1265 Battery Street

1. 1903

   Built in 1903 to designs by Hemenway & Miller for the Italian Swiss Colony, the wine company Andrea Sbarboro founded in 1881 as a cooperative with its vineyards at Asti, near Cloverdale; its Battery and Greenwich Street fronts recall an Italian palazzo. It is one of the few warehouses left on the northern waterfront.

   SF Planning, landmark designation
2. October 14, 1976

   The City Planning Commission voted 5-0 to designate the Italian Swiss Colony Building a city landmark, declining the owner's request to wait for its cost study (Resolution 7583).

   San Francisco City Planning Commission minutes, San Francisco Public Library (Internet Archive)
3. 1977

   Designated San Francisco Landmark No. 102, Italian Swiss Colony Building.

   SF Planning, landmark designation
4. Jun 1981

   Permit 8105541 $$$ $651,500

   Additions alterations or repairs.

5. Aug 1981

   Permit 8107436 $$$ $514,365

   Additions alterations or repairs.

6. 1982

   Built.

7. Jul 1988

   Permit 8809477 $$$ $500,000

   Tenant improvements incl. partitins, finishes, lighting.

8. Oct 1999

   Permit 9922286 $$$ $200,000

   Oti-1, 1st floor, el. me. & sp.

9. Jan 2003

   Permit 200301235740 $$$ $275,000

   Oti-1 1st floor el me ls sp.

10. Nov 2005

    Permit 200511017024 $$$ $50,000

    Oti-1 3rd floor el ls me sp.

11. Jul 2006

    Permit 200607217260 $$$ $250,000

    Oti-1, 5th floor, el, me, ls, sp.

12. Aug 2006

    Permit 200608189841 $$$ $480,233

    Oti-1, 4th floor, el, ls, sp.

13. Mar 2007

    Permit 200703267163 $$$ $250,000

    Oti-1, 2nd floor, el, ls, sp.

14. Apr 2007

    Permit 200704189098 $$$ $420,000

    Oti-1, salt branding, 2nd floor, el, me, ls, sp. complaint #200794300 & #200683354.

15. Jun 2012

    Permit 201206202994 $$$ $400,000

    2nd floor tenant improvement to include non-structural demolition, new partitions to create conference rooms, lunch room open office. mep under separate permit.

16. Apr 2013

    Permit 201304265572 $$$ $800,000

    Construction of new non-structural partitions, doors & frames, millwork, plumbing, ceiling grid & tile, soffits, lighting, power & floor finishes. (fs permit will be separate permit.).

17. Sep 2014

    Permit 201409095800 $$$ $1,048,905

    3rd floor: demolition minor existing non-structural int. partitions, doors/frames/hardware, millwork, ceiling, finishes, mechanical electrical & plumbing. construction of structural partitions, doors/frames/hardware, millwork, drywall & acoustic ceiling grid/tile & finishe. fire sprinkers, mep under separate permit.

18. Sep 2014

    Permit 201409297518 $$$ $300,000

    3rd floor: 21 new reheat & cooling only vav zones, 1 fan powered box zone, 1 sink and 1 dishwasher (t.i. 201409095800); maher n/a.

19. Jul 2016

    Permit 201607253182 $$$ $634,095

    5th floor, suite 500: ti - full floor. scope includes but not limited to: new non structural partitions, doors, frame/hardware, lighting, electrical, plumbing, mechanical life safety to tie into existing utilities, new millwork & finishes. maher na.

20. Feb 2019

    Permit 201902143000 $$$ $1,760,000

    4th floor. tenant improvement. demolition existing non-structural walls / ceiling and construct new non-structural walls, doors, frames, millwork, partial ceiling hardlid, soffits, floor finishes and mep incl 1 new shower room, 2 new mother's rooms.

21. Aug 2019

    Permit 201908078178 $$$ $400,000

    4th fl mechanical and electrical for 201902143000. revision to arch for background corrections.

22. Jul 2022

    Permit 202207289491 $$$ $425,000

    1st floor: update fixtures and finishes throughout the front of house space. replace/repair kitchen equipment and finishes needed thorughout the back of house space.

23. Oct 2025

    Permit 202510217827 $$$ $750,000

    1st/f t.i. demolition non-structural partitions & build new non-structural partitions, all new or revised mep & life safety work will be design vuild & submitted separately.

24. Feb 2026

    Permit 202602125838 $$$ $300,000

    Ground fl- meps for permit application 2025-1021-7827.

25. Aug 2026

    Issued Permit 202608126448 $$$ $450,000

    Ste: 500 - tenant improvements to existing unoccupied office space: no struc. work, infill existing wall openings selective demoliton of existing improvements, new casework, replacement of existing sinks and new lighting.

26. Aug 2026

    Issued Permit 202607064593 $$$ $2,300,000

    2/f: tenant improvement soft demolition of non bearing partition and addition of new partitions, doors/frames, cabinetry, lighting and finishes. mep deferred.

27. Aug 2026

    Issued Permit 202608317490 $$$ $1,146,000

    2/f: deferred mep for bpa#202607064593.

DBI holds 131 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 131. 1 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 1 expired permit is not shown. The building is dated 1903 in its landmark designation; the assessor's roll gives 1982.