444 Market Street
Financial District · San Francisco, CA 94111
Permit history
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Feb 1982
Additions alterations or repairs.
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Jun 1999
Lobby penovation of g/f material upgrade entry modificatin.
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Jul 2007
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.
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Feb 2008
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.
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Aug 2008
32nd floor full tenant improvement, with m.e.p and audio visual. fire sprinkelr & life safety under separate permit. (mep under separate permit).
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Feb 2010
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.
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Jun 2012
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.
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Feb 2014
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.
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Apr 2015
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.
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Aug 2015
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.
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Jul 2017
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).
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Jul 2017
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).
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Aug 2017
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.
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Oct 2017
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.
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Mar 2018
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.
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Nov 2018
16th fl: demolition non structural partitions, doors, frames, lights, mechanical finishes, construct new non structural partition doors, millwork, lights mechanical, finishes.
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Dec 2019
22nd floor: demolition non structural partitions doors, lights, finishes. construct new non structural partitions, lights, modify mechanical, doors finishes and new ada bathroom.
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Sep 2024
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.
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Apr 2025
35/fl- ti new non structrural paritions, finishes, lighting. no strucrual work. demolition permitted under ref 202504023551.
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Jul 2025
Floor 33- ti non structural (partitions, fixtures, floors, ceilings, and mep) structural for operable partitions.
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Aug 2025
32nd floor: interior office tenant improvement with associated mep.
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Aug 2025
31st floor: interior office tenant improvement with associated mep.
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May 2026
Interior renovation of ground floor lobby new restaurant at ground floor. new ceiling, lighting millwork and finishes.food service, mep & lighting under separate permit.
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May 2026
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.
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Jul 2026
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.
Why the number changed
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.
Not yet documented: the developer, the early tenants and who designed the open space. Wikipedia records completion in 1979 under the original address of 444 Market Street; the assessor records 1981. Submit an update