500 Howard Street

• Not Out of the Woods Yet — Richard Deacon
  Aluminum tread plate; under arcade of the plaza (Foundry Square); open space and artwork are always accessible.
  Installed 2003. Made of aluminum tread plate, the sculpture sits behind columns at the entrance to 500 Howard Street; San Francisco Chronicle critic Kenneth Baker wrote it 'nests muscularly in a tight spot.'

1. Feb 1982

   Additions alterations or repairs.

   Complete Permit 8200862 $$$ $48,000
2. Jun 2000

   To erect office.

   Complete Permit 200006172952 $$$ $8,000,000
3. Oct 2002

   Build out floors 2-5, first time build out in a new construction.

   Cancelled Permit 200210179197 $$$ $7,300,000
4. Mar 2004

   Oti-1 3th fl-el, me, ls, sp.

   Complete Permit 200403239375 $$$ $1,250,000
5. Mar 2004

   Oti-2, 3rd fl-el, me, ls.

   Complete Permit 200403239377 $$$ $1,250,000
6. Apr 2004

   Oti-1 5/f el me ls sp.

   Complete Permit 200404262189 $$$ $1,000,000
7. Apr 2004

   Oti-1 2/f el me ls sp.

   Complete Permit 200404262192 $$$ $1,200,000
8. Apr 2004

   Oti-1 6/f el me sp ls.

   Complete Permit 200404262187 $$$ $1,000,000
9. May 2004

   Oti-1 7th floor, el, me, ls, sp.

   Complete Permit 200405063182 $$$ $750,000
10. May 2004

    Oti-1 10/f el sp ls me.

    Complete Permit 200405063180 $$$ $850,000
11. May 2004

    Oti-1 9th floor, el, me, ls, sp.

    Complete Permit 200405063179 $$$ $750,000
12. Aug 2004

    Build out of cafe, f/a, ansul, sprinkler under seperate permit.

    Complete Permit 200408232293 $$$ $800,000
13. Jul 2013

    3rd floor-t.i includes demolishing of non structural partitions & building new non structural partitions. life safety work will be design build & submitted for permit seperatley (building fully sprinklered).

    Complete Permit 201307010863 $$$ $520,000
14. Oct 2017

    Construction of non-structural partitions, door/frames/hardware, millwork, drywall and acoustic ceiling grid/tile, finishes, mechanical, electrical and plumbing. structural platforms. fire sprinkler & life safety under deferred submittal. maher n/a.

    Complete Permit 201710252245 $$$ $3,797,131
15. Oct 2017

    Construction of non-structural partitions, door/frames/hardware, millwork, drywall and acoustic ceiling grid/tile, finishes, mechanical, electrical and plumbing. structural platforms. fire sprinkler & life safety under deferred submittal. maher n/a.

    Complete Permit 201710252250 $$$ $3,704,357
16. Oct 2017

    2nd fl: construction of non-structural partitions, door/frames/hardware, millwork, drywall and acoustic ceiling grid/tile, finishes, mechanical, electrical and plumbing. structural platforms. fire sprinkler & life safety under deferred submittal. maher n/a.

    Complete Permit 201710312742 $$$ $3,225,407
17. Nov 2017

    Construction of non structural partitions, doors/frames/hardware, millwork, drywall, acoustic ceiling/ grid finishes, horizontal exit, mechanical, electrical, plumbing structural platforms fire sprinkler and life safety under deferred submittal. n/a for maher.

    Complete Permit 201711143931 $$$ $3,772,797
18. Nov 2017

    10th floor: construction of non structural partitions, structural partitions. mezzanine, non-egres stairs, doors, frames, hardware, millwork, drywall, acoustic ceiling grid/tile, finishes, mechanical, electrical, plumb, fire sprinkler & life saftey under deffered submittal. arch features under. separate permit.

    Complete Permit 201711214532 $$$ $2,264,084
19. May 2018

    4th fl work includes construction of non structural partitions, doors, frames, hardware, mi9llwork, drywall, ceilings, finishes, mep. fire sprinkler under sep permit.

    Complete Permit 201805078383 $$$ $3,772,797
20. May 2018

    8th fl ti work includes construction of non structural paritions, door, /frames, hardware, millwork, drywall, ceilings, finishes, mep fire sprinkler under sep permit food service rooms 837, 838, 839 under sep permit maher not req.

    Complete Permit 201805078386 $$$ $2,275,110
21. May 2018

    9th fl work includes construction of on structural partitions, door frames, hardware, millwork, drywall, ceilings, finishes, mep. fire sprinkler under seperate permit.

    Complete Permit 201805078390 $$$ $2,274,603
22. Oct 2018

    3rd fl: amep full floor ti -demolition of non-structural partitions, ceilings, finishes. construction of non-structural partitions, ceilings, finishes, millwork, acoustic ceiling, mechanical, electrical & plumbing. two new assembly spaces- break/lounge area 50 occ, training room (74or99 occ). maher na.

    Complete Permit 201810163273 $$$ $3,772,797
23. Feb 2025

    3rd floor: non-structural demolition of office space. addition of prep kitchen to include walk -in cooler, cooking hood, dish clean, & misc. equipment. ancillary storage for mechanical equipment, grease interceptor & water heaters.

    Complete Permit 202502210777 $$$ $986,000
24. Feb 2025

    3rd fl -ti to include new nonstructural partitions, paint, wall covering on, privacy glass film; repairs to existing conditions. mep included.

    Complete Permit 202502261131 $$$ $4,721,444
25. Mar 2025

    5th fl: interior ti. include paint throughout. removal of existing walls, ceilings and finishes. new interior construction of walls, new wall & floor finishes. mechanical, electrical, plumbing & structural included.

    Complete Permit 202503313350 $$$ $5,416,864

DBI holds 272 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 272. 2 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits.