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District 3 · Block 0112, Lot 001 · ZIP 94111

Ice Houses

1051–1075 Battery Street

  • Office building
  • 5 stories
  • 60,000 ft2
  • 12,000 ft2 lot area
  • 50 rooms
  • 10 bathrooms
  • Zoned C2
  • Historic resource
  • Sold February 9, 2000
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  1. 1914

    Built.

  2. August 2, 1968

    The City Planning Commission recommended vacating the air space over Gaines Street, the alley between the two cold-storage warehouses, so that a passageway could join them.

    San Francisco City Planning Commission minutes, San Francisco Public Library (Internet Archive)
  3. February 3, 1976

    The City Planning Commission unanimously found in conformity with the Master Plan a revocable permit for a new entrance to the Ice Houses from Union Street — concrete stairs replacing a worn wooden pair, canopies, a platform, a kiosk and landscaping in Ice House Alley — provided a public passage was kept open.

    San Francisco City Planning Commission minutes, San Francisco Public Library (Internet Archive)
  4. Jul 1985
    Permit 8507089 $$$ $187,000

    To alter & renew approx. 11, 000sq. ft of office area.

  5. Feb 1986
    Permit 8601443 $$$ $200,000

    Tenant improvements 3rd fl, new floor, metal stud partitions.

  6. Mar 1986
    Permit 8603536 $$$ $400,000

    4th floor tenant improvement.

  7. Jun 1986
    Permit 8606588 $$$ $255,000

    Tenant improvement, suspended ceiling, sprinklers system.

  8. Oct 1986
    Permit 8612767 $$$ $380,000

    New ceiling, finishes & partitions.

  9. Oct 1986
    Permit 8612766 $$$ $207,001

    New ceiling, finishes & partitions.

  10. May 1987
    Permit 8706801 $$$ $201,000

    Tenant improvement, new partitions, finishes, ceiling, light.

  11. Nov 1991
    Issued Permit 9121855 $$$ $1,700,000

    Tenant improvement floors 6 & 7.

  12. Sep 2008
    Issued Permit 200809181966 $$$ $250,000

    Replace existing obsolete edwards fire life safety system with new edwards est-3 fire alarm system, replace all panels, power supplies and field devices one for one.

  13. Feb 2011
    Permit 201102109987 $$$ $250,500

    Remove & replace 3 cooling towers on roof.

  14. Mar 2025
    Issued Permit 202503313379 $$$ $350,000

    2 like for like water-cooled chiller replacements.

DBI holds 164 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 164. 4 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 13 expired permits are not shown.

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