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District 6 · Block 0836, Lot 007 · ZIP 94102

53–55 Oak Street

112-unit building

  • 12 stories
  • 95,848 ft2
  • 10,227 ft2 lot area
  • 369 rooms
  • 135 bathrooms
  • Zoned C3G
  • Historic resource
  • Sold November 24, 2015
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  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
    Permit 8712768 $$$ $25,000

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

  3. Nov 1990
    Issued Permit 9024049 $$$ $20,000

    Parapet repairs and roof repairs per plans.

  4. Jun 1996
    Permit 9610639 $$$ $85,000

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

  5. Mar 2003
    Permit 200303270869 $$$ $130,000

    Siesmic upgrade special procedure & general procedure with shear frames.

  6. 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
  7. Nov 2013
    Permit 201311222657 $$$ $41,000,000

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

  8. May 2016
    Permit 201605278583 $$$ $100,000

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

  9. May 2016
    Permit 201605278586 $$$ $60,000

    To demolish 1 story art gallery building.

  10. Jun 2016
    Permit 201606109685 $$$ $200,000

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

  11. Jun 2017

    Streetspace.

  12. Sep 2020
    Issued Permit M1222107 $$$ $244

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

  13. 2021

    Current structure built by Richard H. Harms.

  14. Jan 2021
    Issued Permit 202101283524 $$$ $1

    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 **.

  15. Apr 2024

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

  16. Oct 2024
    Issued Permit 202410032216 $$$ $150,000

    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.

  17. Aug 2025
    Permit 202508274013 $$$ $75,000

    820 square vergola prefab patio cover iapmu #0532.

7 nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits are omitted from the timeline. 2 expired permits are not shown. The assessor's roll gives 2021; this address is recorded as built 1929. The survey dates this building to 1929; the assessor's 2025 roll gives the parcel a year built of 2021. Recorded, not reconciled.

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