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District 6 · Block 3708, Lot 056 · ZIP 94105

First Market Tower

525 Market Street

  • Office building
  • 38 stories
  • 1,086,700 ft2
  • 44,266.56 ft2 lot area
  • Zoned C3O
  • Privately owned public open space
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  1. November 1969

    The City Planning Commission approved the vacation of Ecker Street within the block and preliminary plans for the Tishman-Cahill office building in November 1969.

    San Francisco City Planning Commission minutes, San Francisco Public Library (Internet Archive)
  2. July 15, 1971

    The City Planning Commission approved, with conditions, the building application for a 38-storey, 529-foot office tower on the block bounded by Market, First and Stevenson Streets, including the vacated Ecker Street, with a public tunnel to the Montgomery Street transit station and a light-coloured facade required.

    San Francisco City Planning Commission minutes, San Francisco Public Library (Internet Archive)
  3. 1973

    Built.

  4. 1973

    The tower opened to tenants as the Tishman Building, with about 1,000,000 gross square feet of office space.

    444 Market Street Project DEIR, SF Dept. of City Planning, 1975
  5. June 16, 1977

    The office tower had 1,040,747 square feet of gross floor area, 123,900 of them a bonus granted for a direct tunnel connection to BART that was never built; its owners sought a variance to legalise the floor area.

    San Francisco City Planning Commission minutes, San Francisco Public Library (Internet Archive)
  6. Aug 1979
    Permit 7908593 $$$ $150,000

    Created during job card conversion on: 01/23/84.

  7. Nov 1989
    Permit 8921075 $$$ $5,525,000

    Reconfiguration of ground floor lobby and building entry.

  8. May 1996
    Permit 9607799 $$$ $4,000,000

    Install fire sprinklers & life safety system for 4 floors.

  9. Dec 2005
    Withdrawn Permit 200512220929 $$$ $3,900,000

    Tenant improvements for floor 25, 26, 27 partial includes interconnecting stair connecting all 3 floors.

  10. Jul 2012
    Permit 201207306035 $$$ $3,600,000

    Tenant improvement on 28th floor and partial full 29th floor. mep, life safety and fire sprinkler under seperate permit.

  11. Mar 2013
    Permit 201303061567 $$$ $2,718,125

    34th fl: full floor t.i. renovation. demolition to include partitions, electrical/data, act ceiling asseblies. minor mechanical, minimal plmg and all interior finishes. new build out shall include new partitions, doors, glazing, interior finishes, mechanical & electrical. with minor millwork and plumbing.

  12. Oct 2015
    Permit 201510220531 $$$ $2,924,400

    16th floor - demolition, new drywall, ceilings, arch millwork, mechanical & electrical. sprinklers & life safety separate permit.

  13. Jan 2017
    Permit 201701207573 $$$ $1,000,000

    9th floor: including demolition and structural, mechanical, plumbing and electrical.

  14. Oct 2017
    Permit 201710262313 $$$ $3,433,800

    19th floor - interior tenant improvement incl demolition, drywall, finishes, arch & electrical only. mechanical under sep permit.

  15. Oct 2017
    Permit 201710302635 $$$ $1,500,000

    Demolition, new non-load bearing partitions, mechanical, plumbing, electrical, ceiling & lighting and floor finishes. mep included.

  16. Nov 2017
    Permit 201711073320 $$$ $3,438,699

    10/f- full floor t.i. including demolition, drywall, ceilings, finishes, electrical, mechanical, plumbing.

  17. Nov 2017
    Permit 201711133804 $$$ $3,438,699

    12th floor - full floor t.i. including demolition, drywall, ceilings, finishes. electrical, mechanical & plumbing.

  18. May 2019
    Permit 201905150662 $$$ $288,000

    2nd fl - interior ti to existing corridor event space. alt work space, new ceilings, finishes, lighting. no exterior or structural.

  19. Dec 2019
    Permit 201912270750 $$$ $1,500,000

    23nd floor: t.i on 23nd floor to include demolition, new non-load bearing partition. mechanical, electrical and plumbing ceiling lighting and finishes.

  20. Dec 2019
    Permit 201912270746 $$$ $1,500,000

    22nd floor: t.i on 22nd floor to include demolition, new non-load bearing partition. mechanical, electrical and plumbing ceiling lighting and finihes.

  21. Dec 2019
    Permit 201912270749 $$$ $1,500,000

    Tenant improvement on the 24th fl to include demolition, new non load bearing partitions, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, ceiling, lighting, 7.

  22. Jan 2020
    Permit 202001021138 $$$ $2,600,000

    6th fl interior demolition of non structural elements. new construction includes installation of interior doors, partitions, finishes, lighting, and mechanical and electrical components. scope of work also include some ada updates at the existing restroom. no changes to fixture quantity. mep plan to be separate.

  23. Nov 2023
    Permit 202311090576 $$$ $3,900,000

    29th fl - interior ti including non-load bearing partitions, ceiling, & floor finishes. mep deferred.

  24. Jan 2024
    Permit 202401113849 $$$ $4,500,000

    7th fl.t.i. inc new non structural partitions new suspended ceilings and drywall ceilings, new havac & mechanical systems new plumbing fixtures new light fixtures, electrical outlets new finishes.

  25. May 2024
    Permit 202405091766 $$$ $3,500,000

    31st fl ti - partitions, floors, existingm, fixtures & finishes. mep deferred.

  26. May 2024
    Permit 202405091774 $$$ $3,500,000

    32/f: tenant improvement - partitions, ceiling, fixtures, and finishes. movable partition. mep deferred.

  27. Aug 2025
    Issued Permit 202508263889 $$$ $3,889,000

    Suite 3000- office ti to include new partitions, offices, conference rooms, mechanical ducting for heating & cooling, lighting & plumbing. structural submittal deferred.

  28. Nov 2025
    Permit 202511179739 $$$ $4,100,000

    34/f: new tenant improvement includes construction of non-structural partitions, ceilings, doors, glazing, light fixtures, casework, power/signal, and finishes. mep is deferred.

  29. Jun 2026
    Issued Permit 202606253897 $$$ $3,100,000

    3rd fl partial ti. non structural partitons, ceilings, fixtures and finishes, w mep.

  30. Jun 2026
    Issued Permit 202606253894 $$$ $999,000

    22nd fl partial ti. non structural partitons, ceilings, fixtures and finishes, w mep.

DBI holds 1,460 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 1,460. 10 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits.

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