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District 3 · Block 0240, Lot 003 · ZIP 94104

Financial Center Building

405 Montgomery Street · Financial District

  • 17 stories
  • 19,095.06 ft2 lot area
  • 362 residential units
  • Zoned C3O
  • Historic resource
  • Sold June 2, 1997
Land$40,107,200
Improvements$97,243,779
Fixtures$35,751
Total assessed$137,386,730
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  1. 1926

    Built.

  2. 1927

    The Financial Center Building stands on the northwest corner of California and Montgomery Streets, seventeen storeys on an L-shaped plan, its front carrying an arched doorway and arched windows.

    San Francisco Planning Department, OMNI San Francisco Hotel: Draft Environmental Impact Report, Case No. 97.447E, 1998.
  3. 1956

    Polished granite was applied to the first four storeys, covering the original lower facade.

    San Francisco Planning Department, OMNI San Francisco Hotel: Draft Environmental Impact Report, Case No. 97.447E, 1998.
  4. 1978

    The Foundation for San Francisco's Architectural Heritage rated the Financial Center Building "A" in its downtown survey, and the Downtown Plan classed it Category I — retain essentially intact; the Department of City Planning's 1976 citywide survey did not rate it.

    600 California Street initial study, SF Dept. of City Planning, 1986
  5. Feb 1986
    Permit 8601541 $$$ $19,500

    Install office partitions as per attached drawing.

  6. Apr 1986
    Permit 8604939 $$$ $12,000

    3rd floor alteraions as per attached drwg. incl. demolition.

  7. 1990

    The offices emptied, and the building stood vacant.

    San Francisco Planning Department, OMNI San Francisco Hotel: Draft Environmental Impact Report, Case No. 97.447E, 1998.
  8. Jan 1993
    Permit 9300413 $$$ $3,150

    To erect non electric sign.

  9. Jan 1993
    Permit 9300418 $$$ $3,150

    Sign on 22 sq ft area - non-electric.

  10. Mar 2000
    Permit 9806086S $$$ $28,000,000

    Seismic upgrade, new partitions, mechanical, electrical, life safety, new rms.

  11. Sep 2000
    Permit 200009130427 $$$ $400,000

    Install automatic sprinkler & stand-pipe system.

  12. Sep 2001
    Permit 200109057569 $$$ $3,800

    Hood & duct fire suppression system in kitchen grnd floor (200009130427).

  13. Nov 2001
    Permit 200111273972 $$$ $9,000

    To erect non-structural sign.

  14. Jul 2002
    Permit 200207080869 $$$ $1

    Renew#200111273972.

  15. Feb 2011
    Permit 201102180559 $$$ $3,000

    1st floor-adding 2 new smokes & 4 new door holders.

  16. Jun 2023
    Permit 202306220681 $$$ $150,000

    Dish install 3 new antennas; install 2 new radomes & 1new frp box; install 6 new rrus/ 1new cabinet, power & telco conduits, 1new transformer, 1new emon-dmon. no proposed batteries.

1 nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permit is omitted from the timeline. 8 expired or cancelled permits are not shown. The assessor's roll dates the Financial Center Building to 1926; environmental reviews describe it as built in 1927. The environmental review recording these ratings files the address under assessor block 241; the address it gives resolves to parcel 0240003, on block 240.

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