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640 Sacramento Street

Chinatown · San Francisco, CA 94111

  • Office building
  • 3 stories
  • Zoned CCB
  • District 3
  • Historic status: unevaluated
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32,564 sq ftBuilding area
8,141 sq ftLot area
  1. 1907

    Built.

  2. 1907

    Built with entrances on both Commercial and Sacramento Streets. The Commercial Street front has a ground floor of four window bays divided by pilasters, with five irregularly spaced windows on each of the two floors above. It was one of two buildings on its block corner kept and refurbished when the rest were cleared for a tower.

    San Francisco Department of City Planning, 505 Montgomery Street: [Draft] Environmental Impact Report, Case No. 82.463E, 1983.
  3. Nov 1981

    Additions alterations or repairs.

    Complete Permit 8109592 $$$ $14,000
  4. Aug 1984

    Removal of a portion of an addition that was built where two.

    Cancelled Permit 8408695 $$$ $800,000
  5. Jan 1985

    Underpinning of west property line wall as required.

    Complete Permit 8500776 $$$ $75,000
  6. Aug 1987

    Seismic gracing.

    Complete Permit 8712253 $$$ $150,000
  7. Dec 1987

    Roof sasmic horizontal brace.

    Complete Permit 8717095 $$$ $40,000
  8. Dec 1987

    Architural, structural, mechanical.

    Complete Permit 8717613 $$$ $750,000
  9. Dec 1987

    Roof deck.

    Complete Permit 8717913 $$$ $1,022,500
  10. May 1988

    Furnish and install complete sprinkler system.

    Complete Permit 8806243 $$$ $40,000
  11. Jul 1989

    Basement alterations.

    Complete Permit 8912147 $$$ $120,000
  12. Jan 1990

    Provide all labor and materials required for new restaurant.

    Expired Permit 9000186 $$$ $500,000
  13. Feb 2000

    Oti-1, 2nd floor, el, me, l/s, sp.

    Complete Permit 200002232560 $$$ $190,000
  14. Feb 2000

    Oti-1 3rd floor electrical, mechanical, lifesafty, sprinkler.

    Complete Permit 200002252822 $$$ $200,000
  15. Apr 2000

    Oti-3 fire sprinkler and life safety modifications.

    Complete Permit 200004258163 $$$ $57,000
  16. Apr 2000

    Oti-2 sp, me 3rd floor.

    Complete Permit 200004258161 $$$ $56,000
  17. May 2000

    T-24 lighting compliance.

    Complete Permit 200005251054 $$$ $90,000
  18. May 2001

    Scope of work limited to existing entry lobby on 1 & 3/fl. soft demolition of existing doors partitions.

    Expired Permit 200105189549 $$$ $200,000
  19. Mar 2006

    Cut and patch reomdel of existing office space for new tenant. will occur on floors 2 and 3. non structural partition removal, minor partition construction, electrical, lighting relocations, rplacement of finishes. mechanical and electrical, plumb, fire sprinkler, fire alarm work to be performed on a design.

    Complete Permit 200603217194 $$$ $225,000
  20. Jun 2007

    Reroofing.

    Complete Permit 200706194467 $$$ $92,000
  21. May 2012

    Demolition the windows on the 2nd and 3rd fl on the north and south elevations and demolition of interior furred walls at ext walls at 2nd and 3rd fl. newenergy efficient window system to be installed, insulation to be added to ext walls adjacent to new windows with new furred partitions to enclose insulation.

    Complete Permit 201205019566 $$$ $140,000
  22. Jul 2013

    Hvac retrofit, replace existing a/c unit on roof with new air cooled a/c unit. replace existing boiler and hot water pump on roof.

    Complete Permit 201307303151 $$$ $250,000
  23. Jun 2018

    Renovation of bar & dining area of existing restaurant. upgrade existing restrooms to code. (no work in kitchen, dishwasher, food prep remain); meps under separate permit.

    Complete Permit 201806131753 $$$ $289,000
  24. Sep 2018

    1/f: mep ti for ref permit application 201806131753. maher n/a.

    Complete Permit 201809241127 $$$ $380,000
  25. Aug 2020

    Per accessible building entrance checklist submittal: exterior sidewalk improvement at office building entrance along sacramento st. addition of automatic door openers (actuators) at 1 entrance.

    Withdrawn Permit 202008262717 $$$ $55,000
  26. Sep 2020

    Per abe checklist submittal: -exterior sidewalk improvement -relocation of one(1) automatic door opener (actuator) bar at one entrance. (accessible business entrance program per ord 51-16).

    Withdrawn Permit 202009033400 $$$ $100,000
  27. Oct 2021

    Demolition of non-structural partitions, door, glazing, millwork, ceiling assembly light fixtures, plumbing and electrical - to warm shell condition. minimal new lighting per code and apint finish on remaining walls, doors, frames, and ceiling.

    Complete Permit 202110221041 $$$ $78,000

DBI holds 59 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 59. 6 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits.

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