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40 Jessie Street

East Cut · San Francisco, CA 94105

  • Built 2008
  • Office building
  • 5 stories
  • Zoned C3O
  • District 6
  • Historic status: historic resource
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50,790 sq ftBuilding area
7,130 sq ftLot area
  1. 1913

    Built as the Babcock & Wilcox Warehouse.

    Transit Center District Survey, adopted 2012
  2. Sep 1983

    Under penning per plans.

    Complete Permit 8309689 $$$ $2,200
  3. Aug 1985

    Underpinning of adjacent building of adjacent property owner.

    Expired Permit 8508285 $$$ $60,000
  4. Apr 2006

    3 story vertical addition to existing office building.

    Complete Permit 200604078528 $$$ $10,800,000
  5. May 2006

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

    Complete Permit 200605091141 $$$ $25,000
  6. Oct 2007

    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.

    Complete Permit 200710195914 $$$ $38,000
  7. Jan 2009

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

    Complete Permit 200901301122 $$$ $22,000
  8. Feb 2009

    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.

    Complete Permit 200902031290 $$$ $1,250,000
  9. May 2009

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

    Issued Permit 200905077897 $$$ $17,000
  10. Jan 2017

    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.

    Issued Permit 201701106838 $$$ $150,000
  11. May 2017

    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.

    Issued Permit 201705025375 $$$ $6,000,000
  12. Jun 2017

    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.

    Complete Permit 201706220061 $$$ $29,540
  13. Jul 2017

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

    Complete Permit 201707071245 $$$ $250,000
  14. Jul 2017

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

    Issued Permit 201707071243 $$$ $250,000
  15. Aug 2017

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

    Issued Permit 201708023608 $$$ $50,000
  16. Nov 2017

    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 **.

    Complete Permit 201711033032 $$$ $50,000
  17. Jul 2018

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

    Complete Permit 201807114244 $$$ $800,000
  18. Aug 2018

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

    Complete Permit 201808157382 $$$ $120,000
  19. Aug 2018

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

    Complete Permit 201808157384 $$$ $150,000
  20. Aug 2018

    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).

    Complete Permit 201808217854 $$$ $37,875
  21. Oct 2018

    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.

    Complete Permit 201810183530 $$$ $26,000
  22. May 2019

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

    Complete Permit 201905221353 $$$ $100,000
  23. Feb 2021

    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.

    Issued Permit 202102033915 $$$ $800,000
  24. Aug 2021

    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.

    Issued Permit 202108236933 $$$ $50,000
  25. Jul 2025

    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).

    Complete Permit 202507291787 $$$ $550,000
  26. Aug 2026

    Provide new eye wash hand sink serving bls lab 584.

    Filed Permit 202608116382 $$$ $22,174

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.

Not yet documented: the architect and builder, the early tenants and the date of the last recorded sale. The 2008 survey of this district dates the building to 1913; the assessor dates the building on this parcel to 2008. Submit an update