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District 3 · Block 0261, Lot 007 · ZIP 94104

American International Building

200–206 Sansome Street

  • Office building
  • 16 stories
  • 63,272 ft2
  • 3,829.5 ft2 lot area
  • 123 rooms
  • 17 bathrooms
  • Zoned C3O
  • Historic resource
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  1. 1927

    Built.

  2. 1927

    A fifteen-story office building with restrained Gothic detail — the most important commercial commission of the partnership.

    The West Slope of Russian Hill: A Historical Context and Inventory of Historic Resources, 2006, revised 2009
  3. Feb 1982
    Permit 8200921 $$$ $28,500

    Additions alterations or repairs.

  4. Feb 2004
    Permit 200402236973 $$$ $95,500

    3rd floor office renovation, partiitons, finishes, carpet. provide new accessibility controls at gro.

  5. Mar 2009
    Issued Permit 200903043305 $$$ $31,136

    Install new elevator controls on all floor. new technology that will provide equivalent facilitaton for path of travel not currently defined by ca title 24. provide new hall stations and announcement in place of traditional call fixtures in lobbies and each landing.

  6. Jan 2010
    Permit 201001295603 $$$ $45,000

    Clearwire. wireless facility: install 1 equipment rack in basement, 2 internet services exchange antennas, 3 panel antennas and 1 gps antenna on roof.

  7. May 2011
    Issued Permit 201105196378 $$$ $600,000

    Voluntary barrier removal in existing toilet rooms on the 2nd thru 16th fl and basement. work includes selective demolition new partitions, ceilings door, finishes, new opening in existing floor, slabs. life safety and fire alarm systems to remain.

  8. May 2011
    Permit 201105196406 $$$ $120,000

    New partitions, new doors, new carpet and linoleum floors. new kitchenette.

  9. Sep 2011
    Permit 201109265453 $$$ $40,000

    Electrical work for ti per 201105196406.

  10. Sep 2013
    Permit 201309106398 $$$ $350,000

    15th & 16th floors-t.i to demolition/remove partitions & wall covering & build new partitions (non load bearing), doors, millwork & finishes. m.e.p, life safety & sprinklers under seperate permit.

  11. Nov 2013
    Permit 201311041016 $$$ $90,000

    Tenant improvement on 8th floor single-tenant floor. the suite is a "b" occ. office space and scope of work includes construction of new paritions. doors, millwork, finishes, and installation of new electrical / data oulets and light fixtures. m.e.p. fire sprinkler & alarm under separate permit.

  12. Nov 2015
    Issued Permit 201511031561 $$$ $85,000

    Suite #100 - remodel of exisitng tenant space - removal of existing interior finishes & minor demolition of interior partioitns, doors & millwork, installation of new electricla devices & relocation of exisitng light fixtures, install new furniture & interior finishes throughout.

  13. Apr 2016
    Permit 201604286004 $$$ $300,000

    Floor: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, b. to complete work and obtain final inspection for work approved under permit application 201105196378.

  14. Jun 2016
    Permit 201606018816 $$$ $27,468

    7th floor fire sprinkler system installation. ref to orig #201105196378 & renew #201604286004. n/a maher ordinance.

  15. Oct 2019
    Permit 201910174809 $$$ $175,000

    Voluntary barrier removal in e toilet r0oms on 3rd fl work includes selective demolition new partitons, doors finishes to install two single occupant all gender rest rooms.

  16. Jun 2020
    Permit 202006299297 $$$ $100,000

    Addition of new partitions, floor finishes, casework, lighting/mechanical deferreed under seperate permit.

  17. Aug 2020
    Issued Permit 202008071318 $$$ $159,000

    12/f: demolition of selective existing partitions, doors, casework, ceiling, lighting fixtures. existing mechanical diffuseres, sprinklers, life safety & fire alarm systems to remain.

  18. Sep 2020
    Issued Permit 202009305588 $$$ $198,218

    12/f: upgrade accessible all gender toilets, selective new partitions, doors, casework, ceilings, light fixtures, mechanical diffuser. maher n/a.

  19. Feb 2021
    Issued Permit 202102013742 $$$ $59,500

    3/f: title 24 electrical compliance. ref permit application 202006299297.maher n/a.

  20. Jan 2024
    Permit 202401103719 $$$ $43,600

    Add (82) fire sprinklers for voluntary owner upgrade. no underground work, not associated with any building permit. on 10/f, 12/f-13/f.

  21. Jul 2024
    Issued Permit 202407267383 $$$ $2,200

    1st floor: add 37 fire sprinklers for voluntary owner upgrade. no underground work. not associated with any building permit.

DBI holds 66 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 66. 2 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 5 expired or cancelled permits are not shown. A 1986 environmental review describes this building as seventeen storeys; the city's Russian Hill context statement describes it as fifteen.

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