559–561 Clay Street

1. 1906

   Built.

2. March 7, 1907

   McGowan & Butler contracted for brick work on a four-storey and basement class C building, at $3,250.

   The San Francisco Call, 7 March 1907, p. 11
3. Jan 1985

   Permit 8500726 $$$ $10,000

   Earthquake bracing for parapets.

4. Jun 1999

   Permit 9912912 $$$ $1,500,000

   Seismic strengthening to comply with sfbc.

5. Aug 2000

   Permit 200008218469 $$$ $50,000

   One stop: demolition to prepare building for new seismic sheathing, removel int. finishes.

6. Oct 2002

   Issued Permit 200210158951 $$$ $30,000

   Repari and replacement of front sidewalk structural slab outside 559 clay st over basement.

7. Feb 2003

   Issued Permit 200302056777 $$$ $25,000

   Reroofing.

8. Sep 2003

   Issued Permit 200309164876 $$$ $39,000

   Addition structural headers, enlarged commercial st. lobby, additional work to x.

9. Jun 2005

   Issued Permit 200506104808 $$$ $55,100

   To serve furniture showroom on g/f, install display platform, shelf, bar counter, kitchen countet, s.

10. Sep 2007

    Permit 200709284002 $$$ $510,000

    T/i on floors 3&4 to provide new walls, interior windows and doors, carpet and flooring.new intervening stair from 3 to 4. new concrete floating floor on 3rd floor. structural, mechanical, electrical, sprinklers under sep. application.

11. Sep 2007

    Permit 200709284005 $$$ $90,000

    3rd & 4th floor structural work for new intervening stair and strengthening of screening room floor. ada on t.i. plan #2007/09/28/4002.

12. May 2009

    Permit 200905057696 $$$ $224,000

    Demolish existing partition walls to accommodate new work, new partition walls, new suspended ceiling, new lighting, new finishes, new mechanical, electrical, plumbing, life safety work on separate permit, all work to be performed at ground entry vestibule & 2nd floor only.

13. May 2009

    Permit 200905188568 $$$ $75,000

    1st floor: install new non bearing partition walls to create a conference room and 2 offices. new suspended ceilings at conference room and offices. new carpet and tiles. (electrical, mechanical, and life safety under sepearate permit).

14. Jun 2018

    Permit 201806283284 $$$ $150,000

    Voluntary remedial foundation leveling.

15. Jul 2018

    Permit 201807245377 $$$ $600,000

    3rd & 4th floor - demolition of existing non structural partitions ductwork & ele distribution in an existing office space. mep & fire deferred submittal. per ab-017.

16. Aug 2018

    Permit 201808248246 $$$ $850,000

    Remodel of existing office on 3rd & 4th fl mep and sprinkler on separate permit.

17. Oct 2018

    Permit 201810092605 $$$ $29,000

    3rd & 4th floors - revise existing fire sprinkler system for ti. no underground work.

18. Oct 2018

    Permit 201810163306 $$$ $25,000

    Structural corrections to levels 3, 4, roof which were not installed per previous approved and finaled permits 200206149133 and 200709284005. maher n/a.

19. Nov 2018

    Permit 201811156035 $$$ $75,000

    Permeation grouting in basement. n/a for maher.

20. Jan 2019

    Permit 201901049670 $$$ $75,000

    Mechanical: install (1) new wshp (1) new exhaust fan. relocate (1) wshp, relocate (1) existing wall mounted fcu, demolish 3rd fl cws/r piping and install new piping, install new supply duct. ref 201808248246 original pa.

21. Jan 2019

    Permit 201901089792 $$$ $16,200

    Fire alarm - install: 4 wall mount strobes, 1 ceiling mount strobe, 2 wall mount horn strobes, 8 ceiling mount horn strobes, 6 duct det, 6 control modules ref 201808248246.

22. Jul 2019

    Permit 201907166032 $$$ $750,000

    Ti on 1st and 2nd floor of 4 story bld including demolition of existing space, non structural partition, ceiling, casework, finishes and mep work, signage deferred.

23. Nov 2019

    Permit 201911016198 $$$ $30,000

    Fire sprinkler permit install 75 pendents and 3 upright sprinklers on the 1st & 2nd fl. ref pa 2019-0716-6032.

24. Nov 2019

    Issued Permit 201911268157 $$$ $24,420

    Fire alarm ti - install 10 ceiling mount strobes, install 4 wall mount strobes, install 12 ceiling mount horn-strobes, install 5 duct detectors, install 5 control relay module & install 1 booster panel. ref permit application 201907166032.

25. Aug 2021

    Permit 202108065979 $$$ $200,000

    Tenant improvement in existing basement. all mep permit to follow.

26. Dec 2021

    Permit 202112174613 $$$ $20,000

    Basement: relocate 15 pendents, add 6 new pendents, plugs, 4 branch lines for t.i. permit application 202108065979.

DBI holds 78 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 78. 20 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 1 expired permit is not shown.