lobbies and elevators that stay polished through the lunch rush; converted lofts need floors and glass that look intentional; life-science buildings need common areas that match the work inside.
We cover all of it with day porters for the busy hours, janitorial crews overnight, and floor and glass work scheduled around tenants. For owners with several San Francisco addresses, every building runs on the same plan and checklist.
What we deliver
Services that fit San Francisco
Bundle any combination under one program, one schedule and one point of contact.
02 / Cleaning
Janitorial services
Recurring cleaning for offices, common areas and restrooms, run to a consistent standard across every property.
View details03 / Glass
Window and detail cleaning
Interior glass, entrances, partitions and detail cleaning that make a property shine.
View detailsWhy Continental
One partner.
The whole property.
One partner simplifies operations for property and facility managers and raises the standard everywhere.
01
A single point of contact
One service manager coordinates every service, so you stop juggling vendors.
02
Consistent standards
The same checklists and supervisor inspections at every property in your portfolio.
03
Trusted teams
Background-checked crews who learn your buildings and work around your tenants.
What a tower plan covers, floor by floor
In a downtown tower, the plan starts at the street. Entrance glass, revolving doors and the lobby floor get attention before the first tenants badge in, and elevator cabs are wiped and vacuumed on the same pass. Upper floors follow a core-and-suite pattern: restrooms and breakrooms in the core are cleaned and restocked nightly, while tenant suites get desks, touchpoints, trash and floors at the frequency each tenant needs.
Below grade, garage levels and loading docks collect grime that walks straight into the lobby. We add them to the plan with parking structure sweeping and periodic pressure washing of ramps and loading areas, so the floor crew upstairs is not fighting dirt carried in from below.
Converted lofts and lab buildings
Converted lofts bring exposed brick, timber beams, concrete or wood floors and open ductwork. Those surfaces need a different rhythm from carpeted tower floors. Concrete is scrubbed, wood is kept dry and dust-free, and beams and ducts get high dusting on a periodic cycle so nothing drifts onto the open desks below.
Life-science buildings host investors, partners and recruits in their lobbies, corridors, conference rooms and amenity spaces. Those shared areas get the crew’s closest attention, because they are what visitors see. The plan names every room crews enter, and the schedule is built around the tenant’s own access rules.
Timing service to the city’s daily rhythm
San Francisco buildings peak from the morning commute through the lunch hour, and that is where day porter hours belong. A typical split puts porters on lobby glass, restroom checks and spill response during business hours, then hands the building to the overnight janitorial crew once tenants leave. Ground-floor restaurants and shops keep later hours, so their cleaning windows are set on their own.
For a quote, bring the number of occupied floors, the tenant mix, any amenity spaces such as fitness rooms or roof terraces, and the hours your lobby is staffed. The property walkthrough fills in the rest, and the quote lists each service by area and frequency.
Janitorial and porter costs in San Francisco
Published 2026 market data puts five-night office cleaning in San Francisco at $0.17 to $0.25 a square foot each month, with day porters at $37 to $47 an hour. Towers with detailed tenant standards and busy lobbies sit at the upper end, and quieter buildings with open floor plans sit lower. For a 30,000-square-foot San Francisco loft office, the band works out to $5,100 to $7,500 a month. Porter hours for the lunch rush go on their own line, and our facility services cost guide shows how the lines add up.
A few useful answers
San Francisco questions.
Can you keep a downtown tower lobby presentable during the day?
Yes. Day porters handle lobby glass, floors, elevators and restrooms through business hours.
Do you work in converted loft offices?
Yes. Exposed floors, glass and high ceilings are all part of the work we cover.
Can our San Francisco buildings share one service manager?
Yes. Every property in the city is coordinated through a single contact.
How is ground-floor retail handled in a mixed-use tower?
Shops and restaurants at street level get their own cleaning window and checklist, coordinated with the tower’s overnight crew under the same program.
What happens in our lobby during the noon rush?
Porters time their rounds to the lunch peak, covering entrance glass, elevator landings and restrooms while traffic is heaviest.
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