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199 Fremont Street

East Cut · San Francisco, CA 94105

  • Built 2001
  • Office building
  • 25 stories
  • Zoned C3OSD
  • District 6
  • Privately owned public open space
  • Historic status: historic resource
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32,500.76 sq ftLot area

Public art

  • Big Bertha — Paul Kos
    Granite; center of sun terrace; artwork is always accessible.
    Installed 2000. The granite boulder sits in a POPOS between the office towers that also displays poetry by U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Hass. Paul Kos, born December 23, 1942, is an American artist.
  1. 1907

    Built as the Marine Electric Company Building.

    Transit Center District Survey, adopted 2012
  2. Mar 1988

    Install chinese ranges, hood, flue to roof, new restroom.

    Complete Permit 8802536 $$$ $67,500
  3. Aug 1998

    Excavation.

    Complete Permit 9817238 $$$ $2,500,000
  4. Jul 1999

    Interior tenant imprvmnt floors 4 thru 8, previous permit application 9213731s1.

    Complete Permit 9913761 $$$ $2,685,000
  5. Apr 2000

    New ceiling height wall partitions for ofices, conference rooms & training rooms.

    Issued Permit 200004137143 $$$ $3,000,000
  6. May 2000

    Oti-1 24/f el me sp ls.

    Complete Permit 200005049067 $$$ $966,180
  7. Aug 2000

    Oti-3 life-safety, sprinklers, fls 11 through 18.

    Complete Permit 200008077130 $$$ $750,000
  8. Jan 2001

    9th floor, tenant buildout for office space, electrical & mechanical under separate permit 200007215.

    Complete Permit 200101039094 $$$ $800,000
  9. Jan 2003

    Install and operate 4 new 200 kw generators units for the purpose of generating a portion of the bl.

    Complete Permit 200301064602 $$$ $720,000
  10. Jan 2012

    2nd floor: tenant improvement on 2nd fl. new non bearing partitions and doors for new conference rooms, new millwork in breakroom. mep sep permit.

    Complete Permit 201201313227 $$$ $850,000
  11. Apr 2013

    10th floor: t.i. construction will include soft demolition, offices and conference rooms meps will be design build.

    Complete Permit 201304053834 $$$ $980,000
  12. Jan 2016

    15th floor: full floor office t.i. including non-bearing partitions, ceilings and finishes. mep & life safety deferred.

    Complete Permit 201601197333 $$$ $700,000
  13. Jan 2016

    17th floor: full floor office t.i. including non-bearing partitions, ceilings and finishes. mep & life safety deferred.

    Complete Permit 201601197335 $$$ $700,000
  14. Mar 2016

    Interior t.i. for single tenant at 6/f, no change in existing building. core structural, elevator, exit stairs to remain. new mechanical, electrical and plumbing work. deferred submittals: fire sprinkler and fire alarm. no change in use or occupancy or life safety system. n/a ordinance #155-13.

    Complete Permit 201603152062 $$$ $2,160,000
  15. May 2016

    Full floor office tenant improvement to include non bearing partitons, ceilings and finishes.

    Issued Permit 201605278619 $$$ $700,000
  16. Nov 2016

    Demolition of suspended ceiling and associated lights on level 4 construction of non-load bearing partitions, gyp board & suspended ceiling and new finishes, mechanical. maher na.

    Complete Permit 201611213185 $$$ $2,364,000
  17. Dec 2016

    14/f: full floor t.i. to include non-bearing partitions, ceiling and finishes. mep under sep permit.

    Issued Permit 201612144897 $$$ $700,000
  18. Feb 2021

    Addition of new security doors and convert existing rooms into idf to mdf rooms. minor interior demolition of non-structural elements.

    Issued Permit 202102255357 $$$ $1,000,000
  19. Jun 2021

    Demolition of existing catering kitchen and gallery/seating area. proposal includes a large catering kitchen with additional back of house spaces, severy stations, seating and janitor closet. improvements incl non bearing partitions, ceilings and finsihes. food to be cooked off site and served out of electrical.

    Complete Permit 202106092033 $$$ $3,000,000
  20. Jun 2021

    Lobby: interior t.i., ground fl lobby nonstrctural demolition, new nonstructural partitions, millwork, doors, frames, & hardware, new lighting, ceiling, power/data, plumbing fixtures/finishes.

    Complete Permit 202106142325 $$$ $916,815
  21. Jan 2022

    Existingrooftop @ lvl 9: selective demolition of the existing roofing, existing roof walk pads, and portions of the existing curtain wall system. const of new housekeeping pads for new mechanical equipment, new roofing and installation of new spandrel curtain wall penal within existingsystem. mechanical equipment installed in separate permit.

    Filed Permit 202201276833 $$$ $1,000,000
  22. Feb 2022

    9th fl: t.i. to partially remain on lvl 9. modifications within this area are limited to non-load bearing partitions to meet code requirements, selective demolition for egress path, and partition modifications to meet demolition of existing offece (b use) t.i. in the area where the nw cafe is proposed.

    Issued Permit 202202037255 $$$ $2,000,000
  23. Dec 2022

    9/f (& 8/f): deferred mep for approved permit application 202202037255.

    Filed Permit 202212218916 $$$ $800,000
  24. Dec 2025

    2/f: new fitness area, golf simulator, restrooms, locker rooms, assembly spaces, pantry, and conference rooms.

    Withdrawn Permit 202512040908 $$$ $2,959,620
  25. Mar 2026

    4, 5, 9, 14, 15, 16 f/l - interior non-structural demolition of existing unoccupied floors include removal of walls, ceilings, millwork, finishes, doors, light fixtures per ab-017.

    Issued Permit 202603167631 $$$ $1,000,000
  26. Mar 2026

    Floor 1, 3, 8, 11, 12, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22. interior non-strucutural demolition of existing unoccupied floors include removal of walls, ceilings, millworks, finishes, doors, light fixture per ab-017.

    Issued Permit 202603308510 $$$ $1,500,000

DBI holds 376 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 376. 1 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits.

Not yet documented: the developer, the early tenants and the date of the last recorded sale. The 2008 survey of this district dates the building to 1907; the assessor dates the building on this parcel to 2001. Submit an update