Brandenstein Building

1. 1907

   Built as the Brandenstein Building.

   Transit Center District Survey, adopted 2012
2. February 16, 1907

   John O. Cook contracted to put up a six-storey and basement reinforced concrete building, at $67,500.

   The San Francisco Call, 16 February 1907, p. 10
3. 1961

   A multi-unit residence built 1961-65 to a design by Germano Milono.

   Modern Architecture and Landscape Design Context Statement, adopted 2011
4. Nov 1983

   Permit 8311513 $$$ $5,000

   Construct wall.

5. Jun 1985

   Withdrawn Permit 8506563S $$$ $52,895,000

   New construction.

6. Jun 1988

   Permit 8807620 $$$ $7,000

   Install non-bear partition walls, sheetrock, ceiling tile.

7. Jul 1990

   Permit 9013380 $$$ $7,300

   Addition of 2 doors, replacement of window.

8. Oct 1998

   Permit 9822118 $$$ $84,000

   Interior restaurant remodel & other tile 24 modifications.

9. Sep 1999

   Permit 9920689 $$$ $30,000

   One-stop, install cellular tele eqp cabinet, mount antenna.

10. May 2000

    Permit 200005119632 $$$ $65,000

    Framing walls in the basement for radio equipment with antennas 30 to 40 on building.

11. Feb 2009

    Permit 200902031336 $$$ $8,000

    Remove tdma & 3303 radio cabs., leave coax lines, jumper, splitters & diplexes, install (1)newdiplexes swap single band omni antenas with new dual band omni antennas. install one new 3518 radio cabinet in 2 radio units and back up battery pack. no new electrical.

12. 2010

    Counted in 2010 among the four buildings of the First and Mission Historic District — a district not formally listed but found eligible for the California Register, and identified in the Transit Center District Area Plan Survey — all four of which stood on the site proposed for a three-tower development. Six storeys of offices and shops.

    50 First Street (First and Mission Streets) Project notice of preparation, SF Planning Dept., 2010
13. Oct 2010

    Withdrawn Permit 201010052340 $$$ $198,178

    A modification to an existing unmanned telecommunication facility consisting of removing existing omni antennas & existing equipment in basement & adding 8 new pbc-02 cabinets, 3 new 3518 rbs cabinets, a new 6601 rbs cabinets in a new 19" rack and 3 new 2111 rbs cabinets. also adding 6 new antennas in radomes.

14. May 2015

    Issued Permit 201505216896 $$$ $7,000

    Remove att cell site affixed to nw corner of building at second story level. patch wall to match existing. no other work.

15. Aug 2016

    Permit 201608256003 $$$ $400,000

    A new verizon wireless unmanned telecommunications facility, consisting of the installation of 12 panel antennas and associated radio equipment.

16. Jul 2017

    Permit 201707252835 $$$ $42,500

    Temporary work for construction office. new supplemental fan coils on floors 2, 3, 4. new condensing unit on roof and new ductwork, grilles, and thermostats for air distribution.

17. Feb 2022

    Permit 202202258683 $$$ $40,000

    Verizon wireless to existing verizon wireless cell site removing & replacing 4 existing antennas with 4 new antennas; removing & replacing 3 existing pipe & port covers w 3new port & pipe covers; retaining 8existing antennas.

18. Jan 2026

    Issued Permit 202601153938 $$$ $100,000

    Remove non structural office partitions. remove drop ceilings. remove floor finishes. building remain vacant under ab-017.

19. Jan 2026

    Filed Permit 202601264509 $$$ $507,408

    Construction pertaining to the tenant improvements for a relocated fedex office store. work includes new finishes, graphics, lighting, ceiling, new and relocated fixtures and equipment, distribution of phone and power/data to equipment, new mechanical and modified electrical work.

20. Mar 2026

    Issued Permit 202603117363 $$$ $5,000

    Errect 2 single face electric wall signs (fedex). same size front and back.

21. Jul 2026

    Filed Permit 202607084679 $$$ $60,000

    Ground fl building shell improvement. new accessible single user restroom and janitor closet in existing vacant tenant space. space to remain vacant until future tenant improvement consturction is permitted and finalized. no exterior work.

DBI holds 38 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 38. 3 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 8 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.