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District 3 · Block 0176, Lot 010 · ZIP 94133

100–118 Columbus Avenue

Hotel

  • 4 stories
  • 32,984 ft2
  • 24,267 ft2 lot area
  • 5 residential units
  • 140 rooms
  • 3 bathrooms
  • Zoned C2
  • Historic resource
  • Sold August 31, 2021
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  1. 1907

    Built.

  2. October 1971

    It traded as the San Joaquin, a 120-unit residential hotel; five units stood vacant.

    URS Research Company / Arthur D. Little, Inc., Yerba Buena Center Public Facilities and Private Development: Environmental Impact Report (draft), prepared for the City and County of San Francisco, 1973.
  3. September 19, 1973

    On 19 September 1973 the Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board recommended approval of removing a store in the hotel to make a driveway to the rear parking lot, while preferring the old garage be kept for other uses and withholding approval of any parking signs.

    San Francisco City Planning Commission minutes, San Francisco Public Library (Internet Archive)
  4. November 8, 1973

    The corner property in the Jackson Square Historic District, over 20,000 square feet in the Washington-Broadway Special Use District, held a hotel with a ground-floor store, about 6,000 square feet of other commercial uses, and an old garage structure serving a rear parking lot reached by a single lane under 10 feet wide. The garage structure on the property was rated 'potentially compatible' in the Jackson Square historic district report.

    San Francisco City Planning Commission minutes, San Francisco Public Library (Internet Archive)
  5. December 13, 1973

    The Hotel San Joaquin stood at 112 Columbus Avenue, with a store space, a parking area behind it, and a one-storey garage on the parking lot. In the Jackson Square Historic District, the City Planning Commission unanimously approved, with three conditions on trees, landscaping and signs, a certificate of appropriateness to demolish a one-storey garage and replace a store space with a driveway to the parking area behind the Hotel San Joaquin (Resolution 7123).

    San Francisco City Planning Commission minutes, San Francisco Public Library (Internet Archive)
  6. Aug 1992

    Sign painted on awning 9212841.

  7. Feb 2001
    Permit 200102152288 $$$ $155,198

    Umb retrofit.

  8. Dec 2002
    Issued Permit M22357 $$$ $247,680

    Street space.

  9. Oct 2003
    Permit 200310248531 $$$ $35,000

    New store front, new second stair, minor partition, new lighting.

  10. May 2009
    Issued Permit 200905047567 $$$ $50,000

    To complete work and obtain final inspection for work approved under appl#200610135025.

  11. Aug 2009
    Permit 200908255517 $$$ $125,000

    Revision to permit application 2006.10.19.5025 and 2009.05.04.7567 (renewal). new kitchenetes (2 total) at 2nd and 3rd floors. new common bathrooms and showers, finish, electrical, plumbing upgrades. new laundry room.

  12. Jun 2012
    Permit 201206192923 $$$ $4,000

    Rev. permit application 200908255517: attic level-attic to remain non-habitable space, no storage. provide draft stops in the existing attic. provide header at removed walls at the 2nd & 3rd floor per enclosed details & locations on permit application 200908255517. provide venting per cbc 1203.2.

  13. Jul 2012
    Permit 201207255702 $$$ $10,000

    Install fire sprinkler system to remodel sro hotel, bathroom to existing fire sprinkler system. reference 2001401224593 and 200412091034 orig fire sprinler permits.

  14. Sep 2012
    Permit 201209079139 $$$ $174,000

    Revision to permit application 2009.0825.5517: relocate laundry from ground floor to basement, provide additional showers & toilets at 2nd/3rd floors, renovate penthouse, number of residential units remains the same. repair existing stairs from ground to basement.

  15. Nov 2012
    Permit 201211264788 $$$ $16,500

    Replace lightwell double hung windows with same size and location. u factor 0.40 max. 55 windows not visible from street.

  16. Feb 2013
    Permit 201302281238 $$$ $15,000

    Provide fire alarm system as per request under permit application 201207255702 (new sprinkler system), permit application 200610135025 (building remodel), permit application 200310080693 (fire sprinkler monitoring). new f/a panel, 26 notification devices, 3 smoke det., and 1 pull station.

  17. Aug 2023
    Filed Permit 202308295550 $$$ $6,000

    Upgrade e commercial entry per ord 51-16 abe program, comply with accessible business entrance program-abe 201812052794, install power door operator.

  18. Dec 2023
    Permit 202312273130 $$$ $75,000

    Shoring for jackson square improvements. to perform alterations to the existing surface parking lot to accommodate a one-story building + basement and add'l site improvements.

  19. Feb 2024
    Issued Permit 202402055285 $$$ $2,100,000

    Erect a one-story building plus basement, to include employee assembly room, kitchen, single-accomodation restrooms & support spaces. provide exterior enclosure around utility equipment. hardscape and landscape improvements and solar voltaic system on roof of 100 columbus st. under separate permits.

  20. Jun 2024
    Issued Permit 202406134410 $$$ $25,000

    Upgrade waterproofing system at existing below grade buliding wall/foundation along the property line adajacent to 124 columbus ave, 150 columbus, 530 jackson, 535 pacific, 545 pacific, 845 montgomery st.

  21. Oct 2024
    Issued Permit 202410012038 $$$ $1

    Revision to permit application 202402055285 & 202312273130, elimination of battery vault at utility garden area and addition of subterranean vault at pavillion basement level with associated changes to foundation and shoring.

  22. Mar 2025
    Issued Permit 202503051575 $$$ $5,000

    Install (1) 6" fire service supply into building. install (2) fire department connections, one at columbus ave gate and one at jackson st gate.design and install automatic wet fire sprinkler system throught building.

  23. Mar 2025
    Issued Permit 202503172345 $$$ $87,062

    Install 21 linear feet of 6" fire water ductile iron pipe cl53 before bfpv, 116 near feet of 6" cl53 after bfpv and 1 ea of 6" fire water backflow preventer (bfpv) wikins 35d astda with oslv valves. with underground.

  24. Jul 2025
    Issued Permit 202507171017 $$$ $22,000

    Add 1 new booster supply, add 2 new smoke detector, add 1 errc led annunciator. ref #202402055285.

  25. Aug 2025
    Permit 202508153188 $$$ $175,000

    Reroofing with hot work.

  26. Feb 2026
    Filed Permit 202602186130 $$$ $150,000

    Revision to permit application: 202402055285. relocate proposed fire rated exit passageway from inside the existing vehicular tunnel to new location in 114 columbus av. infill existing opening located at grade to accommodate new higher grate at interior courtyard. three existing door to be raised.

DBI holds 67 permits for this parcel, most of them tenant improvements on individual floors. The timeline shows the 24 largest by stated cost, plus the earliest on file; the DBI query in the sources below returns all 67. 13 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 4 expired permits are not shown.

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