Blue Shield Building

1. 1917

   Built.

2. 1917

   An early example in San Francisco of drop-panel, mushroom-column concrete construction, dating from 1917.

   San Francisco Planning Department, 554 Mission Street: Draft Environmental Impact Report, Case No. 98.321E, 1999.
3. May 1984

   Permit 8405552 $$$ $44,000

   Interior reconstruction, drywall, electrical, plumbing.

4. Jul 1984

   Permit 8408031 $$$ $250,000

   Interior office construction in existing buildingn.

5. Mar 1988

   Permit 8803878 $$$ $290,000

   Add partitions, lights, paint, carpet.

6. Aug 1988

   Permit 8811327 $$$ $120,000

   Relocate partitions, ass partitons, outlets.

7. Sep 1991

   Permit 9118004 $$$ $300,000

   Cti-1 install broadcast studio.

8. Dec 1991

   Permit 9123986 $$$ $150,000

   Cti ii floor 3rd el, me, sp.

9. May 1992

   Permit 9207719 $$$ $50,000

   Cti-1 fl bsmt (el me sp).

10. Aug 1992

    Permit 9212971 $$$ $85,000

    Cti-1.

11. Nov 1997

    Permit 9722122 $$$ $110,000

    Install new inter connecting steel stair recept lvl to lower.

12. Jan 2011

    Permit 201101289286 $$$ $78,750

    2nd floor-office t.i: minor demolition of non structural partitions, minor amount of new partitions with restrooms upgrades. m.e.p is design build under seperate permit. spinkler under seperate permit.

13. Oct 2012

    Permit 201210031225 $$$ $470,000

    3rd floor: office tenant improvement: minor demolition of non structural partitions. new partitions and millwork. new lighting. m e p on seperate permit. sprinklers on seperate permit.

14. Jul 2013

    Permit 201307091435 $$$ $274,000

    Ste #450: office t.i. for minor demolition of non structural partitions, new partitions and millwork with relocation of light fixtures. mep under seperate permit. sprinkler and life safety under seperate.

15. Apr 2014

    Permit 201404233928 $$$ $197,400

    Office tenant improvement: minor demolition of non structural partition new partitions, millwork and adjusted lighting, mep & life safety on separate permits. compliance with ord 155-13 not required.

16. May 2015

    Permit 201505065502 $$$ $81,250

    4th floor: demolition of non-structural partitions. new non-structural paritions, existing ceiling with minor light fixture adjustment and nw millwork. design build electrical and mechanical. rebalance defered submital. life safety and fire sprinkler under separate permit. maher n/a.

17. Jul 2015

    Permit 201507080943 $$$ $716,040

    B/f - demolition of non-structural partitions, new non-structural partitoins, lighting, powr, finishes and millwo5rk. design-build mep by general contractor and deferred structural life safety and sprinkler under separate permit.

18. Sep 2015

    Permit 201509036139 $$$ $182,000

    Basement: mechanical and electrical for work done under app# 201507080943. n/a for maher.

19. Sep 2016

    Permit 201609147652 $$$ $96,000

    Lobby: demolition of non structural partitions, ceiling patch and repair gyp/ new lights, additional power & finishes. mep/fire/life saftey under sep permit.

20. Dec 2019

    Approved Permit 201912068928 $$$ $160,000,000

    To erect 27 stories, 3 basements, type i-a, office, pdr, retail building. (b, m, a-3, s-2).

21. Apr 2023

    Filed Permit 202304206081 $$$ $450,000

    To demolish 4 story, office building.

DBI holds 116 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 116. 4 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 6 expired permits are not shown.