Morton L. Cook Building

1. 1906

   Built as the Morton L. Cook Building.

   Transit Center District Survey, adopted 2012
2. 1906

   Frederick Post Company building, designed by William F. Curlett.

   Architecture, Planning & Preservation Professionals: A Collection of Biographies, adopted 2021
3. Oct 1986

   Permit 8612959 $$$ $4,000

   Remove non-bearing wall, paint, patch.

4. Nov 1986

   Permit 8614436 $$$ $55,000

   Remodel kitchen with new hood and remodel toilet.

5. Dec 1986

   Permit 8616355 $$$ $8,000

   Remodel bathrooms to 2 handicap baths.

6. Feb 1987

   Permit 8701924 $$$ $5,000

   Type i cooking with exhaust & make up all.

7. Feb 1997

   Permit 9703572 $$$ $79,458

   Siesmic upgrade partial handicapp upgrade.

8. Jun 2004

   Permit 200406106098 $$$ $5,000

   Erect a electrical sign.

9. Mar 2008

   Permit 200803187389 $$$ $100,000

   Demolish obsolete freight elevator and hoistway walls. provide 5 stop passenger elevator and 2 hour hoistway walls. remodel entry to provide disabled access.

10. Apr 2008

    Permit 200804028600 $$$ $17,000

    Renew permit application 2006/01/06/1672 to complete work.

11. Feb 2009

    Permit 200902051513 $$$ $3,000

    Elevator recall and monitoring only. install 1 elevator recall control, 7 smoke detectors, 3 relays. ref permit application 200803187389 elevator replacement.

12. Feb 2009

    Issued Permit 200902202474 $$$ $3,000

    Remove existing non ul300, add new ul300 wetchemical fire system to kitchen hood.

13. Jul 2013

    Permit 201307121701 $$$ $19,000

    Reroofing.

14. Jun 2015

    Permit 201506259973 $$$ $300,000

    Voluntary seismic strengthening. ti at 2, 3, and 4th fl. provide fully accessible restrooms. mechanical and electrical work under separate permit. n/a for maher ordinance.

15. Jul 2015

    Permit 201507212030 $$$ $10,000

    1) t.i. at 2nd floor: ada upgrade at bathroom and break room. 2) mechanical and electrical under seperate permits. n/a for maher.

16. Oct 2015

    Permit 201510200220 $$$ $30,000

    3rd floor: ti - ada upgrades @ bathroom and breakroom and add 1 conference room. mechanical & electrical under sep permit. maher na.

17. Jun 2016

    Permit 201606039105 $$$ $5,000

    3/4 floors: construction phase changes to work on issued 201506259973; add a conference room @4th floor, add plywood sheathing at 3rd & 4th floors, mechanical & electrical under separate permit; maher n/a.

18. Jun 2016

    Permit 201606039107 $$$ $10,000

    Add accessible restroom at 2nd floor. mechanical & electrical under separate permits. n/a maher ordinance.

19. Jul 2019

    Permit 201907317476 $$$ $5,000

    Construction phase revision to pa201506259973. removal of brick wythe for shearwall. revision to 1 restroom, crating an accessible gener/neutral restroom. maher n/a.

20. Aug 2023

    Withdrawn Permit 202308154498 $$$ $100,000

    To comply with nov #202295967 replacing existing sidewall slab and structural suport for the slab.

21. Nov 2023

    Permit 202311080438 $$$ $100,000

    To comply with nov # 202295967. structural repairs to sub-sidewalk basement. remove and replace existing concrete sidewalk and waterproofing.

22. Sep 2025

    Issued Permit 202509195764 $$$ $25,000

    Non structural interior demolition of partitons, millwork, flooring and finishes. in preparation for new tenant. ab-017.

23. Dec 2025

    Issued Permit 202512232483 $$$ $14,000

    Install (2) halo illuminated wall signs.

24. Mar 2026

    Filed Permit 202602186098 $$$ $750,000

    Renovataion/tenant finish to existing restaurant for new tenant (sweetgreen).

25. May 2026

    Permit 202605040604 $$$ $3,000

    Revision to permits 202508012132, and 202311080438. add extra steel beam and post to west end of steel structure to reinforce accordingly. (see grid line 9, a).

DBI holds 35 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 35. 5 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 1 expired permit is not shown.