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555 Montgomery Street

Chinatown · San Francisco, CA 94111

  • Built 1985
  • Office building
  • 20 stories
  • Zoned C3O
  • District 3
  • Historic status: historic resource
  • City landmark (Article 10)
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261,839 sq ftBuilding area
16,431.25 sq ftLot area

Permit history

  1. Jul 1981

    Building use: offices/bank.

    Complete Permit 8106361S $$$ $28,697,497
  2. Oct 1983

    Build out of undeveloped floors partitions, millwork.

    Complete Permit 8309902 $$$ $650,000
  3. Sep 1984

    Typical office alterations.

    Complete Permit 8409607 $$$ $500,000
  4. Feb 1986

    Typical buil-out of new undevelop floor, new partitions.

    Complete Permit 8601638 $$$ $420,000
  5. Apr 1987

    Build out for undeveloped floor, partitions, ceiling.

    Complete Permit 8704559 $$$ $300,000
  6. Mar 2001

    Remodel of elevator lobbies ( on 12 floors) including new with lighting, sprinklers, and replacement of.

    Expired Permit 200103124032 $$$ $350,000
  7. May 2001

    Fire life safety sytem retrofit.

    Expired Permit 200105108809 $$$ $300,000
  8. Nov 2003

    Oti-2 12th floor, el, me.

    Complete Permit 200311109803 $$$ $350,000
  9. Oct 2009

    17th floor. interior office tenant improvement incl. finishes of two new conference rooms. ada restrooms approved under permit application 2009.09.11.6642. mep under separate permit.

    Complete Permit 200910269866 $$$ $250,000
  10. Mar 2012

    13th floor: new carpet, paint, low walls (5'-0") and lunch room of 2 existing.

    Complete Permit 201203216515 $$$ $258,137
  11. May 2013

    Replace 2 sets of vane axial supply fans with new fan wall array. replace 2 sets of fire smoke dampers.

    Issued Permit 201305156946 $$$ $696,000
  12. Sep 2017

    Suite 1100 -commercial tenant improvement on a single floor. new partitions, door, frames, ceiling. lighting, finishes, casework, electrical, mechanical sep permit. no structural req.

    Complete Permit 201709016701 $$$ $800,000
  13. Sep 2017

    14/f: t.i. work includes new partitions, doors, frames, ceiling, lightiung, finishes. electrical, mechanical & f/a-f/s under sep permits. no structural work required. maher n/a.

    Complete Permit 201709259439 $$$ $1,307,000
  14. Jan 2018

    Building management control upgrade. n/a for maher ref permit application 201802141220 for smoke control narrative.

    Issued Permit 201801229134 $$$ $400,000
  15. Sep 2018

    17th floor. commercial t.i, new partitions, doors and frames, ceiling, lighting, finishes casework. electrical and mechanical on separate permit. n/a for maher.

    Complete Permit 201809109530 $$$ $1,986,300
  16. Sep 2018

    10th floor. elevator lobby and restrooms upgrade. new floor and wall finishes, ceiling lighting, door replacement, new countertops and sinks, new plumbing, fountain, toilet, partitions, painting, additional lighting & minor electrical required maher n/a.

    Complete Permit 201809109537 $$$ $350,000
  17. Sep 2018

    17/f: hvac mechanical plans for specified suite. t.i. project: new vav's with ddc controls associated ductwork, piping and air distribution grills/diffusers. ref t.i. pa201809109530. maher n/a.

    Complete Permit 201809241122 $$$ $244,933
  18. Oct 2018

    3rd fl suite 300: ti includes demolition of non-structural partitions & building new non-structural partitions, mep & life safety & sprinklers under sep permit. maher na.

    Complete Permit 201810243972 $$$ $879,000
  19. Nov 2018

    6th floor: suite 600 t.i. including demolition of non structural partitions and building new non-str. partitions. meps submitted seperately. life safty and sprinklers submitted seperately if needed. n/a for maher.

    Complete Permit 201811307180 $$$ $435,000
  20. Dec 2018

    3rd fl: hvac mechanical plsn for spec'd suite ti project. mew vavs with ddc controls associated ductwork, piping, and air distribution. ref permit application 201809109530.

    Complete Permit 201812047367 $$$ $296,052
  21. Apr 2019

    13th fl, ste 1300 - ti includes demolition of non structural partitions and build new structural partitions. mep's life safety & sprinkler under separate permit (building fully sprinklered).

    Complete Permit 201904188368 $$$ $885,000
  22. Jul 2019

    16th floor - ti - includes the demolition of non structural partitions and building new non-structural partitions. (mep/fire/life safety under sep permit).

    Complete Permit 201907176142 $$$ $500,000
  23. Sep 2019

    Tenant improvement to include demolition of non structural partitons building new non structural partitions mep and fire life safety under sep permit.

    Complete Permit 201909161690 $$$ $483,513
  24. Feb 2020

    Ste 1210 - ti improvement to include the demolition of non-structural partitions and building of new non-structural partitions mep & fire life safety under sep permit n/a maher.

    Complete Permit 202002134365 $$$ $394,000

DBI holds 343 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 343. 2 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits.

Not yet documented: the developer and the early tenants. The city's Modern & Postmodern styles context statement dates this building 1984; the assessor's roll records it as built 1985. Submit an update