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District 6 · Block 3708, Lot 023 · ZIP 94105

Babcock & Wilcox Warehouse

40 Jessie Street

  • Office building
  • 5 stories
  • 50,790 ft2
  • 7,130 ft2 lot area
  • Zoned C3O
  • Historic resource
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  1. 1913

    Built as the Babcock & Wilcox Warehouse.

    Transit Center District Survey, adopted 2012
  2. Sep 1983
    Permit 8309689 $$$ $2,200

    Under penning per plans.

  3. Apr 2006
    Permit 200604078528 $$$ $10,800,000

    3 story vertical addition to existing office building.

  4. May 2006
    Permit 200605091141 $$$ $25,000

    Interior non-structural demolition on all floors. compaction grouting in basement level. soft demolition, no structural work.

  5. Oct 2007
    Permit 200710195914 $$$ $38,000

    Revision to approved permit #200604078528 s, revise the coffee serve station and to provide locker room in the basement level for the employee. include equipment for coffee serving station and related electrical and plumbing work.

  6. 2008

    Built.

  7. Jan 2009
    Permit 200901301122 $$$ $22,000

    4th, 5th & 6th floors, relocate total of 112 uprights to new ceiling & change to pendents.

  8. Feb 2009
    Permit 200902031290 $$$ $1,250,000

    Build out unoccupied spaces (shelled) on 4/f-6/f. t.i. will provide office space for admin services, law student services, law clinics with accompanying conference, storage and service requirements including staff lounges. existing systems designed to handle new capacity. ref.appl#200604078528.

  9. May 2009
    Issued Permit 200905077897 $$$ $17,000

    Add 15 horn strobes, 11 strobes due to tenant improvements on floors 4, 5, 6.

  10. Jan 2017
    Issued Permit 201701106838 $$$ $150,000

    Architectural demolition to include demolition of non-structural partitions, doors, frames, finishes. demolition of mep, removal of rooftop mechanical systems. fire sprinklers to remain in place. ab-017.

  11. May 2017
    Issued Permit 201705025375 $$$ $6,000,000

    Interior tenant improvement on level on level 0-6 to include partitions, ceiling and finishes. penhouse work to include conrete pads and steel fram. mep and structural work.

  12. Jun 2017
    Permit 201706220061 $$$ $29,540

    Add relocate change out & remove fire sprinklers per ti level 0 (3 add) level 1 (6 relo) & (1 removed) (8 changeout) level 2 (4add, 3 relo, 14 removed, 8 change out), level 3 (3add, 1 relo, 14 removed ) level 4 (2 add, 1 relo, 1 removed, 24 changeout) level 5 (3 add, 40 relo, 10 removed) level 6 (12add.

  13. Jul 2017
    Permit 201707071245 $$$ $250,000

    Electrial / lighting upgrade for basement, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th foors & roof. ref arch permit application 2017/05/02/5375.

  14. Jul 2017
    Issued Permit 201707071243 $$$ $250,000

    Mechanical upgrade for basement, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th floors. ref arch permit application 2017/05/02/5375.

  15. Aug 2017
    Issued Permit 201708023608 $$$ $50,000

    Revision to permit application 201705025375 to add structural work for mechanical units.

  16. Nov 2017
    Permit 201711033032 $$$ $50,000

    All new addressable devices will be connected to the existing fire alarm control unit intelligent loop for all 6th floors. install 23 relay, 6 manual pulls, 5 area smoke detectors, 18 duct smoke detectors, 46 horn/strobes and 1 strobe. ref 2017/07/07/1243 ** maher: n/a **.

  17. Jul 2018
    Permit 201807114244 $$$ $800,000

    Ti on 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and penthouse to include new partitions, millwork, ceiling and finishes. mep & fire life safety under separate permit.

  18. Aug 2018
    Permit 201808157382 $$$ $120,000

    Electrical work for tenant improvement on the 1st-6th floors. ref arch #201807114244.

  19. Aug 2018
    Permit 201808157384 $$$ $150,000

    Mechanical and plumbing for tenant improvement on the 1st-6th floors. ref arch #201807114244.

  20. Aug 2018
    Permit 201808217854 $$$ $37,875

    Sprinklers ti- ref permit application 201807114244; add (19) and relocate (124) sprinklers to conform with the wall/ceiling layout of the tenant improvement (1, 2, 3, 4, & 6 floors).

  21. Oct 2018
    Permit 201810183530 $$$ $26,000

    Fire alarm ti add 6 smokoe detectors, 14 duct detectors, 4 return air smokes and 33 audio visual devices to be hooked up go existing facu ref 201807114244.

  22. May 2019
    Permit 201905221353 $$$ $100,000

    Interior improvement on the 5th fl mep and fire life safety sep permit maher not req.

  23. Feb 2021
    Issued Permit 202102033915 $$$ $800,000

    Level 1: add new security door at lobby. / level 2: add new security door at stair & new mdf room. / level 5: convert existing work room to idf room & convert storage room to work room. mechanical & electrical included.

  24. Aug 2021
    Issued Permit 202108236933 $$$ $50,000

    2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th, & roof floors: revision to app#202110203915 to add work at basement, 3rd, 6th, 7th and roof to add evacuation chair at #1 & 2, rlocate existing fire ext. cabinets add window film and misc. ceiling work. electrical and mechanical revisions.

  25. Jul 2025
    Permit 202507291787 $$$ $550,000

    Renovation of core restrooms on floors 1 through 6. inlcudes new flor finisehs lighting & fixtures. no structural work. electrical included. (mechanical & plumbing, f/s & f/a system under sep permit).

  26. Aug 2026
    Filed Permit 202608116382 $$$ $22,174

    Provide new eye wash hand sink serving bls lab 584.

DBI holds 38 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 38. 1 expired permit is not shown. The 2008 survey of this district dates the building to 1913; the assessor dates the building on this parcel to 2008.

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