600 Battery Street

1. 1913

   In its natural state the ground lay under the shallow water of Yerba Buena Cove; by 1913 a single narrow rectangular building housing a paper manufacturer stood on the lot.

   San Francisco Planning Department, 640 Battery Street Office Building Expansion: Draft Environmental Impact Report, Case No. 97.678E, 1998.
2. 1926

   A reinforced concrete and glass light-industrial building put up in 1926 to house the Traung Lithography and Label Company, designed by Maurice Couchot and Jesse Rosenwald, with Gothic Revival detail at the Battery Street entrances and industrial sash windows.

   San Francisco Planning Department, 640 Battery Street Office Building Expansion: Draft Environmental Impact Report, Case No. 97.678E, 1998.
3. 1937

   An abutting addition of the same height and style was completed in 1937 to Rosenwald's design.

   San Francisco Planning Department, 640 Battery Street Office Building Expansion: Draft Environmental Impact Report, Case No. 97.678E, 1998.
4. August 1964

   Photographed.

   San Francisco Subjects Photograph Collection (SFP 162), San Francisco Public Library
5. Aug 1998

   One stop-add 3 floors to exist.building.seismic retro and mechanical.

   Complete Permit 9816406 $$$ $12,500,000
6. Feb 1999

   New structural work at bsmnt level only.

   Complete Permit 9903260 $$$ $300,000
7. Jun 1999

   Renovation of existing building.

   Complete Permit 9912937S $$$ $6,000,000
8. Jan 2000

   Tenant improvement of automatic fire sprinkler system, install of pre-action system.

   Expired Permit 20000120527 $$$ $105,000
9. Feb 2000

   Oti-1 1st floor mechanical lifesafty sprinkler.

   Expired Permit 200002081305 $$$ $250,000
10. Feb 2000

    Provide new addressable fire alarm system for building.

    Expired Permit 200002172138 $$$ $120,000
11. Apr 2000

    Oti 2 1st floor el me sp.

    Expired Permit 200004127086 $$$ $130,000
12. Sep 2008

    1st & 2nd floor tenant improvement to include new non-load bearing partitions, demountable partitions, millwork, fixtures, doors & finishes. mep & l.s. under separate permits.

    Complete Permit 200809252619 $$$ $1,400,000
13. Dec 2008

    1st fl.mechanical work associated with approved appl #200809252619.

    Complete Permit 200812228985 $$$ $120,000
14. Apr 2011

    Tenant improvement for partial 1st. floor. to construct millwork finishes and non-load bearing partitions. mep sep permit including lighting.

    Complete Permit 201104123894 $$$ $250,000
15. Sep 2013

    1st floor: t.i. on ground floor to build partitions, doors, frames, millwork, and finishes.

    Complete Permit 201309187114 $$$ $125,000
16. Nov 2013

    Ground floor - electrical for t.i. to install new lighting & equipment, ref permit application 2013.0918.7114.

    Complete Permit 201311262936 $$$ $40,000
17. Aug 2020

    Demolition existing non-structural lobby finishes and construct new lobby finishes.

    Complete Permit 202008313000 $$$ $750,000
18. Aug 2020

    Ada upgrade and path of travel upgrade for primary entrance.

    Complete Permit 202008312997 $$$ $170,466
19. Sep 2020

    Partial renovations & non-structural demolition of roof deck and new lobby doors on ground floor.

    Complete Permit 202009023304 $$$ $1,875,000
20. Sep 2020

    Remove & replace existing boiler skid with new like for like skid. disconnect existing electric rooms from exhaust system. install new transfer fans to serve existing electrical rooms.

    Complete Permit 202009285322 $$$ $320,000
21. Nov 2020

    1, 2, 3 floors: demolition of non-structural & non load bearing interior partitions including walls, glazing, doors & finishes on floor 1, 2 & 3. no structural demolition. seperate permit issued for ti work. not to be occupied until completion of ti work per ab 017.

    Complete Permit 202011209443 $$$ $239,455
22. Nov 2022

    Priority process ab-004: tenant improvement: demolition of non-structural interior partitions, finishes & associated mep. addition of new non-structural interior partitions, finishes & associated mep. upgrade existing restrooms to comply with new occupancy/plumbing calcs.

    Complete Permit 202211216981 $$$ $14,250,000
23. Mar 2023

    Interior demolition of existing non structural partitions, doors, millwork, ceilings, flooring & other finishes, hvac, electrical (including lighting), plumbing & equipment. this demolition work is in preparation for future ti work under pa 2022-1121-6981.

    Complete Permit 202303294590 $$$ $125,000
24. Aug 2023

    Fire alarm, new notifier nfs2-3030 addressable fire alarm system with emergency voice alarm system installed as part of tenant improvement renovation. emergency voice is req due to stairwell occupancy load. this ti is for whole building ref 202211216981.

    Complete Permit 202308315678 $$$ $150,000
25. Dec 2023

    Revision to 202211216981, addendum 2 changing combiined facility restrooms to separate facility restrooms.

    Complete Permit 202312011778 $$$ $100,000
26. Jun 2024

    Basement-2nd floor office ti to inlcude partial demolition of non structural partitions. new partitions, lighting, and finishes. modify existing restrooms, break room and coffee bar. mep deferred under separate permit. replacing 7 wcs in mens restrooms with 7 urinals. no change to use or occupancy.

    Complete Permit 202406204855 $$$ $850,000
27. Aug 2024

    Basement to 2nd/f-deferred mep for t.i. 202406204855.

    Complete Permit 202408219124 $$$ $154,000
28. Dec 2025

    Interior only impovement at basement. selective demolition of partitions/doors. new partitions, new doors for new huddle rooms, phone rooms, media studio, & phone booth. mep deferred under separate permit. no change in use or occupancy.

    Issued Permit 202512121681 $$$ $1,079,200

DBI holds 75 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 75. 2 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. The 1998 environmental review for the 640 Battery Street office building expansion dates the first structure on the site to 1926 in one chapter and to 1927 in another, and in one place gives 600 Battery Street as the 1927 building and 640 Battery Street as the 1937 addition.