Sing Chong Building

1. 1907

   Assessor’s “built” date.

2. 1909

   Sing Chong Building, engineered by Albert William Burgren.

   Architecture, Planning & Preservation Professionals: A Collection of Biographies, adopted 2021
3. Jan 2000

   Permit 20000121725 $$$ $65,000

   Umb setsmic upgrade.

4. Sep 2000

   Permit 200009110157 $$$ $92,000

   Oti-1 3rd floor el-me.

5. Mar 2001

   Issued Permit 200103124048 $$$ $85,000

   Special procedure/seismic retrofit.

6. Jan 2002

   Issued Permit M18599 $$$ $118,000

   Street space.

7. May 2002

   Issued Permit M20316 $$$ $118,000

   Street space.

8. Apr 2016

   Issued Permit 201604013761 $$$ $20,000

   4th floor: demolition of existing ti - demolition of all existing interior partitions, ceilin tiles & assemblies, all electrical outlets, ceiling lights, ele switches & power. fire sprinklers, demolition of existing non compliant mens & womens toilets & plumbing.

9. Sep 2016

   Permit 201609299124 $$$ $144,550

   New men's and womens toilets, new staff break room, new ledger and joists to match existing ceiling joists. under separate permits new hvac system, new electrical, new plumbing, new fire sprinkler system. previous permit ref# 201604013761 and 200103124048.

10. Aug 2017

    Permit 201708013495 $$$ $148,000

    4th floor - new acoustical ceiling, new light fixtures, new office partitions, new doors & hardware, new data/electrical outlets. new sprinkler heads & havac registers mep & sprinklerss under separate permits.

11. Sep 2017

    Issued Permit 201709209092 $$$ $18,000

    T-24 pages. ref app#201708013495.

12. Jul 2018

    Permit 201807316014 $$$ $147,700

    New acoustical ceiling, new light fixtures, new partitions, new doors/hardware, new data/ele outlets, new sprinkler heads & ha\vac registers under sep permits: new ele, hvac & fire sprinkler heads.

13. Sep 2019

    Filed Permit 201909050723 $$$ $20,000

    To comply with complaint no #201816171. proposed new music station at front of tenant space as piano cafe.

14. Dec 2019

    Issued Permit 201912270818 $$$ $280,000

    Non structural interior work including wall and plumbing fixtures demolition, new partitons, new floor finishes, new ada restroom, new light fixtures, new plumbing fixtures.

15. Dec 2019

    Permit 201912311080 $$$ $120,000

    G/f: renovate interior commercial space includig (1) bathroom & (1) kitchen, new lighting throughout, new hvac system, replace storefront doors & windows. demolition of existing conditions covered under bpa#201912311080.

16. Aug 2022

    Permit 202208150517 $$$ $178,000

    Office space t.i, new finishes, doors, walls, provide accessible sink & counter @ 4th fl. breakroom & 3rd fl. server room. kitchenette for employee self-use only. no outside catering will be provided.

17. Jun 2023

    Permit 202306291237 $$$ $267,000

    Office t.i.: new finishes, partitions, doors, restroom and breakrooms on 2nd and 3rd floors only.

18. May 2024

    Permit 202405071599 $$$ $29,250

    2/f and 3/f fire alarm - tenant improvement: expand the existing fa system to cover the new renovation. no change to existing devices. ref office ti permit 202306291237. ref fire alarm permit 201709259473.

DBI holds 72 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 72. 4 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 8 expired or cancelled permits are not shown. This building's context statement dates the work 1909; the assessor's roll records the parcel as built 1907.