140 New Montgomery Street

1. 1925

   Completed as the Pacific Telephone Building, a 26-storey office tower then the tallest building in San Francisco and the foremost example of Art Deco architecture in the Central SoMa area. Its design, like the Chronicle building's, shows the influence of Eliel Saarinen's 1922 drawing for the Chicago Tribune Tower.

   Central SoMa Historic Context Statement, adopted 2016
2. Jul 1981

   Additions alterations or repairs.

   Complete Permit 8106430 $$$ $60,000
3. Jun 1982

   Building use: offices.

   Complete Permit 8205003 $$$ $4,000,000
4. Aug 1985

   To complete work stated on application no. 8205003.

   Complete Permit 8509494 $$$ $12,000,000
5. 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
6. Apr 2008

   Conversion of historic office building to residential (118 units), site permit to remodel all floors, new walls and new stairs seismic strengthening.

   Cancelled Permit 200804089139 $$$ $83,000,000
7. Oct 2011

   Full seismic upgrade of existing office building.

   Complete Permit 201110176931 $$$ $10,000,000
8. Oct 2011

   Interior non-structural demolition on all floors. all work to comply with afbc ab-017.

   Complete Permit 201110317965 $$$ $2,500,000
9. Nov 2011

   Exterior restoration of existing historic building. construction permit, fire alarm, sprinklers, standpipe, mechanical, electrical under separate permits or addendums. project to meet cfc chapter 14 during construction.

   Complete Permit 201111179166 $$$ $20,000,000
10. Dec 2011

    Interior core and shell rennovation of existing office building. all exterior & structural work under separate permits. work includes mechanical & electrical. sprinklers, fire alarm, life safety & generator separate permit.

    Complete Permit 201112221187 $$$ $20,000,000
11. Nov 2012

    Fire sprinklers for entire building. replaces permit application 2012-08-16-7549. 2445 sprinklers.

    Complete Permit 201211154298 $$$ $1
12. Dec 2012

    9th floor: interior t.i. to existing office space. work to include partitions, millwork dry wall, finishes and mep.

    Complete Permit 201212176393 $$$ $1,200,000
13. Dec 2012

    6th floor: interior t.i. to existing office space. work to include partitions, millwork drywall, finishes and mep.

    Complete Permit 201212176394 $$$ $1,200,000
14. Dec 2012

    11th floor-interior tenant improvement to existing 11th floor office space. work oi include partitions, millwork, drywall, finishes, and mep sprinklers and fire alarm under seperate permits.

    Complete Permit 201212196591 $$$ $1,340,000
15. Jul 2013

    17th/18th/19th floors-non structural demolition, construction of new interior partitions, new doors, glazing, finishes, flooring, cabinetry, breakroom & drinking fountains. mep, sprinklers, fire alarm under seperate permit- new occupant load and sffd assembly permit required.

    Issued Permit 201307172012 $$$ $1,018,000
16. Aug 2013

    New full service restaurant on ground floor. work includes new structure, new interior wall partitions, mechanical, electrical, lighting food service equipment, fixtures, furnishings finishes.

    Complete Permit 201308063613 $$$ $3,400,000
17. Sep 2013

    14th & 15th floors-interior tenant improvement including mechanical & electrical.

    Complete Permit 201309187169 $$$ $1,400,000
18. May 2014

    Construction of non-structural partitions, doors, frames, hardware, millwork, drywall & acoustic ceiling, grid/tile, finishes. mechanical, electrical and plumbing are design build. fire sprinkler & life safety is design build by general contractor. n/a ordinance #155-13.

    Complete Permit 201405085258 $$$ $678,000
19. Sep 2014

    22nd fl ti: interior office remodel. constructruction of non related partiton and interior finishes. sprinklers, fire alarm, mechanical and electrical work separate permits.

    Complete Permit 201409095863 $$$ $1,500,000
20. Oct 2019

    19th fl - ti work includes non-structural demolition, new non-structural walls, finishes, fixtures. mep deferred.

    Complete Permit 201910245542 $$$ $1,457,820
21. Feb 2022

    13th fl: demolition & construction of non-structural partitions, doors, finishes, lighting, ceilings. mep deferred.

    Complete Permit 202202017102 $$$ $1,657,445
22. Feb 2022

    18th floor: interior t.i. new non structural partitions, doors, ceiling, glazing, finishes, millwork, new single occupant restrooms and microkitchen. new mep systems and service room.

    Complete Permit 202202188310 $$$ $1,386,000
23. Jul 2022

    11th fl: t.i. demolition & new partitions, ceiling, lighting finishes, restroom upgrades, and life safety devices.

    Complete Permit 202207128265 $$$ $5,183,000
24. Nov 2022

    12/f: full t.i: partial non-structural interior demolition, new non-structural partition, ceiling, lighting and finishes. new all gender restroom, new mothers' room, new employee cafe with no prep. (all prepacked food, serve self).

    Complete Permit 202211106259 $$$ $1,804,318
25. Dec 2022

    10th fl: demolition and construction of new office. new work areas, officds, meeting rooms, all gender restrooms, lactation room and break rooms. mep included.

    Complete Permit 202212158443 $$$ $1,200,000
26. Dec 2023

    4/f: t.i. demolition existing and construct new non structural partitions, doors, mep, finishes. elevator lobby upgrade and accessibility upgrade under permit application 202112104161.

    Complete Permit 202312122396 $$$ $400,000
27. Dec 2023

    2/f: t.i. demolition of existing and construction of new non structural partitions, doors, glazing, finishes, millwork, mechanical and electrical.

    Complete Permit 202312273161 $$$ $1,200,000

DBI holds 419 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 419. 7 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits.