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234–246 1st Street

East Cut · San Francisco, CA 94105

  • Built 1900
  • Office building
  • 7 stories
  • Zoned C3OSD
  • District 6
  • Historic status: historic resource
  • City landmark (Article 10)
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100,800 sq ftBuilding area
13,650 sq ftLot area
  1. 1929

    Built as a concrete daylight-frame loft in the Art Deco manner.

    Transit Center District Survey, adopted 2012
  2. Jun 1987

    Tenant improvement, new corr. walls, doors, rotate lights.

    Expired Permit 8708206 $$$ $5,000
  3. May 1999

    Combine 3 office spaces into 1 office space.

    Expired Permit 9910599 $$$ $200,000
  4. May 2000

    Building prefab shelter on roof with antennas below building height.

    Expired Permit 200005119630 $$$ $65,000
  5. Nov 2000

    Oti-1 4th floor electrical, mechanical, sprinkler.

    Expired Permit 200011145586 $$$ $200,000
  6. Apr 2001

    Street space.

    Expired Permit M15914 $$$ $78,000
  7. May 2002

    Office tenant improvment add mens/womens shower/lockers mechanical/ltg permit separate.

    Expired Permit 200205136362 $$$ $150,000
  8. Feb 2005

    Oti-1, 1st floor, el, me, ls, sp.

    Expired Permit 200502225916 $$$ $76,800
  9. Mar 2005

    Oti-1 1st/fl-el, me, ls, sp.

    Expired Permit 200503298631 $$$ $100,000
  10. Dec 2011

    Unmanned wireless facility consisting of 12 panel antennas and associated equipment on the roof of the subject building.

    Issued Permit 201112201070 $$$ $120,000
  11. Apr 2012

    2nd, 3rd, 4th, roof - install new rooftop ac unit, boiler, hhw system & tie into existing ductwork in existing tenant spaces.

    Issued Permit 201204198652 $$$ $150,000
  12. Jul 2015

    Demolition of existing mezzanine, new 2nd floor in its place. demolition existing freight elevator, install new passenger elevator. new ada restrooms on 2nd floor. new roof deck & stair access to roof. structural upgrades as well. new windows on south facade. ** maher: compliance with ordinance no# 155-13 not required **.

    Complete Permit 201507272516 $$$ $4,500,000
  13. Jun 2017

    Tenant improvement at 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th floors including office partitions, break area and new drinking fountains. updated fire rated doors/partition walls, @ stair vestibules n/a for maher.

    Complete Permit 201706018176 $$$ $1,500,000
  14. Feb 2018

    Existing fire sprinkler system t.i. 446 changed out sprinklers and 138 relocated sprinklers.ref app#201706018176, 201507272516, & 201711174290 n/a for maher.

    Complete Permit 201802070643 $$$ $116,800
  15. Apr 2018

    Remove verizon wireless sheltor on roof, install new platform on roof for view. verizon wireless outdoor equipment, install new 400 amp utility service for verizon wireless. no change to existing antennas.

    Issued Permit 201804267444 $$$ $250,000
  16. Aug 2018

    Fill in existing vaults in conjunction wiht dpw street improvements.

    Complete Permit 201808016162 $$$ $152,000
  17. Sep 2018

    Installing emergency responder radio coverage system (errcs) throughout building. basement-roof.

    Complete Permit 201809190765 $$$ $60,000
  18. Nov 2018

    T.i. of four floors for single tenant to include new non-load bearing partitions. mep deffered. n/a for maher.

    Complete Permit 201811024847 $$$ $4,000,000
  19. Nov 2018

    Ti of a full 3 floors for a single tenant to include new non-load bearing partitions mep deferred.

    Complete Permit 201811024845 $$$ $3,000,000
  20. Dec 2018

    Basement, 1st & 2nd floors. install new vrv fancoil system, branch selector box, new supply and return diffuser and independent air & water balancing. ref 201811024845. n/a for maher.

    Complete Permit 201812218963 $$$ $190,000
  21. Dec 2018

    Mep's for permit application 201811024847 architectural drawings. install new vav boxes, new supply & return diffusers and independent air & water balancing. n/a for maher.

    Complete Permit 201812269126 $$$ $150,000
  22. Mar 2019

    Ref # 2018-1226-9126: add/relocate and remove fire sprinkler per tenant improvements. 70 added, 103 relocated, and 75 removed total.(3rd to 6th floor).

    Complete Permit 201903114871 $$$ $59,925
  23. May 2019

    Basement, 1st & 2nd fl - install new vrv fancoil system, new branch selector box, new supply and return diffusers. ref permit application 201905080110.

    Complete Permit 201905130464 $$$ $85,000
  24. May 2019

    3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th fl - mechanical, electrical, plumbing, permit to install new fancoil system, branch selector, supply & return diffusers. new power, data, new lighting & controls. ref permit application 201905080099.

    Complete Permit 201905130465 $$$ $85,000
  25. May 2019

    Fls tenant improvement. install 49 ceiling strobes, 33 ceiling forn strobe, 15 wall strobe, 71 wall horn strobe, 1 weatherproof wall strobe, 40 smoke det w base, 8 duct detectors, 11 control relays, 3 booster panel, power supply, ref 201905130465, 2019105130464, mep 201905080110.

    Complete Permit 201905201095 $$$ $113,520
  26. May 2026

    A modification of existing verizon wirless unmanned telecommunication facility, removing (6) existing antennas & adding (5), and associated antenna mount and other eq removal and installation. patch, repair, paint building face and parapet wall after antennas, mounts, cables & cable trays removed.

    Filed Permit 202605201596 $$$ $145,000

DBI holds 127 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 127. 13 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits.

Not yet documented: the architect and builder and the early tenants. The 2008 survey of this district dates the building to 1929; the assessor dates the building on this parcel to 1900. Submit an update