501 Folsom Street

1. 1916

   The Gimbel Brothers Building, a four-story brick candy factory, was built to designs by Alfred Kuhn and used for candy production and storage; it was in office use by 2004.

   San Francisco Planning Department, Rincon Hill Plan: Draft Environmental Impact Report, Case No. 2000.1081E, 2004.
2. 1976

   The building at 501 Folsom received a rating of "2" in the Department of City Planning's 1976 citywide architectural survey.

   San Francisco Department of City Planning, The Rincon Hill Plan: Draft Environmental Impact Report, 1984.
3. 1985

   The Gimbel Brothers Candy Factory was identified as a Significant building in the city's architectural and historical survey of Rincon Hill, and amending the plan to list it as a recommended preservation site was under consideration.

   San Francisco Department of City Planning, The Rincon Hill Plan: Environmental Impact Report — Draft Summary of Responses to Comments, 1985.
4. Jun 1989

   Permit 8909362 $$$ $26,000

   Parapet reinforcing.

5. Apr 1996

   Permit 9607148 $$$ $300,000

   Seismic upgrada & ada compliance/hardship app for elevator.

6. Dec 2004

   Permit 200412131273 $$$ $75,000

   Oti-1 4th floor el me.

7. May 2005

   Permit 200505041579 $$$ $36,000

   Oti-2 4th/fl-el.

8. Sep 2005

   Permit 200509294306 $$$ $98,000

   Oti-1, 1st fl me, sp.

9. Sep 2005

   Permit 200509294302 $$$ $83,000

   Oti-1 3rd fl mechanical.

10. Sep 2005

    Permit 200509294309 $$$ $72,000

    Oti-1, 3 fl, el, me.

11. May 2014

    Issued Permit 201405236566 $$$ $21,000

    New disabled accesible shower to be added at the 4th floor toilet room and provide accessibility upgrade on the path of travel per plans.

12. Aug 2017

    Permit 201708175187 $$$ $76,600

    Reroofing. tear off one layer of existing, non-visible flat roof and install new in kind replacement.

13. Jul 2018

    Issued Permit 201807114250 $$$ $175,000

    Enlarge existing 1st and 2nd floor restrooms. add 2 unisex shower at 1st floor. disabled access upgrades at path of travel incl entrance door push plates and elevator buttons, relocate intercom and card reader at existing entrances.

14. Aug 2018

    Issued Permit 201808308762 $$$ $20,000

    Title 24 electrical plans. ref app#201807114250.

DBI holds 47 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 47. 13 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.