Foundry Square IV

• 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

   Permit 8200862 $$$ $48,000

   Additions alterations or repairs.

2. 1986

   The Printing Arts building stood here, on the block corner east of a garage site then being studied for a tower.

   San Francisco Department of City Planning, 524 Howard Street Office Building: [Draft] Environmental Impact Report, Case No. 84.199E, 1986.
3. Jun 2000

   Permit 200006172952 $$$ $8,000,000

   To erect office.

4. 2003

   Built.

5. Mar 2004

   Permit 200403239375 $$$ $1,250,000

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

6. Mar 2004

   Permit 200403239377 $$$ $1,250,000

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

7. Apr 2004

   Permit 200404262189 $$$ $1,000,000

   Oti-1 5/f el me ls sp.

8. Apr 2004

   Permit 200404262192 $$$ $1,200,000

   Oti-1 2/f el me ls sp.

9. Apr 2004

   Permit 200404262187 $$$ $1,000,000

   Oti-1 6/f el me sp ls.

10. May 2004

    Permit 200405063182 $$$ $750,000

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

11. May 2004

    Permit 200405063180 $$$ $850,000

    Oti-1 10/f el sp ls me.

12. May 2004

    Permit 200405063179 $$$ $750,000

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

13. Aug 2004

    Permit 200408232293 $$$ $800,000

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

14. Jul 2013

    Permit 201307010863 $$$ $520,000

    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).

15. Oct 2017

    Permit 201710252245 $$$ $3,797,131

    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.

16. Oct 2017

    Permit 201710252250 $$$ $3,704,357

    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.

17. Oct 2017

    Permit 201710312742 $$$ $3,225,407

    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.

18. Nov 2017

    Permit 201711143931 $$$ $3,772,797

    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.

19. Nov 2017

    Permit 201711214532 $$$ $2,264,084

    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.

20. May 2018

    Permit 201805078383 $$$ $3,772,797

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

21. May 2018

    Permit 201805078386 $$$ $2,275,110

    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.

22. May 2018

    Permit 201805078390 $$$ $2,274,603

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

23. Oct 2018

    Permit 201810163273 $$$ $3,772,797

    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.

24. Feb 2025

    Permit 202502210777 $$$ $986,000

    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.

25. Feb 2025

    Permit 202502261131 $$$ $4,721,444

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

26. Mar 2025

    Permit 202503313350 $$$ $5,416,864

    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.

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. 1 cancelled permit is not shown.