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545 Sansome Street

Chinatown · San Francisco, CA 94111

  • Office building
  • 9 stories
  • Zoned C3O
  • District 3
  • Historic status: historic resource
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59,669 sq ftBuilding area
8,308 sq ftLot area
51Rooms · 16 baths
  1. 1930

    Built.

  2. 1930

    A nine-storey reinforced-concrete building with a penthouse went up here, about 56,600 square feet of offices, used at one time for printing and publishing.

    San Francisco Department of City Planning, Transamerica III: Draft Environmental Impact Report, Case No. 89.489E, 1991.
  3. 1975

    A single-storey retail building of about 2,000 square feet was built on the corner of Washington and Sansome Streets.

    San Francisco Department of City Planning, Transamerica III: Draft Environmental Impact Report, Case No. 89.489E, 1991.
  4. 1979

    San Francisco Heritage rated the building “C”, of contextual importance, in its survey of downtown; it carried no rating under the Downtown Plan or the Planning Code.

    San Francisco Department of City Planning, Transamerica III: Draft Environmental Impact Report, Case No. 89.489E, 1991.
  5. November 1987

    The offices emptied, and the building was afterwards used for temporary storage.

    San Francisco Department of City Planning, Transamerica III: Draft Environmental Impact Report, Case No. 89.489E, 1991.
  6. Sep 1990

    Parapet.

    Complete Permit 9018864 $$$ $50,000
  7. Apr 1993

    Struct seismic work/public areas minor partit work(el plum).

    Complete Permit 9306382 $$$ $200,000
  8. Dec 1993

    Cti-1.

    Complete Permit 9322709 $$$ $4,000
  9. Jan 1994

    Cti-1 8th floor el me sp.

    Complete Permit 9400934 $$$ $28,500
  10. Jan 1994

    Cti-1 8th floor el me sp.

    Complete Permit 9400935 $$$ $28,000
  11. Jan 1994

    Cti-1 8th floor el me sp.

    Complete Permit 9400936 $$$ $28,000
  12. Jan 1994

    Cti-1 8th floor.

    Complete Permit 9400937 $$$ $29,000
  13. Jan 1994

    Cti-1 (7th floor el me sp).

    Complete Permit 9401400 $$$ $65,000
  14. Mar 1994

    Non structural tenant improvements-interior.

    Complete Permit 9404215 $$$ $40,000
  15. Mar 1994

    Interior construction of muffin retail shop.

    Expired Permit 9404472 $$$ $30,000
  16. Apr 1994

    Cti-2 el me sp.

    Complete Permit 9405368 $$$ $25,000
  17. May 1994

    Cti 1 6th fl (el me sp).

    Complete Permit 9407666 $$$ $60,000
  18. Jul 1994

    Cti 1 9th floor el sp me.

    Complete Permit 9410754 $$$ $50,000
  19. Aug 1994

    Cti 2 9th floor me el sp.

    Complete Permit 9412861 $$$ $50,000
  20. Oct 1994

    Reroofing.

    Complete Permit 9417965 $$$ $60,000
  21. Dec 1994

    Cti 1 9th floor el me sp cti plan check requested.

    Complete Permit 9420705 $$$ $50,000
  22. Jan 1995

    Cti-2 9th floor el me.

    Complete Permit 9500698 $$$ $40,000
  23. Dec 1995

    Non strctl tenant impvmnt, no change of use or occupancy.

    Complete Permit 9521177 $$$ $40,000
  24. Apr 2003

    6/f- install doors in existing openings, add a few walls, add power for copiers.

    Complete Permit 200304142171 $$$ $30,000
  25. Oct 2011

    6th floor-add 3 office to open floor area plus 20%, disabled access upgrades (6th floor only).

    Complete Permit 201110287823 $$$ $50,000
  26. Jun 2024

    Interior tenant improvement fit out of restaurant, bar space and associated food prep space.

    Complete Permit 202406134418 $$$ $800,000
  27. Jun 2024

    Remodel existing food facility, provide new wall, floor finishes. install new type 1, new exhaust fan and make up air unit. install new appliances.

    Complete Permit 202406144561 $$$ $190,000
  28. Sep 2024

    1/f: addition to existing fire alarm system. new notification appliances will be added to provide proper coverage for area of work. all new notification appliances will be connected to new remote power supply, appliances will be activated on general alarm condition.

    Complete Permit 202409301972 $$$ $26,803
  29. Oct 2024

    Exterior: rev 202406134418 to construct exterior awning on rear facade.

    Complete Permit 202410304054 $$$ $25,000

DBI holds 78 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 78. 4 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits.

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