838 Grant Avenue
Chinatown · San Francisco, CA 94108
Permit history
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Mar 1982
Additions alterations or repairs.
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Mar 1982
Additions alterations or repairs.
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Dec 1983
Replace drop ceiling panels install new electrical permit.
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May 1986
Break down existing wall office partitions, plumbing & electrical.
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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.
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Nov 2012
6th floor-repair water damage-new partitions, ceiling, electrical. replacing lights, repair finishes to walls & floor.
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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.
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Nov 2016
3rd & 4th floors office restroom remodel. upgrade to compy with accessibility requirements. lighting & mechanical under separate permit. no change to structural.
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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.
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Sep 2017
Removal all existing flat roof and properly dispose. install one layer of base sheet. install one layer of 80 mill tpo.
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Sep 2017
Remove existing duct work and units and properly dispose; not visible from street.
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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).
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May 2018
1st floor: remove stairs #4, wall off area. basement: remove stairs to above. lighting & mechanical under separate permit.
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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.
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Feb 2020
Ref permit application 201903266198; extend (14) sprinkler heads to new t-bar ceiling replace (55) sprinkler head with new.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Nov 2022
Install single faced wall sign "city view restaurant".
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Nov 2022
Add/relocate 26 sprinklers and add 4 new dry pendent sprinkler per nfpa13. ref permit application 202108247039.
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Apr 2023
Install ul300 fire system in kitchen hood supplied by others.
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Apr 2023
Add 1 ansul, 3 pull stations, 9 duct detector and like 20 like for like horn strobe. form e fire alarm panel.
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Jul 2023
Accessible business entry: provide powered door operator for technical infeasibile upgrade abe# 2022-0606-1299.
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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