480 Sutter Street

1. July 17, 1969

   The City Planning Commission approved, with eight conditions, a parking garage for about 115 cars in the proposed Knott Hotel of about 440 rooms, in a C-3-G district.

   San Francisco City Planning Commission minutes, San Francisco Public Library (Internet Archive)
2. 1972

   Built.

3. Nov 1992

   Withdrawn Permit 9219918 $$$ $260,000

   Sprinkler retrofit.

4. Jan 2008

   Permit 200801182843 $$$ $1,500,000

   5th to 9th floor- int.remodel of hotel rm & corridors, work incl. bath remodel thru-out, including new sinks, toilets, lighting, upgraded ada baths/showers, new carpets, paint fixtures finishes in rooms & corridors thru-out, new vending machines, new fitness gym on 7th floor only.fire protection sep permit.

5. Mar 2008

   Issued Permit 200803066503 $$$ $186,500

   T.i. for hotel basement, including new partitions & offices, minor upgrades to storage & computer network rooms, addition of 1 hr. rated exit corridor. removal of existing ada lift & installation of new ramp. removal of 1 stairway new lighting & mechanical. no exterior work.

6. Mar 2008

   Permit 200803177277 $$$ $1,500,000

   Int. remodel of hotel rooms & corrridors for floors 10-15. work includes bathroom remodel thru-out including new sinks, toilets, lighting, upgrade ada baths & showers; new carpets, paint, fixt, finishes in rooms & corridors thru-out.new vending machines relocated. fire protection under separate permit.

7. May 2008

   Permit 200805142063 $$$ $1,500,000

   Interior remodel of hotel rooms & corridors for fls 16-20. includes bathroom remodel thru-out, including new sinks, toilets, finishes, lighting, new carpets, finish lighting in corridors thru-out. ada bathrms to be upgrades, vending machines, ice machines relocated, fire protection under separate permit.

8. May 2008

   Issued Permit 200805162267 $$$ $4,991,000

   T.i. for 1st & 2nd fl of existing hotel work includes re-configuring of hotel lobby with new open stair to 2nd fl. new meeting rooms on 2nd fl. also exterior facade to be altered on powell & sutter streets up to 2nd fl. fire protection under seperate permit. & occupant load verification.

9. May 2008

   Permit 200805303274 $$$ $1,500,000

   Interior remodel of hotel rooms and corridors for floors 21-25. work includes bathroom remodel throughout including n sinks, toilets, finishes, lighting, n carptets finishes, lighting in corridors, throughout ada bathrooms to be upgraded. vending and ice machines relocated. fire sep perm.

10. Jul 2008

    Permit 200807086221 $$$ $1,466,500

    Ti on the 2nd floor. reconfiguration of banquet kitchen eqpmt and addition of an office. reconfiguration and addition of doors to meeting rms, reworking of finishes and millwork thru-out. reworking of mep thruout area of work. fire safety under separate permit.

11. Sep 2008

    Permit 200809030666 $$$ $1,500,000

    26th-29th floors-t.i. for guestrms on floors 26-29, work includes replacing toilets, vanities, flooring, lighting in all guestrm bathrms, replacement of some tubs, new paint, fixtures, furnishings. work in corridors includes new finishes, paint, carpet, lighting. no exterior work. fire protection sepera.

12. Dec 2008

    Issued Permit 200812128426 $$$ $269,000

    Exterior glazing and store front systems, 1st and 2nd floors submitted for deffered approval. reference main building permit permit application 2008/05/16/2267.

13. Dec 2008

    Issued Permit 200812249181 $$$ $254,000

    New exterior composite metal panel cladding - submitted as a deferred to main building appl #200805162267.

14. Jul 2012

    Permit 201207114532 $$$ $900,000

    4th floor: remove 5 existing air handlers and replace with new. new app#201203297108 issued 4/6/12.

15. Dec 2016

    Permit 201612296229 $$$ $2,000,000

    Renovate existing guestrooms and corridors. misc upgrades for accessibility (maher na).

16. Oct 2018

    Permit 201810032141 $$$ $147,000

    Renovate existing lobby level - renovation to include demolition and construction of new walls, new interior glass pivot doors and new finishes throughout.nw stone top at existing buffet & existing bar hvac is existing to remain. nw lighting & electrical under separate permit. modification to existing ada bar.

DBI holds 172 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 172. 16 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 11 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.