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District 6 · Block 3721, Lot 025 · ZIP 94105

Electrical Building

165–171 2nd Street

  • Office building
  • 6 stories
  • 25,120 ft2
  • 3,525 ft2 lot area
  • 26 rooms
  • 10 bathrooms
  • Zoned C3OSD
  • Historic resource
  • Sold July 30, 2003
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  1. 1912

    Built as the Electrical Building.

    Transit Center District Survey, adopted 2012
  2. 1912

    Designed by architect John Cotter Pelton Jr.

    Architecture, Planning & Preservation Professionals: A Collection of Biographies, adopted 2021
  3. Feb 1984
    Permit 8402070 $$$ $410,000

    Renovation of the electric building.

  4. Feb 1984
    Permit 8402071 $$$ $47,500

    Demolition of interior, non structural partitions.

  5. Oct 1984
    Permit 8410749 $$$ $28,000

    Partial sprinkler system.

  6. Feb 2000
    Permit 9926851 $$$ $100,000

    Consists entire non structural interior t/i for an office.

  7. Aug 2009
    Permit 200908124686 $$$ $45,500

    Office ti on 6th fl, restroom upgrade, selective int.demolition and construction of partitions, doors, frames and finishes casework and minor rev. to electrical., plumbing, and minor rev. to life safety systemn. mep and life safety will be under separate permit.

  8. Aug 2009
    Permit 200908245403 $$$ $41,000

    Project closes an opening in the structural slab to return space to the original condition upon lease expiration of a two floor tenant.

  9. Apr 2010
    Permit 201004099966 $$$ $75,000

    5th floor suite 500 minor remodel to existing commercial (office) tenant space including partitions, door frames, electrical & mechanical improvements.

  10. Sep 2015
    Permit 201509046214 $$$ $205,000

    'verizon wireless' - wireless is proposing a roof-top build-installing 8 antennas behind/inside 2 frp screens. there will be 2 gps antennas. there will be 15 rru-12 units with 15 a2 modules. 3 antennas will also be in faux radomes.

  11. May 2016
    Permit 201605137431 $$$ $400,000

    Interior t.i. to an existing restaurant space. all exterior work under sep permits. sprinklers sep. permit.

  12. Sep 2017
    Issued Permit 201709117483 $$$ $150,000

    Tenant improvement on 3rd fl consisting of new non load bearing partitions. mechanical work to accomodate new office space; relocating a vav, adding new exhaust fan, installing new duct work to accommodate new conference, huddle, and phone room. electrical under separate permit.

  13. Aug 2018
    Permit 201808157394 $$$ $40,000

    Comply with nov 201842221; repair damaged brick facade facing 2nd street.

  14. Feb 2022
    Permit 202202147888 $$$ $40,000

    Verizon wireless site modification removing & replacing 6existing antennas with 6new antennas; retaining 2(e0 antennas; removing & replacing 2existing 24" radomes with 2new radomes; removing & replacing 3existing rrus-32 b2 units with 3new radio 8843 units @ antennas; installing 3new radio 8863 units @antennas.

  15. Dec 2025
    Withdrawn Permit 202512101436 $$$ $23,000

    Demolish existing old boiler. disconnect pipes, power and gas. install new boiler (model# rbi dw600, sn# 052599780, 475 lbs) same capacity, same size, and reconnect pipes, power and gas.

DBI holds 63 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 63. 3 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 11 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.

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