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District 3 · Block 0162, Lot 005 · ZIP 94133

217–241 Columbus Avenue

Hotel

  • 2 stories
  • 17,988 ft2
  • 8,202 ft2 lot area
  • 7 residential units
  • 41 rooms
  • 18 bathrooms
  • Zoned BDWY
  • Historic resource
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  1. 1907

    Built.

  2. October 1971

    It traded as the Susie, a 35-unit residential hotel with every unit occupied.

    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. 1982

    Recorded in the city's 1982 survey of North Beach, adopted by the Board of Supervisors in 1999, as an individually listed resource.

    North Beach Historic Context Statement, adopted 2022
  4. Jan 1983
    Permit 8300839 $$$ $80

    Install sink.

  5. Jan 1984
    Permit 8400335 $$$ $20,000

    Remodel 3 commercial offices.remove non bearing partitions.

  6. May 1984
    Permit 8405680 $$$ $2,200

    Sign - erect.

  7. Jun 1985
    Permit 8506132 $$$ $10,000

    Parapet work.

  8. Oct 1987
    Permit 8715059 $$$ $1,700

    Replace door with aluminum @ front of building.

  9. Nov 1989
    Permit 8921303 $$$ $1,300

    Custom build and install a new canvas awning over store frnt.

  10. May 1994
    Permit 9406981 $$$ $60,000

    Demolexisting interior walls ceiling & storefront.

  11. Aug 1994
    Permit 9412730 $$$ $5,500

    Install a/c duct work orig building app= #9406981.

  12. Dec 1994
    Permit 9420598 $$$ $1,980

    Sign.

  13. May 1998
    Permit 9809311 $$$ $15,000

    Proposed remodeling existingrestaurant.

  14. Feb 2001
    Permit 200102262907 $$$ $11,000

    Modify counter and remove pizza oven relocate range sep permit for hood/duct fire protect.

  15. Jun 2001
    Permit 200106050792 $$$ $130,000

    Seismic retrofit, special procedure.

  16. Mar 2009
    Issued Permit 200903194416 $$$ $4,200

    Upgrade fire system to ul 300 standards. 2 hood locations.

  17. Nov 2012
    Issued Permit 201211274895 $$$ $2,000

    Install one new wall sign. non-illuminated.

  18. Oct 2013
    Permit 201310169405 $$$ $4,700

    Like for like voluntary fire alarm system replacement in fully sprinklered building.

  19. Nov 2014
    Permit 201411030535 $$$ $5,000

    Install new service counter & ice machines.

  20. Sep 2015
    Permit 201509298306 $$$ $40,000

    Reroofing.

  21. 2019

    Identified by the 2019 updated North Beach survey as appearing eligible for local landmark or California Register / National Register status — recorded as a residential hotel.

    North Beach Historic Context Statement, adopted 2022
  22. Dec 2022
    Permit 202212077818 $$$ $19,000

    Add on to existing fire alarm system to meet sec 1103.7.6.1 to install new power supply panel, radio comm. low frequency horns. new devices will be tie-in to existing control panel.

  23. Dec 2024
    Permit 202412277446 $$$ $1,000

    Abe 202002111996- install of power door operator for tech infeasibility. install larger (36") leaf in existing storefront.

  24. Dec 2024
    Permit 202412277445 $$$ $1,000

    Abe 202002111993- install of power door operator for tech infeasibility.

DBI holds 33 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 33. 3 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 5 expired permits are not shown.

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