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53–55 Oak Street

Hayes Valley · San Francisco, CA 94102

  • Built 2021
  • 112-unit building
  • 12 stories
  • Zoned C3G
  • District 6
  • Historic status: historic resource
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95,848 sq ftBuilding area
10,227 sq ftLot area
369Rooms · 135 baths
  1. 1929

    Recorded in the city's survey of the Van Ness Avenue automobile corridor as built for use as an auto repair shop. Auto repair shops worked here for 35 years from 1929.

    Van Ness Auto Row Support Structures survey, adopted 2010
  2. Sep 1987

    Fire damage/replace 3 x 16 floor joists (30) replace plaster.

    Complete Permit 8712768 $$$ $25,000
  3. Nov 1990

    Parapet repairs and roof repairs per plans.

    Issued Permit 9024049 $$$ $20,000
  4. Aug 1991

    Voluntarily- roof deaphragm.

    Expired Permit 9114069 $$$ $12,000
  5. Jun 1996

    Repair fire damage to floor joists, wired glass in skylites.

    Complete Permit 9610639 $$$ $85,000
  6. Mar 2003

    Siesmic upgrade special procedure & general procedure with shear frames.

    Complete Permit 200303270869 $$$ $130,000
  7. 2010

    Evaluated in the city's survey of the Van Ness Avenue automobile corridor and given California Register status code 3CS — individually eligible for the California Register, under Criteria 1 and 3.

    Van Ness Auto Row Support Structures survey, adopted 2010
  8. Nov 2013

    Erect 12-story, 1 basement, residential, retail & parking building. maher ordinance applies.

    Complete Permit 201311222657 $$$ $41,000,000
  9. May 2016

    To demolish 1 story auto detailing building. ** maher: disturbance of at least 50 cu.yd. of soil; route to dph **.

    Complete Permit 201605278583 $$$ $100,000
  10. May 2016

    To demolish 1 story art gallery building.

    Complete Permit 201605278586 $$$ $60,000
  11. Jun 2016

    Temporary shoring for new construction at 1554 market st (ref. permit application 201311222657s) maherordinance-extended exempted.

    Complete Permit 201606109685 $$$ $200,000
  12. Jun 2016

    Grading, excavation for foundation for new construction (ref. 201311222657s) ** maher: exempted - see approved letter from dph attached with plan **.

    Expired Permit 201606109693 $$$ $500,000
  13. Jun 2017

    Streetspace.

  14. Sep 2020

    Per permit application 20131122265, add commercial address to block 0836, lot 007 as; 53 oak street. agent z&l properties inc.

    Issued Permit M1222107 $$$ $244
  15. Jan 2021

    Revision to issused permit application 201311222657-s3 (mep) to capture: - electrical impacts of mechanical ve items. - pg & e incoming electrical service coordination. ** maher: n/a **.

    Issued Permit 202101283524 $$$ $1
  16. Apr 2024

    To obtain final inspection for work approved under permit application 201606109693. all work is complete.

    Complete Permit 202404220518 $$$ $1
  17. Oct 2024

    Relocate the egress path on the ground floor. first time tenant improvement of 1-story tenant space for 20-seat hair salon, change of occupancy group from retail (m) to hair salon (b). fire alarm/sprinkler, signage, and mep will be deferred submittal.

    Issued Permit 202410032216 $$$ $150,000
  18. Aug 2025

    820 square vergola prefab patio cover iapmu #0532.

    Complete Permit 202508274013 $$$ $75,000

7 nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits are omitted from the timeline.

The survey dates this building to 1929; the assessor's 2025 roll gives the parcel a year built of 2021. Recorded, not reconciled. Not yet documented: the architect and builder and the early tenants. Submit an update