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848–868 Kearny Street

Chinatown · San Francisco, CA 94108

  • 105-unit apartment building
  • 15 stories
  • Zoned CRNC
  • District 3
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94,280 sq ftBuilding area
3,890 sq ftLot area
105Residential units
  1. 1907

    The International Hotel was built as a fixture of Manilatown, popular with Asian immigrants and particularly with Filipino bachelors. Its tenants were evicted after a decade-long campaign and a police standoff in August 1978, and the building was demolished in 1981. The site stayed empty until 2004, when a new I-Hotel of 105 senior apartments opened, with a community centre and a historical display on the ground floor. The Kearny Street Workshop was founded in the old hotel's basement in 1972 and opened a gallery on the Jackson Street side in 1974.

    San Francisco Filipino Heritage: Addendum to the South of Market Historic Context Statement, 2013
  2. 1979

    The International Hotel was demolished, and the smaller Victory Hotel on the parcel beside it went at the same time. The site was still vacant in 1996.

    San Francisco Planning Department, Kearny Street/Columbus Avenue Project: Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Report, Case No. 94.615E, 1996.
  3. Jun 1985

    New construction.

    Expired Permit 8506415S $$$ $12,500,000
  4. Jun 1989

    Reduce height from original approved site permit #8506415s.

    Expired Permit 8910362S $$$ $1
  5. Nov 1996

    To erect 15 story 106 dwelling units.

    Complete Permit 9623103S $$$ $14,754,050
  6. Apr 1998

    Revision to #9623103s for 1-hotel site.

    Expired Permit 9806019 $$$ $1
  7. Jun 1998

    Express plan check: erect single faced non-electric sign.

    Expired Permit 9811105 $$$ $5,000
  8. Oct 2001

    Grading for tempory power pad.

    Complete Permit 200110221341 $$$ $55,300
  9. Mar 2002

    Street space.

    Issued Permit M19234 $$$ $12,650,000
  10. Dec 2003

    Erection of tower crane to support construction for permit application 9623103s.

    Issued Permit 200312031519 $$$ $5,200
  11. Dec 2003

    Rev. appl#9623103 fire sprinkler addendum 4 to add sprinkler to parking level b1, sprinkler plan for.

    Complete Permit 200312081777 $$$ $10,000
  12. 2005

    Built.

  13. Jan 2005

    Revised structural drawings showing 'as built' conditions for housing tower (high rise).

    Issued Permit 200501183428 $$$ $1
  14. May 2005

    Renew app 200312031519.

    Issued Permit 200505122269 $$$ $1
  15. Jun 2006

    Installation heat pumping system at ground floor community room.

    Complete Permit 200606265031 $$$ $15,000
  16. Feb 2007

    Revised existing permit 1090527(06-26-06).installation heat pumps systems at ground floor at community room. hp unit model changed to ductless model. eliminate ductwork at the original design drawings.

    Complete Permit 200702083757 $$$ $500
  17. Jul 2009

    To complete work & obtain final inspection for work approved under permit application 09623103/s.

    Complete Permit 200907162848 $$$ $5,750,000
  18. Feb 2010

    Work on 838 kearny street only. add new sprinklers in new school. total 433 sprinkler heads. existing fire pump and existing underground.

    Complete Permit 201002247058 $$$ $170,000
  19. Jul 2010

    New fire alarm system for the "st. mary's school" remodels on all floors fo the building. equipment adds are: 1 remote fire alarm panel, 1 amnunciator panel, 1 printer, 53 smoke detectors, 7 heat detectors, 5 duct detectors, 30 relay modules, 3 monitor modules, 15 pull stations.

    Complete Permit 201007146582 $$$ $65,000
  20. Mar 2011

    As built drawing submitted for permit per the sffd district inspector. these revisions include he addition of 2 smoke detectors, 4 monitor modules, and 4 speakers as highlighted on these drawing.devices which are not highlighted, but are in revision clouds, have been relocated.

    Complete Permit 201103313216 $$$ $4,000
  21. Aug 2018

    To obtain final inspection for work approved under permit application 9623103s & 2019-07-16-2848. all work is complete.

    Complete Permit 201808318949 $$$ $1
  22. Dec 2018

    Permits for emergency diesel generater was not found. document the existing installation of the emergency generator as it pertains to the original plans and confirm compliance with the 1995 codes at the time installed, under p/a#9623103s/sffd review. for documentation purposes only/no work performed.

    Issued Permit 201812198808 $$$ $1
  23. May 2023

    To comply with sffc section 1103.7.6.1- fire only: decibel level test for sffd requirements 3.08 to verify existing sound levels in sleeping areas.

    Complete Permit 202305167804 $$$ $1

5 nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits are omitted from the timeline. Sources disagree on when the International Hotel was demolished: the SoMa Filipino heritage addendum gives 1981, the Planning Department's 1996 Kearny Street/Columbus Avenue supplemental EIR gives 1979.

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