San Francisco News Co. Building

1. 1922

   Built as the San Francisco News Co. Building.

   Transit Center District Survey, adopted 2012
2. Sep 1989

   Permit 8918117 $$$ $20,000

   Parapet reinforcement.

3. Jan 1990

   Permit 8925532 $$$ $200,000

   Tenant improvement work.

4. Jan 1990

   Permit 9000507 $$$ $300,000

   Install seven steel brace frames, footing and plywood.

5. Aug 1990

   Permit 9015603 $$$ $25,000

   Fire sprinklers at basement only.

6. Oct 1994

   Permit 9417492 $$$ $400,000

   Renovate portion of ground floor space into restaurant.

7. Feb 2007

   Issued Permit 200702134010 $$$ $19,525

   Basement, 1st & 2nd floor: new smokes, new facp, new annunciator, (3)a/v's, (2) pulls & (1) additional smoke above facp for restaurant.

8. 2008

   Recorded in the city's 2008 survey of the Transit Center District, adopted in 2012, as a contributor to the proposed New Montgomery, Mission & Second Historic District.

   Transit Center District Survey, adopted 2012
9. Dec 2009

   Permit 200912243865 $$$ $10,000

   Interior non-structural demolition on 1st floor in advance of tenant improvement. no construction or exterior work.

10. Feb 2010

    Permit 201002236972 $$$ $650,000

    657 howard ( aka 20 hawthorne see permit application 9417492 for reference) remodel existing restaurant, hood. mep, signs and fire sprinkler under separate permit(s).

11. Oct 2010

    Permit 201010153138 $$$ $200,000

    Interior tenant improvement on ground floor. & to elevator on 3-floors.

12. Nov 2010

    Issued Permit 201011104694 $$$ $8,000

    1st floor - add 52 upright sprinklers & add 34 pendant sprinklers from existing sprinkler system.

13. Aug 2013

    Permit 201308093995 $$$ $42,500

    Minor finish and millwork upgrade to existing restaurant, dining and interior entry area only.

14. Dec 2015

    Issued Permit 201512094589 $$$ $42,500

    Non structural interior remodel. dining area only. replace existing ceiling cans with ceiling cans, dining area only.

15. Jan 2016

    Permit 201601298408 $$$ $80,000

    Interior renovation of existing office space into an art gallery space. work will consist of demolition of interior partitions and new partitions and finishes. no changes to existing or ada access. no change of use. fire sprinkler and alarm on separate permit.

16. Sep 2019

    Permit 201909030486 $$$ $238,000

    Removal & replacement of rooftop building hvac unit. upgrade existing fire alarm to initiate global shutdown on separate life safety permit.

17. Nov 2019

    Permit 201911056488 $$$ $60,000

    Remove existing flat roof and intstall fiberglass base underlayment, smooth torchdown and cap granulate layer. all flashing metals will be replaced. no work visible from the street.

18. Oct 2020

    Permit 202010287655 $$$ $12,435

    Adding 7 relays and 1 monitor module for global shutdown per ahj comments.

19. Jan 2023

    Issued Permit 202301120086 $$$ $269,208

    1/f: interior t.i., minor modification to walls, hvac, lighting, & plumbing. phase 1 of 2.

20. Dec 2023

    Permit 202312122341 $$$ $235,048

    The project consists of an interior remodel to an existing 4464 sq ft art gallery to accommodate the goethe institut, a german culture language institute. the scope includes modification of interior elements, hvac & lighting. this is phase 2 of 2. refe ti phase 1- 202301120086.

21. Mar 2024

    Permit 202403077270 $$$ $10,000

    Install notification devices inn common areas, use existing circuit in space to activate notification devices. all other devices existing to remain. build permit 202301120086.

22. Mar 2024

    Permit 202403198105 $$$ $9,000

    Ref permit application 202301120086 existing fire sprinkler system- tenant improvements 12 relocated & 6 added sprinklers.

DBI holds 57 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 57. 5 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 5 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.