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545–563 Pacific Avenue

Chinatown · San Francisco, CA 94133

  • Built 1907
  • Office building
  • 2 stories
  • Zoned C2
  • District 3
  • Historic status: historic resource
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26,501 sq ftBuilding area
9,186 sq ftLot area
51Rooms

Permit history

  1. Mar 1983

    Additions alterations or repairs.

    Complete Permit 8301775 $$$ $24,000
  2. Jul 1990

    Install rolling grill.

    Complete Permit 9014213 $$$ $6,000
  3. Jun 1992

    Install 2 partitions in basement built in powder room upstar.

    Expired Permit 9209350 $$$ $4,500
  4. Jun 1992

    Repair existing girder as per plans - express pc.

    Complete Permit 9210006 $$$ $6,000
  5. Jul 1992

    Partition walls, hanging ceiling, counter tops and cabinets.

    Expired Permit 9211493 $$$ $8,000
  6. Aug 1992

    Remodel existing bath to accomodate handicap code.

    Complete Permit 9214559 $$$ $3,000
  7. Nov 1992

    See permit application 9214559- modify approved plan for h/c bathrm.

    Complete Permit 9220018 $$$ $3,000
  8. Oct 1998

    Retail tenant improvement.

    Complete Permit 9821955 $$$ $85,000
  9. Apr 1999

    Install new automatic door, closer and opener.

    Complete Permit 9908027 $$$ $2,800
  10. Oct 2001

    Provide seismic upgrade per plans.

    Cancelled Permit 200110271873 $$$ $150,000
  11. Oct 2006

    Umb building. bolt & irregularities corrected. the front steel frame & foundation was designed for future change of use. chapter 34, s.f. building code 2001.

    Complete Permit 200610185390 $$$ $50,000
  12. Mar 2009

    Soft demolition 2nd story plaster contaminated by asbestos. all decor/trim plaster and remove lath from 2nd fl walls & ceiling. no wall removal. abesto abatement will performed by subcontractor. baaqmd j#3d336, unit/space to remain vacant until t.i. permit is obtained. all work prior to seizmic upgrade.

    Complete Permit 200903033259 $$$ $59,000
  13. Aug 2009

    Renovation of existing 2nd. floor office space including removal of existing demishing walls and addition of accessible bathrooms. exterior work is limited to replacement of existing skylight. reference application #2006/0118/5390 for shearwalls and lateral upgrades.

    Complete Permit 200908064242 $$$ $145,000
  14. Sep 2009

    Reroofing.

    Complete Permit 200909086321 $$$ $75,500
  15. Oct 2009

    New fire sprinkler system through out entire building includes underground.

    Complete Permit 200910088550 $$$ $38,000
  16. Feb 2010

    2nd floor-construction of new slab to roof deck partitions, mechanical & electrical included. plumbing, life safety & fire sprinkler under seperate permit.

    Complete Permit 201002267194 $$$ $500,000
  17. Mar 2010

    2nd. floor.: tenant improvement to the existing fire sprinkler system. relocate 12-sprinklers, add 17-sprinklers. ref. appl.#201002267194.

    Complete Permit 201003238771 $$$ $3,800
  18. Apr 2017

    Remodel existing office - provide accessible restroom. relocate existing furnace & water heater. electrical and mechanical under separate permit.

    Complete Permit 201704244666 $$$ $65,000
  19. Jul 2017

    1/f - new lighting at existing office, t.i. under permit application 201704244666.

    Complete Permit 201707182216 $$$ $5,000
  20. Aug 2018

    Commercial office ti - remove 2 partition walls, move kitchen, renovate bathroom to meet ada.

    Complete Permit 201808167604 $$$ $50,000
  21. Aug 2023

    Commercial ti. reconfigure existing toilet room, replace existing kitchen cabinets. non-load bearing wall partitions. no exterior work. no work in public right of way.

    Complete Permit 202308033700 $$$ $25,000
  22. Jun 2024

    Upgrade waterproofing system at existing below grade buliding wall/foundation along the property line adajacent to 100 columbus ave.

    Issued Permit 202406134400 $$$ $5,000
  23. Jun 2026

    Interior soft demolition for one unit pacific ave. to include core and shell upgrades to restroom fixtures replaced in kind.

    Issued Permit 202606264056 $$$ $82,071
  24. Jul 2026

    All work in 559 pacifc ave: new interior partitions, new interior finishes, new electrical, minor structural work.

    Issued Permit 202607155062 $$$ $1,996,842

DBI holds 47 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 47. 6 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits.

Not yet documented: the architect and builder, the early tenants and the date of the last recorded sale. Submit an update