199 Fremont Street
East Cut · San Francisco, CA 94105
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.
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1907
Built as the Marine Electric Company Building.
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Mar 1988
Install chinese ranges, hood, flue to roof, new restroom.
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Aug 1998
Excavation.
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Jul 1999
Interior tenant imprvmnt floors 4 thru 8, previous permit application 9213731s1.
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Apr 2000
New ceiling height wall partitions for ofices, conference rooms & training rooms.
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May 2000
Oti-1 24/f el me sp ls.
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Aug 2000
Oti-3 life-safety, sprinklers, fls 11 through 18.
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Jan 2001
9th floor, tenant buildout for office space, electrical & mechanical under separate permit 200007215.
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Jan 2003
Install and operate 4 new 200 kw generators units for the purpose of generating a portion of the bl.
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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.
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Apr 2013
10th floor: t.i. construction will include soft demolition, offices and conference rooms meps will be design build.
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Jan 2016
15th floor: full floor office t.i. including non-bearing partitions, ceilings and finishes. mep & life safety deferred.
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Jan 2016
17th floor: full floor office t.i. including non-bearing partitions, ceilings and finishes. mep & life safety deferred.
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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.
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May 2016
Full floor office tenant improvement to include non bearing partitons, ceilings and finishes.
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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.
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Dec 2016
14/f: full floor t.i. to include non-bearing partitions, ceiling and finishes. mep under sep permit.
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Feb 2021
Addition of new security doors and convert existing rooms into idf to mdf rooms. minor interior demolition of non-structural elements.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Dec 2022
9/f (& 8/f): deferred mep for approved permit application 202202037255.
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Dec 2025
2/f: new fitness area, golf simulator, restrooms, locker rooms, assembly spaces, pantry, and conference rooms.
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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.
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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.
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