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District 3 · Block 0238, Lot 008 · ZIP 94104

350–370 California Street

Office building

  • 22 stories
  • 286,332 ft2
  • 19,003 ft2 lot area
  • Wood frame
  • Zoned C3O
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  1. December 19, 1906

    Raymond Granite Company contracted for granite work on the twelve-storey steel frame Alaska Commercial building, which stood here until the 1970s.

    The San Francisco Call, 19 December 1906, p. 15
  2. December 25, 1907

    Thomas Day Company contracted for lighting fixtures on the twelve-storey and basement Alaska Commercial building, which stood here until the 1970s.

    The San Francisco Call, 25 December 1907, p. 13
  3. 1909

    The Alaska Commercial Building stood here from 1909 until the 1970s — designed three years earlier by Henry H. Meyers and Clarence Ward and built at a cost of about $500,000. Fourteen storeys on an L-shaped plan with its long side to Sansome Street, steel and reinforced concrete, its California, Sansome and Halleck Street elevations faced in granite and terra cotta and carved with walruses and marine motifs for the Alaska Commercial Company, whose offices it held.

    Bank of Tokyo of California Building, California and Sansome Streets: Draft Environmental Impact Report, 1975
  4. 1975

    By 1975 the Alaska Commercial Building stood vacant on the northeast corner of California and Sansome, with an eighty-space surface parking lot beside it, and both were cleared for the Bank of Tokyo of California's twenty-three-storey tower.

    Bank of Tokyo of California Building, California and Sansome Streets: Draft Environmental Impact Report, 1975
  5. February 27, 1975

    The City Planning Commission unanimously certified the environmental impact report for the Bank of Tokyo of California Building, a banking hall with a 23-storey office tower, finding it would have no significant effect on the environment.

    San Francisco City Planning Commission minutes, San Francisco Public Library (Internet Archive)
  6. 1976

    Built.

  7. Sep 1981
    Permit 8107861 $$$ $9,800

    Additions alterations or repairs.

  8. Aug 2013
    Issued Permit 201308073680 $$$ $1,500,000

    23rd floor - project consists primarily of mechaical equipment & piping replacement & electrical system upgrades. no accessibility upgrades are proposed. includes structural reinforcement of existing cupola roof and enlargement of one equipment pad.

  9. Aug 2015
    Permit 201508144341 $$$ $1,000,000

    Installation of fuel oil system to serve existing emergency generator on 23rd floor. includes new exterior fuel oil port, interior fuel oil pump, fuel oil service tank and associated piping and construction. maher na.

  10. Mar 2016
    Permit 201603293335 $$$ $1,800,000

    16th floor - project involves modifications of existing tenant suite to include selective demolitoin & construction of non-load bearing partitions, new ceiling tile & grid, new gyp board, light fixtures, door frames, millwork & new finishes.

  11. Mar 2016
    Permit 201603293334 $$$ $1,700,000

    6th floor - project involves modifications of existing tenant suite to include selective demolitoin & construction of non-load bearing partitions, new ceiling tile & grid, new gyp bd. ceiling, light fixtures, door frames, millwork & new finishes.

  12. Dec 2016
    Permit 201612054179 $$$ $2,500,000

    4th and 5th floor. this t.i. project involves modification of existing tenant suite to include selective demolition and construction of non-load bearing partitions, new ceiling tiles and grid, new gyp board ceiling, light fixtures, doors and frames, millwork and new finishes. existing stair to remain.

  13. Jun 2017
    Permit 201706139223 $$$ $1,100,000

    17th floor t.i. involves modifications of existing tenant suite to include selective demolitoin & construction of non-load bearing partitions, new ceiling grid & tiles, new gyp board ceiling, lighitng fixtures, door & frames, millwork & new finishes.

  14. Jun 2017
    Permit 201706139227 $$$ $1,100,000

    11th floor t.i. involves modifications of existing tenant suite to include selective demolitoin & construction of non-load bearing partitions, new ceiling grid & tiles, new gyp board ceiling, lighitng fixtures, door & frames, millwork & new finishes.

  15. Apr 2018
    Permit 201804055575 $$$ $1,100,000

    8th floor - ti, modify of existing tenant space to include selective demolition and construction of non load bearing partitions. new ceiling grid & tile, light fixtures, doors & frames, millwork and new finishes maher na.

  16. Jun 2018
    Permit 201806152023 $$$ $9,000,000

    Modifications to the existing steel frame building at 350 california st to voluntarily improve the structure for lateral forces in accordance with chatper 403.9 of the sfbc. maher na.

  17. Apr 2019
    Permit 201904178249 $$$ $1,070,790

    Scope of work ti 21st fl approx 13, 166 sq ft tenant improvement includes construction of open office, conference, restroom, breakroom, and typical office support spaces.

  18. Jun 2019
    Permit 201906113057 $$$ $1,300,000

    T.i. upgrade of existing retail branch on the 1st floor: includes new finishes new finishes, lighting, office work spaces teller/banking area, atms and banking machines, security and restrooms. n/a for maher.

  19. Nov 2019
    Permit 201911217894 $$$ $1,000,000

    Voluntary seismic retrofit phase 3 - 6th, 11th, 14th and 15th floor.

  20. Oct 2020
    Permit 202010166614 $$$ $1,000,000

    Voluntary seismic retrofit-phase 4, 4th & 5th floor.

  21. Apr 2021
    Permit 202104279379 $$$ $1,500,000

    Limited demolition for voluntary seismic retrofit. phase 5- 7th, 8th, and 16th floors.

  22. May 2021
    Permit 202105130318 $$$ $1,500,000

    Voluntary seismic retrofit-phase 5; at 7th, 8th, & 16th floor.

  23. Dec 2022
    Permit 202212289249 $$$ $2,000,000

    20/f: tenant improvement to renovate 2 existing mufg bank, ltd office suites (2018 and 2020). to create 3 independent suites. ti to include partial demolition of existing walls, acoustical tile suspended ceiling and lighting, new offices, conference/huddle rooms, lockers, mother's room, work/print/copy and.

  24. Sep 2025
    Permit 202509115093 $$$ $1,500,000

    15th fl: construction of non-load bearing partitions, doors, glazing and frames, new ceiling tile & grid, new light fixtures, and new finishes.

  25. Aug 2026
    Filed Permit 202608106308 $$$ $125,000

    12th floor suites: 1250, 1220 fitness center, tenant amenity, management office ti to include demolition of non-structural partitions and ceiling, contruction of new partitions, ceiling, power and finishes.

  26. Aug 2026
    Filed Permit 202608106311 $$$ $125,000

    11/f suites 1100, 1120, 1150: tenant improvements include demolition of non-structural partitions and ceilings. construction of new partitions, ceiling, power and finishes. mep deferred. suite 1100 - 58 occupants suite 1120 - 20 occupants suite 1150 - 57 occupants.

DBI holds 596 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 596. 2 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 5 expired or cancelled permits are not shown. The city's Modern & Postmodern styles context statement dates this building 1977; the assessor's roll records it as built 1976. The 2025 assessor's roll dates this parcel 1976, which is the tower that replaced the building described.

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