Santa Fe Building/West Coast

1. February 1, 1913

   The corner, 75 ft on Market by 135 ft on Second with an L behind, was sold in two parcels for close to $400,000 by the heirs of Commodore Selim E. Woodworth, whose family had held it for more than fifty years. Site as recorded: The southwest corner of Market and Second streets.

   The San Francisco Call, 1 February 1913, p. 11
2. 1917

   Built as the Santa Fe Building.

   Transit Center District Survey, adopted 2012
3. Nov 1981

   Permit 8110036 $$$ $966

   Sign - erect.

4. Nov 1982

   Permit 8209009 $$$ $46,000

   Building use: offices.

5. Jul 1983

   Permit 8306964 $$$ $73,000

   Ima financial corp.

6. Aug 1991

   Permit 9113960 $$$ $45,000

   Minor interior non structural demolition.

7. Jul 2000

   Permit 200007054327 $$$ $39,500

   Oti-1 el, ls, 6th floor.

8. Sep 2000

   Withdrawn Permit 200009281775 $$$ $100,000

   Add mezzanine level new n/b walls and new finishes.

9. Jan 2001

   Filed Permit 200101089399 $$$ $800,000

   Remodel - add new mezzanine within exisitng structure 1st & 2nd floor.

10. 2008

    Recorded in the city's 2008 survey of the Transit Center District, adopted in 2012, as a contributor to the proposed New Montgomery, Mission & Second Historic District.

    Transit Center District Survey, adopted 2012
11. Apr 2010

    Permit 201004019475 $$$ $20,000

    Replace 3 existing antennas in store front signage and add 2 fiber optic cabinets in interior equipment area for t-mobile.

12. Apr 2010

    Issued Permit 201004079774 $$$ $50,000

    Replacement of facp with new notifier nfs2-640.

13. Jul 2012

    Permit 201207094326 $$$ $600,000

    Interior alteration to include architectural, mechanical, electrical & plumbing. fire alarm and fire sprinklers on separate permits.

14. Jul 2012

    Permit 201207094363 $$$ $25,000

    Exterior sign approval/preservation review.

15. Nov 2012

    Permit 201211274902 $$$ $20,400

    1st and 2nd floor: add 1 amplifier, 1 module, 3 manual alarms, 4 duct detectors, 16 spker/strobes and 9 strobes. ref permit #201207094326.

16. May 2014

    Issued Permit 201405014729 $$$ $38,000

    Reroofing.

17. Oct 2018

    Permit 201810173452 $$$ $75,000

    Minor permit to alter. exterior work to include replace entry doors & hardware, remove 2nd fl mechanical louvers on market st & replace with glazing to match adjacent. replace inside new louvers on 2nd street elevation.

18. Mar 2019

    Permit 201903195614 $$$ $781,558

    Remodel of existing tenant improvement space for new retail bank branch. meeting space, breakroom, meeting rooms, consult room, open office. new stairs, provide ada upgrades to restroom and existing elevator.

19. Jun 2019

    Permit 201906203988 $$$ $25,000

    T-mobile modifications. relocate antennas from sign to roof 8 total. installing 6 rru's. install hybrid cables and tray, & frp screen (2) port covers (2).

20. Sep 2024

    Issued Permit 202409060273 $$$ $70,000

    T-mobile: remove 2 existing antennas and 3 existing rru's, install 4 new antennas + 12 new rru's, install new battery cabinets with 12 new batteries, remove existing 100a breaker and install new 200 a breaker.

21. May 2026

    Filed Permit 202605070858 $$$ $75,000

    Exterior maintenance of all levels & elevation of building. work includes cleaning all masonary, maintenance, patching, caulking, sheet metal flashing repairs, painting, wood window prep & painting, painting masonary, work to be done with swing stage, scaffold canopy. arch. & eng. will observe.

DBI holds 83 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 83. 7 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 7 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.