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838 Grant Avenue

Chinatown · San Francisco, CA 94108

  • Built 1966
  • Store building
  • 6 stories
  • Zoned CVR
  • District 3
  • Historic status: historic resource
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62,370 sq ftBuilding area
8,250 sq ftLot area
9Rooms

Permit history

  1. Mar 1982

    Additions alterations or repairs.

    Complete Permit 8201523 $$$ $15,000
  2. Mar 1982

    Additions alterations or repairs.

    Complete Permit 8202192 $$$ $175,000
  3. Dec 1983

    Replace drop ceiling panels install new electrical permit.

    Complete Permit 8312472 $$$ $5,000
  4. May 1986

    Break down existing wall office partitions, plumbing & electrical.

    Expired Permit 8606078 $$$ $10,000
  5. Dec 2005

    Installation of un-manned wireless communications sytem, including two omni-whip antennae and associated equipment. this system will not utilize batteries. associated equipment is two transceiver modules and cabling.

    Withdrawn Permit 200512059479 $$$ $25,000
  6. Nov 2012

    6th floor-repair water damage-new partitions, ceiling, electrical. replacing lights, repair finishes to walls & floor.

    Expired Permit 201211214697 $$$ $45,000
  7. Sep 2016

    Lobby: add seperate exit from elevator lobby on grant ave stair egree to remain. reconfigure storefront window syste. no change to structural. lighting & mechanical under sep permit.

    Cancelled Permit 201609309254 $$$ $10,000
  8. Nov 2016

    3rd & 4th floors office restroom remodel. upgrade to compy with accessibility requirements. lighting & mechanical under separate permit. no change to structural.

    Complete Permit 201611283541 $$$ $20,000
  9. Aug 2017

    Change of use at basement level (walter lum place) frontage. convert existing retail to restaurant. remove stairs from basement to 1st floor. add storefront windows to walter lum place facade. no change to structure.

    Cancelled Permit 201708154817 $$$ $50,000
  10. Sep 2017

    Removal all existing flat roof and properly dispose. install one layer of base sheet. install one layer of 80 mill tpo.

    Complete Permit 201709016739 $$$ $48,000
  11. Sep 2017

    Remove existing duct work and units and properly dispose; not visible from street.

    Complete Permit 201709016742 $$$ $18,000
  12. Oct 2017

    6th full floor ti: remodel existing restaurant. add (3)new unisex ada compliant restrooms.first fl remodel elvator loby. no change to structural.upgrade service elevator to ada compliance at each fl. kitchen remodel, mep, fire under separate permit(s).

    Complete Permit 201710131199 $$$ $60,000
  13. May 2018

    1st floor: remove stairs #4, wall off area. basement: remove stairs to above. lighting & mechanical under separate permit.

    Issued Permit 201805179355 $$$ $80,000
  14. Feb 2020

    Ref permit application 201903266198; replace existing fire alarm panel, with 14 horn/strobes, 7 mini moduel for ac units, 1 smoke detector and 4 pull station.

    Complete Permit 202002063788 $$$ $10,000
  15. Feb 2020

    Ref permit application 201903266198; extend (14) sprinkler heads to new t-bar ceiling replace (55) sprinkler head with new.

    Complete Permit 202002063791 $$$ $5,000
  16. Oct 2020

    1/f: install inclined platform lift between split levels. add 2 ada compliant restrooms. no change to exterior/facades or structural stystems. lighting & mechanical under separate permit.

    Complete Permit 202010025785 $$$ $70,000
  17. Aug 2021

    Change of use & occupancy at basement lvl on walter u. lum place from m-retail to a-2 restaurant. including commercial kitchen, refrigeration units, seating area, storage, and accessibility upgrades. no changes to building facade or structural systems.

    Complete Permit 202108247039 $$$ $400,000
  18. Nov 2021

    Basement: remodel existing retail restrooms & provide hallway to walter u lum place. no change to building facade or structural systems. lighting & mechanical under sep permit.

    Complete Permit 202111092096 $$$ $130,000
  19. Mar 2022

    Basement: remove existing staircase within retail space, infill with 2-hr concrete separation. no change to facade or use. lighting and mechanical under separate permit. remove special inspections to 2020-1002-5785.

    Complete Permit 202203311342 $$$ $10,000
  20. Nov 2022

    Install single faced wall sign "city view restaurant".

    Complete Permit 202211146418 $$$ $8,000
  21. Nov 2022

    Add/relocate 26 sprinklers and add 4 new dry pendent sprinkler per nfpa13. ref permit application 202108247039.

    Complete Permit 202211287204 $$$ $10,000
  22. Apr 2023

    Install ul300 fire system in kitchen hood supplied by others.

    Complete Permit 202304044982 $$$ $12,000
  23. Apr 2023

    Add 1 ansul, 3 pull stations, 9 duct detector and like 20 like for like horn strobe. form e fire alarm panel.

    Issued Permit 202304135655 $$$ $10,000
  24. Jul 2023

    Accessible business entry: provide powered door operator for technical infeasibile upgrade abe# 2022-0606-1299.

    Complete Permit 202307252908 $$$ $4,000

DBI holds 49 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 49. 9 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits.

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