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634–640 Clay Street

Financial District · San Francisco, CA 94111

  • Built 1912
  • Hotel
  • 4 stories
  • Zoned CCB
  • District 3
  • Historic status: historic resource
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27,578 sq ftBuilding area
5,841 sq ftLot area
145Rooms · 16 baths

Permit history

  1. May 1982

    Building use: res./hotel.

    Complete Permit 8204117 $$$ $10,000
  2. Jan 1987

    Installation of parapet bracing.

    Complete Permit 8701216 $$$ $10,000
  3. Dec 1994

    Demolition of non-bearing interior walls only.

    Complete Permit 9420210 $$$ $140,000
  4. Dec 1994

    Interior remodeling.

    Complete Permit 9420429 $$$ $140,000
  5. Apr 1995

    Revamping & install an existing wet type fire sprkl sym.

    Complete Permit 9504985 $$$ $3,650
  6. Jan 1996

    Miscellaneous remodelling of four bathrooms.

    Complete Permit 9601113 $$$ $1,500
  7. Feb 1996

    To provide life system with manual pull station/horn/strobes/sp.

    Expired Permit 9602320 $$$ $1,945
  8. Oct 1998

    6 shower stalls & toilets in each floor.

    Complete Permit 9820710 $$$ $30,000
  9. Nov 1998

    Tenant improvemement.

    Expired Permit 9822664 $$$ $350,000
  10. Apr 2000

    Automatic smoke detectionin 1st floor, sprinkler monitor for entire building.

    Complete Permit 200004066531 $$$ $19,920
  11. Apr 2000

    Tenant improvement - 1st floor and basement. design /build relocate or add 45 fire sprinklers.

    Complete Permit 200004106768 $$$ $8,150
  12. Feb 2001

    Umb special procedure.

    Complete Permit 200102121894 $$$ $85,000
  13. Sep 2001

    Add 148 new token hds in all units 2nd thru 4th floor only, fire sprinkler work only.

    Complete Permit 200109259182 $$$ $19,000
  14. Nov 2001

    Street space permit.

    Issued Permit M17713 $$$ $150,000
  15. Nov 2001

    Demolition shower tile walls/pan, build new in like kind, replace few pc.dry rot studs, install n fl drain.

    Complete Permit 200111163375 $$$ $3,000
  16. Apr 2004

    Remodel 3/f shower stall demolish tile walls to the study sex new shower pan and walls isntall vent.

    Complete Permit 200404141300 $$$ $6,000
  17. May 2004

    Renewal of permit applic. #2001/02/12/1894 umb for remainaing work of steel frame and roof anchors.

    Issued Permit 200405042981 $$$ $10,000
  18. Jul 2004

    Reroofing.

    Expired Permit 200407068010 $$$ $25,000
  19. Dec 2005

    Renovation of existing bathrooms in 2/f, 3/f & 4/f.

    Complete Permit 200512029367 $$$ $30,000
  20. Feb 2010

    Remodel four units. replace electrical wall heat & replace cabinets, sink and sheetrock.

    Complete Permit 201002106333 $$$ $4,000
  21. Jan 2011

    To comply with n.o.v. # 201084909. bathroom remodel: repalce shower pan at 2nd and 3rd floor in common area.

    Complete Permit 201101198595 $$$ $2,500
  22. Jan 2011

    Bathroom remodel: replace shower pan at 1st floor, retile floor & walls. no structural changes.

    Complete Permit 201101198632 $$$ $2,500
  23. May 2013

    To comply with ordinance 029-13 installation of grab bars in sro at hte following locations, 10 bathr and 6 showers.

    Complete Permit 201305298129 $$$ $1,500
  24. May 2022

    Install 1 1/4 drain pipe from top of storage tank down side of building, pathc and secure pipe install 42" wall behind boiler.

    Cancelled Permit 202205033482 $$$ $1,000

DBI holds 33 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 33. 2 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits.

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