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District 6 · Block 3736, Lot 183 · ZIP 94105

Foundry Square III

505 Howard Street

  • Office building
  • 10 stories
  • 307,000 ft2
  • 37,968 ft2 lot area
  • Zoned C3OSD
  • Privately owned public open space ×2
  • Not a historic resource
  • Sold December 15, 2016
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Public art

  • Boy III — Thomas Houseago
    Cast bronze with white patina finish; building lobby; Artwork is accessible during normal business hours, 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.; artwork is visible from Howard Street.
    Thomas Houseago, born in Leeds, England in 1972, cast Boy III and its companion Sleeping Boy in white-coated bronze, a departure from the plaster he traditionally worked in.
  • Sleeping Boy — Thomas Houseago
    Cast bronze; building lobby; artwork is accessible during normal business hours, 8:00 a.m to 7:00 p.m; artwork is visible from Howard Street.
    Sleeping Boy is the reclining companion piece to Boy III; both are cast in white-coated bronze with casting marks left intentionally unsmoothed by the artist.
  1. Sep 1992
    Permit 9214829 $$$ $1,800

    Sign.

  2. Oct 2006
    Permit 200610316514 $$$ $37,680,000

    Erect 11 stories plus mechanical. penthouse office/retail/assembly parking building.

  3. Apr 2012
    Permit 201204178465 $$$ $311,000

    Excavation & shoring for new building approved under permit application 2006/10/31/6514.

  4. 2014

    Built.

  5. Feb 2014
    Permit 201402259272 $$$ $2,186,972

    5th floor tenant improvement of full floor with new bearing partitoins. mep, fire alarm & sprinklers on separate permit. compliance with ordinance #155-13 not required.

  6. Mar 2014
    Permit 201403201290 $$$ $835,273

    North side of 4th floor and multi tenant corridor work will include new offices, conference rooms and break areas in addition to elevator lobby finishes. mep, sprinklers, fire alarm under separate permit. conviwence stairs under approve permit. horizontal ext under 201402259268/9272.

  7. Mar 2014
    Permit 201403281925 $$$ $1,040,782

    South side of 4th floor tenant improvement new offices, conference room, break area, mep sprinklers, fire alarm on seperate permit. maher ordinance #155-13 n/a.

  8. Apr 2014
    Permit 201404022297 $$$ $1,874,286

    3rd floor: full floor t.i. with new office and conference room partition and break area. new finishes, mep, sprinklers, fire alarm on seperate permit.n/a for maher ordinance #155-13.

  9. Apr 2014
    Permit 201404244115 $$$ $1,583,804

    2nd floor: full floor t.i. with new office and conference rooms, partitions, break area, and new finishes. mep, sprinkler, & fire alarm on a seperate permit.n/a for the maher ordinance#155-13.

  10. Dec 2014
    Permit 201412153701 $$$ $711,711

    Architectural t.i. in 2 ground floor spaces that have not previously been occupied. work includes new partitions, flooring, ceilings and millwork. mep, sprinkler and life safety as deffered submittal. n/a ordinance #155-13.

  11. Jan 2015
    Issued Permit 201501286855 $$$ $750,000

    T. i. on the 10/f to include new open work areas, offices & conference rooms, support & storage areas. mep under seperate permit. n/a ordinance #155-13.

  12. Feb 2015
    Issued Permit 201502047416 $$$ $700,000

    9th floor: t.i. to include new open work areas, private office conference rooms, support and storage areas. n/a for the maher.

  13. Feb 2015
    Issued Permit 201502047414 $$$ $520,000

    8th floor: t.i. to include new open work areas office and conference rooms, support and storage areas. mep under seperate permit. n/a for the maher.

  14. Dec 2015
    Permit 201512185489 $$$ $3,500,000

    Ti project for the 6th floor. standard open office space with conference & meeting rooms, employee break room. mep, sprinklers & f/a separate permit. n/a for maher.

  15. Jan 2016
    Permit 201601086655 $$$ $3,500,000

    1st time tenant improvement to level 7 and 8. part of 8th fl. new non load bearing walls. new doors, new ceilings, new finishes, new furniture, mep, sprinklers, fire alarm sep permit. new structural work. maher not req.

  16. Jan 2016
    Permit 201601207450 $$$ $2,000,000

    First time ti to level 6 inlcuding new mep. addition of rooftop equipment. architectural structural under separate permit. ref pa 2015-1218-5489. n/a for maher ordinance no.155-13.

  17. Jan 2016
    Permit 201601278112 $$$ $1,785,000

    New mep for 1st time tenant improvement to levels 7 & partial 8/f. arch. t.i. permit application 201601086655. n/a ordinance #155-13.

  18. Feb 2017
    Permit 201702270163 $$$ $1,200,000

    Selective demolition of ceiling height partition and raised floor panels. new full height partitions and finishes mep under sep permit. new fsd and revision to smoke control.

  19. Sep 2024
    Permit 202409120595 $$$ $3,822,000

    5th floor: interior tenant improvement. to include non-load bearing partitions, ceilings and finishes. mep under seperate permit. structural under separate permit. no cfc until mep and structural deferred submittals are permitted and completed.

  20. Dec 2024
    Issued Permit 202412166932 $$$ $1,210,990

    10/fl- ti demolition existing partitions (nonstructural) and replace with new partitions, new associated millwork, lighting, mep and bathroom upgrades structural upgrades on existing slab.

  21. Oct 2025
    Issued Permit 202510157462 $$$ $660,000

    Installation of phone booths throughout the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th floor.

  22. Oct 2025
    Issued Permit 202510288253 $$$ $4,163,600

    6th floor - tenant improvement including build out of new open work space, enclosed offices, meeting rooms, and restrooms.

  23. Nov 2025
    Issued Permit 202511048867 $$$ $700,000

    5th fl - millwork and equipment for back of house pantry. interior non-structural partitions, new finishes millwork.

  24. Nov 2025
    Issued Permit 202510248150 $$$ $4,123,250

    7th floor - tenant improvement including build out of new open work space, enclosed offices, meeting rooms, and restrooms.

  25. Nov 2025
    Issued Permit 202510207678 $$$ $3,083,100

    8th floor: .ti including - build out of new open work space, enclosed offices, meeting rooms, restrooms and pantry.

  26. September 1, 2026

    KPMG Shrinks Office by a Third to Join Anthropic on San Francisco's New 'AI Alley' — Hoodline

DBI holds 177 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 177. 4 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 1 cancelled permit is not shown.

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