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District 3 · Block 0310, Lot 018 · ZIP 94108

185 Post Street

Office building with ground-floor retail · Financial District

  • 6 stories
  • 28,600 ft2
  • 3,600 ft2 lot area
  • 2 residential units
  • 30 rooms
  • 7 bathrooms
  • Zoned C3R
  • Historic resource
  • Sold July 11, 2005
Land$4,373,071
Improvements$23,217,424
Total assessed$27,590,495
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  1. 1907

    Built.

  2. July 9, 1907

    M. F. Gale & Son, Judson Manufacturing Company and A. Lynch contracted for removal of debris, brick and terra cotta on a six-storey and basement building.

    The San Francisco Call, 9 July 1907, p. 11
  3. 1908

    A six-storey steel and concrete building of 1908, 88 feet tall, remade by successive alterations from 1951 and clad in white masonry tile with red-painted window frames. It served as offices and shops and stood empty from about 1997.

    San Francisco Planning Department, 185 Post Street: Draft Environmental Impact Report, Case No. 2000.272E, 2001.
  4. February 6, 1908

    D. Ross Clark contracted for lathing and plastering on a six-storey and basement brick building.

    The San Francisco Call, 6 February 1908, p. 13
  5. Nov 2005
    Permit 200511027232 $$$ $1,500,000

    Seismic retrofit (umb upgrade) new restrooms. general procedures facade under separate permit per drawing. new standpipe under separate permit.

  6. Feb 2006
    Permit 200602073955 $$$ $300,000

    Remove of existing facades on post and grant re-clad facades with glass curtain walls both post and granit.

  7. Mar 2006
    Permit 200603227278 $$$ $140,000

    Original seismic upgrade permit issued under permit application 2005/11/02/7232. this application includes revisions to approved seismic drawings plus base building m.e.p. and fire protection installation. no tenant improvement under this application, only base building work.

  8. Jun 2006
    Permit 200606164278 $$$ $40,000

    Revision to permit application 200511027232. construct an electrical vault per pg & e specifications in the basement of 185 post street. vault to extend beneath sidewalk of post & grant streets. work with in public r.o.u (encroachment & street improvement) to be separate permits.

  9. Nov 2006
    Permit 200611147647 $$$ $905,000

    Work to construct new elevator lobbies at bsmnt and ground floors including new sheetrock, finishes, lighting and ducting.work also includes new cooling tower and fan. work also includes new bae building hvac stub outs on floors 2 thru six.seismic upgrades approved under app #200511027232/200603227278.

  10. Dec 2007
    Permit 200712100083 $$$ $680,000

    Exterior facade alteration for jewelry store at ground floor. signage under separate permit. u factor for exterior glazing to be.77 min.

  11. Dec 2007
    Permit 200712110223 $$$ $1,000,000

    Int. ground floor renovation of retail space, including stock & office rooms. work includes new partitions, fixtures, finishes. mechanical., electrical, plumbing, no exterior work under this permit. fire protection under seperate permit.

  12. Apr 2008
    Permit 200804038701 $$$ $300,000

    6th floor-tenant improvement, new non-structural partitions and doors. mechanical, electrical, life safety shall be on seperate permit.

  13. May 2008
    Issued Permit 200805202448 $$$ $325,096

    5th floor: tenant improvement -new prtitions and doors, new temp glass walls. millwork, new ceiling, , electrical. mechanical under a separate permit. valuation reduced because mechanical was removed fromscope of work.

  14. Jul 2008
    Permit 200807096329 $$$ $250,000

    4th floor-install partition walls, suspended ceilings and flooring. sprinklers, mechanical & electrical under seperate permit.

  15. Aug 2008
    Permit 200808068518 $$$ $248,000

    Interior remodel to include partition walls, ceiling, flooring. mechanical, electrical, plumbing on 2nd & 3rd floor. fire spinkler and fire alarm under seperate permit.

  16. Jan 2009
    Permit 200901129951 $$$ $325,096

    T.i. at 5th fl, non-structural partion walls, for offices, conference rm and pantry, cabinets, counters, shelves. mechanical, electrical, plumb are under separate permit, building is fully sprinklered.

  17. Jan 2015
    Issued Permit 201501206145 $$$ $75,000

    New elevator connecting basement through 3/f; provide new stair connecting ground to second floor.

  18. Jan 2024
    Permit 202401184174 $$$ $215,000

    5th fl ti includes demolition of non structural partitions and building new non structural partitions. all new or revvised meps, life safety work will be design build and submitted for permit separately. building fully sprinklered.

  19. Mar 2025
    Permit 202503101871 $$$ $225,000

    6th fl - ti, demolition of non-structural partitions and building new non-structural partitions; all new or revised mep, life safety, fire alarm & sprinklers if needed will be design build & submitted separately.

DBI holds 131 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 131. 17 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 10 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.

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