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645 Harrison Street

East Cut · San Francisco, CA 94107

  • Built 1948
  • Industrial building
  • 3 stories
  • Zoned SSO
  • District 6
  • Historic status: historic resource
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148,076 sq ftBuilding area
37,121 sq ftLot area
21Rooms · 8 baths
  1. 1948

    Completed as the A. Carlisle & Company printing and lithography building, with a central vertical shaft inset with glass blocks breaking up continuous ribbons of horizontal windows. The 1976 Department of City Planning Architectural Survey noted its 'powerful Moderne imagery'; a superb example of industrial Art Moderne design, it was put forward for San Francisco Landmark designation.

    Central SoMa Historic Context Statement, adopted 2016
  2. Nov 1981

    Additions alterations or repairs.

    Complete Permit 8110078 $$$ $25,000
  3. May 2000

    2nd floor tentant improvement & changes of front entry.

    Expired Permit 200005230779 $$$ $300,000
  4. Jul 2000

    Furnish and install 6 air conditioning units within the ce8ling of the 2nd floor ref: permit application 20000523077.

    Expired Permit 200007276358 $$$ $92,000
  5. Jul 2010

    Barrier removal by removing a non-accessible elevator and replacing with an ada accessible elevator. fire alarm on separate permit.

    Complete Permit 201007015758 $$$ $350,000
  6. Sep 2010

    Convert existing textile use to public storage including rental office.

    Cancelled Permit 201009211265 $$$ $500,000
  7. Aug 2012

    3rd floor-tenant improvements & accessibilty upgrades. no exterior work to be done.

    Complete Permit 201208228000 $$$ $750,000
  8. Sep 2012

    Mechanical, plumbing, electrical work for 3rd floor t.i. improvement under permit 201208228000.

    Cancelled Permit 201209079191 $$$ $350,000
  9. Sep 2012

    3rd floor: mechanical, plumbing & electrical system work for 3rd floor ti work under permit application 2012/08/22/8000.

    Complete Permit 201209190128 $$$ $500,000
  10. Oct 2012

    Provide accessible path and ramp and restroom upgrade on ground floor. no work on exterior. add partitions on ground floor. limited office t.i. structural, mechanical & electrical, plumbing included.

    Withdrawn Permit 201210222550 $$$ $750,000
  11. Jan 2013

    Voluntary fire alarm upgrade project. 1st, 2nd & 4th floor. 3rd floor will be a separate ti project.

    Complete Permit 201301288926 $$$ $120,000
  12. Aug 2013

    Elevator repairs/upgrades to existing.

    Cancelled Permit 201308083831 $$$ $300,000
  13. Apr 2017

    New non-structural partitions, lighting, electrical, finishes. no change in occupancy, use or area; n/a maher.

    Complete Permit 201704123765 $$$ $630,630
  14. Apr 2017

    ~encrypt&3/f -non-structural partitions, doors, glazing, lights, finishes & power. no change in area, occupancy or use; maher ord 155-13 na.

    Complete Permit 201704214518 $$$ $218,400
  15. May 2017

    T 24 electrical for work under 201704123765. maher not req.

    Complete Permit 201705176846 $$$ $183,000
  16. May 2017

    2nd & 3rd floors - t-24 mechanical for work under permit application 201704123765, #201703091105. n/a maher ordinance.

    Complete Permit 201705176847 $$$ $170,000
  17. Aug 2017

    Interior demolition of interior, non rated, non bearing partitoin walls on gr lvl per submitted plans on gr flevel only. no exterior demolition proposed.

    Issued Permit 201708094362 $$$ $167,982
  18. Nov 2017

    Core and shell improvements and toilet room upgrades 1st fl maher not req.

    Complete Permit 201711154091 $$$ $250,000
  19. Nov 2017

    4th floor: office ti of existing vacant floor level referrence permit application 201703101213 for office allocation new employee cafeteria space. bike parking, showers & lockers under sep permit. maher na.

    Issued Permit 201711204458 $$$ $5,000,000
  20. Dec 2017

    1st fl - ti, new open office, pantry, support spaces.

    Complete Permit 201712116095 $$$ $2,000,000
  21. May 2018

    Provide new 1-hr fire proofing at existing metal deck & structural members ref 201711204458 maher na.

    Issued Permit 201805219707 $$$ $10,000
  22. Jul 2018

    1st fl: install a new fdc to connect to new fhv on 4th fl. 4th fl: add 318, relocate 52, and plug 13 sprinklers in order to conform with the new wall/ceiling layout. #18-614. ref #201711204458.

    Issued Permit 201807265667 $$$ $178,650
  23. Aug 2018

    Fire alarm t.i. 4th fl. addition of new fire alarm devices. referance to permit application 201806071243. voluntary upgrade of existing fire alarm sytem to voice. replace all existing audible dvices in building with new audible speakers per approved pre-app minutes dated 11/29/17.

    Complete Permit 201808066483 $$$ $85,000
  24. Dec 2019

    Retain the historic 4 story building & construct new 237, 750 sq ft vertical addition above existing building. existing ground floor would feature mixed-use retail space & a basement will be added the existing office & pdr uses will be retained within the 4 story podium building. (r-1, b, m, a-2, a-3) ** maher: n/a **.

    Filed Permit 201912068937 $$$ $100,000,000
  25. Mar 2020

    Interior tenant improvement on the 1st fl including storage and liquid nitrogen tank. structural work included.

    Cancelled Permit 202003137021 $$$ $95,000
  26. Feb 2023

    1st fl - 5189 ti interior ti with associated mep.

    Complete Permit 202302282747 $$$ $1,000,000

DBI holds 95 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 95. 4 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits.

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