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249–253 Grant Avenue

Financial District · San Francisco, CA 94108

  • Built 1907
  • Store building
  • 4 stories
  • Zoned C3R
  • District 3
  • Historic status: historic resource
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3,750 sq ftBuilding area
749 sq ftLot area
4Rooms · 5 baths

Permit history

  1. Jul 1986

    Remove cabinets from all walls/repair water damage on ceilin.

    Expired Permit 8609268 $$$ $1,600
  2. Apr 1988

    Remove partition wall & brick faser, install glass front.

    Expired Permit 8804401 $$$ $6,000
  3. Feb 1991

    Pull up carpet, remove garbage, wallpaper, suspended ceiling.

    Complete Permit 9103325 $$$ $2,000
  4. Jul 1991

    Interior alterations for restaurant renovation.

    Complete Permit 9112003 $$$ $180,000
  5. Sep 1991

    Remove non-bearing walls at mezzanine, ti.

    Complete Permit 9116402 $$$ $2,500
  6. Jan 1992

    Install hood.

    Complete Permit 9201109 $$$ $5,500
  7. Feb 1992

    Signs.

    Complete Permit 9201736 $$$ $3,000
  8. Mar 1992

    Ansul fire system (hood and duct).

    Complete Permit 9203247 $$$ $2,600
  9. Aug 1992

    To erect non electric sign.

    Cancelled Permit 9214366 $$$ $900
  10. Sep 1992

    Manufacture and install awning over entrance.

    Expired Permit 9215912 $$$ $2,000
  11. Sep 1992

    To erect electric sign.

    Complete Permit 9215914 $$$ $800
  12. Sep 1999

    Erect a non-electric projecting double faced wall sign.

    Complete Permit 9920253 $$$ $2,000
  13. Oct 1999

    Barrier removal work: provide ramps to restaurant entrance.

    Issued Permit 9921584 $$$ $10,000
  14. Sep 2000

    Seismic upgrade work in accordnce to sq ft unreinforced masonry building ordinance & assocd disability work.

    Expired Permit 200009291953 $$$ $65,000
  15. Jul 2001

    Build (3) new mtl, stuc/6wb partitions. remove existing tile flooring, (300 sq ft) add new wood floo.

    Expired Permit 200107123534 $$$ $11,000
  16. Sep 2001

    Install 3 air conditoners and 2 supply fan.

    Expired Permit 200109188578 $$$ $20,000
  17. Jun 2002

    Correction of entrance door swing & exit door hardware revise to app #9921584.

    Issued Permit 200206209495 $$$ $3,000
  18. Aug 2002

    Fabricate and install 2 awnings with graphics.

    Complete Permit 200208143972 $$$ $2,450
  19. Apr 2003

    Relocate bar per permit application 9921584, 200009291953.

    Complete Permit 200304162455 $$$ $10,000
  20. Aug 2003

    Erect a projecting double faced sign.

    Expired Permit 200308041148 $$$ $1,500
  21. Aug 2005

    Reduce existing kitchen equip ref 200206209495 & 9921584.

    Expired Permit 200508029203 $$$ $3,000
  22. Jun 2010

    Fabricate & install 1-awning.

    Complete Permit 201006144443 $$$ $2,875
  23. Jun 2010

    Remove & relocate non structural parition wall on ground floor per plan.

    Complete Permit 201006144410 $$$ $1,000
  24. Oct 2011

    Tenant improvement-addition of 2 water closets & 2 lavatories to accomodate minimun plumbing fixtures per occupancy requirments. install palm buttons on door. reconfigure stairs.

    Complete Permit 201110035962 $$$ $60,000

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. 1 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits.

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