One Front Street

1. March 6, 1975

   The City Planning Commission unanimously certified the environmental impact report for a 38-storey office building, finding no significant effect even though it would wall up every south window of 111 Pine Street.

   San Francisco City Planning Commission minutes, San Francisco Public Library (Internet Archive)
2. March 6, 1975

   The City Planning Commission unanimously approved, with eight conditions, Continental Development Corporation's 38-storey office tower, allowing a diagonal of 172 feet 8 inches above 150 feet and asking for a light-colored, aluminum-toned facade.

   San Francisco City Planning Commission minutes, San Francisco Public Library (Internet Archive)
3. September 29, 1977

   The City Planning Commission unanimously gave the office building it had approved for the site on 6 March 1975 six more months, to 6 October 1978, to start construction, on condition that the environmental impact report be amended on water and energy conservation and traffic (Resolution 7806).

   San Francisco City Planning Commission minutes, San Francisco Public Library (Internet Archive)
4. September 1979

   The Redevelopment Agency photographed the property.

   Redevelopment Agency Records (SFH 371), San Francisco Public Library
5. 1981

   Built.

6. Feb 1982

   Permit 8201427 $$$ $25,000

   Additions alterations or repairs.

7. Jul 2007

   Permit 200707056058 $$$ $1,900,000

   7th floor - t.i. with non bearing walls electrical, plumbing, and hvac deferred. fire safety deferred. work on 7th floor. no increase in office space.

8. Feb 2008

   Permit 200802215301 $$$ $780,000

   Ti for 1st and 2nd floor. construct new non-bearing partition walls, new ceiling system, new lighting fixtures, new electrical /tel-data outlets and new finishes. fire safety work to be under separate permit.

9. Aug 2008

   Permit 200808209612 $$$ $1,105,000

   32nd floor full tenant improvement, with m.e.p and audio visual. fire sprinkelr & life safety under separate permit. (mep under separate permit).

10. Feb 2010

    Permit 201002226907 $$$ $1,096,000

    5th floor t.i. project on multi tenant floor including demolition, drywall, ceilings, glass, doors & finishes, hvac & lighting. fire sprinklers & life safety under separate permit.

11. Jun 2012

    Permit 201206072114 $$$ $1,600,000

    30th floor-tenant improvement-hvac, plumbing, electrical demolition. building new offices, conference room, break room, copy room, i.t. rooms. demolition of non bearing walls.

12. Feb 2014

    Permit 201402138441 $$$ $1,100,000

    Construction of new non load bearing partitions, glazing, doors, lighting with associated electrical, audio visual. plumbing & fire/life safety, mechanical under seperate permit. comply with ordinance #155-13 not required.

13. Apr 2015

    Permit 201504143555 $$$ $1,987,150

    31st floor: ti includes the demolition of non structural partitions and bld new non structural partitions. hvac, ele and plumb under this permit. life safety and sprinklers if needed under seperate permit. bkd fully sprinklered. demolition ref permit # 2015 0409 3191. maher - not req'd.

14. Aug 2015

    Permit 201508285505 $$$ $2,134,800

    Construct new non-structural ceiling height and full height partitions, ceilings, doors, lights, new mechanical system to accommodate new layout and plugs. n/a for maher.

15. Jul 2017

    Permit 201707121620 $$$ $1,964,000

    20/f: t.i. to include new partitions, finishes, lighting, pantry & restrooms. alarm, sprinkler deferred.(interstory stairway under separate permit for both architectural and structural).

16. Jul 2017

    Permit 201707121621 $$$ $1,964,000

    21/f: t.i. to include new partitions, finishes, lighting, pantry & restrooms. alarm, sprinkler deferred. (interstory stairway to 20/f under separate permit for both architectural and structural).

17. Aug 2017

    Issued Permit 201708245773 $$$ $1,500,000

    Suite 1700: commercial renovation to vacant tenant suite. to include construction of non load bearing paritions, modficiation to ceiling grid and tile, new door and frames and salvage and reuse of e selected materials if practical. minor renovation to e mechanical, electrical, plumbing. life safety deferred.

18. Oct 2017

    Permit 201710121026 $$$ $2,530,000

    27th & 28th: ti includes demolition of non-structural partitions and building(iv) non-structural partitions. meps included. life safety & sprinklers under seperate permit if needed. building is fully sprinklered. maher na.

19. Mar 2018

    Permit 201803012522 $$$ $1,900,000

    11th and 12th floors: demolition existing non-structural partitions-finishes, construct existing partitions, ceilings, lights, millwork, and doors. single use toilet room mechanical and lights. n/a for maher.

20. Nov 2018

    Permit 201811014708 $$$ $934,740

    16th fl: demolition non structural partitions, doors, frames, lights, mechanical finishes, construct new non structural partition doors, millwork, lights mechanical, finishes.

21. Dec 2019

    Permit 201912230375 $$$ $916,260

    22nd floor: demolition non structural partitions doors, lights, finishes. construct new non structural partitions, lights, modify mechanical, doors finishes and new ada bathroom.

22. Sep 2024

    Permit 202409241463 $$$ $1,465,000

    Partial t.i. to floors: 22, 23, 24, & 25. converting existing rooms to mer(main equipment rooms) telecommunication room, pre-action room and ups room. add card readers on existing doors includes new non-bearing partitions, finishes, lighting, power, equipment & associated mep. no change of use.

23. Apr 2025

    Permit 202504164571 $$$ $2,500,000

    35/fl- ti new non structrural paritions, finishes, lighting. no strucrual work. demolition permitted under ref 202504023551.

24. Jul 2025

    Permit 202507312092 $$$ $2,886,100

    Floor 33- ti non structural (partitions, fixtures, floors, ceilings, and mep) structural for operable partitions.

25. Aug 2025

    Permit 202508203545 $$$ $3,472,000

    32nd floor: interior office tenant improvement with associated mep.

26. Aug 2025

    Permit 202508203550 $$$ $1,627,500

    31st floor: interior office tenant improvement with associated mep.

27. May 2026

    Issued Permit 202605261845 $$$ $2,400,000

    Interior renovation of ground floor lobby new restaurant at ground floor. new ceiling, lighting millwork and finishes.food service, mep & lighting under separate permit.

28. May 2026

    Triage Permit 202605282039 $$$ $16,000,000

    Interior renovation at 2nd floor, new bar, new gym and new coworking office, new ceiling, lighting, millwork and finishes. new connecting stair from 1/f to 2/f.

29. Jul 2026

    Filed Permit 202607245539 $$$ $1,800,000

    Deferred submittal for mechanical, electrical, plumbing, food service. gr fl restaurant. ref 202605261845.

DBI holds 1,197 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 1,197. 1 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 1 expired permit is not shown. Wikipedia records completion in 1979 under the original address of 444 Market Street; the assessor records 1981. The statement dates this tower 1980 in two places and 1979-80 in its shortlist.

The tower opened as Shaklee Terraces and was later renumbered from 444 Market Street to One Front Street, because four is an unlucky number in several Asian cultures. Its facade closely follows Emil Fahrenkamp's Shell-Haus, built in Berlin in 1931. The Shaklee Corporation left for Pleasanton in 1999.