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1601–1625 Post Street

Japantown · San Francisco, CA 94115

  • Built 1968
  • Hotel
  • 2 stories
  • Zoned NC-3
  • District 5
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17,729 sq ftBuilding area
3,660.13 sq ftLot area
2Rooms · 2 baths
  1. Nov 1984

    Install chemtron system in basement.

    Expired Permit 8411790 $$$ $5,087
  2. Jul 1985

    Add restaurant & kitchen between hotel & building at post st.

    Complete Permit 8507272S $$$ $3,000,000
  3. May 1986

    Remodel kitchen, revision to p.a. #8507272.

    Complete Permit 8606022 $$$ $100,000
  4. Sep 1988

    Demolition, build new partition walls, upgrade mechanical, electrical, plumb.

    Expired Permit 8814154 $$$ $160,000
  5. Jan 1991

    Alterations to existing hotel restaurant, relocate bar, kitchen.

    Cancelled Permit 9100938 $$$ $175,000
  6. Mar 1991

    New port cochere canopy entrance, new masonry planter.

    Complete Permit 9103229 $$$ $300,000
  7. Apr 1993

    Renovat of 7 guest suits in annex portion of miyako hotel.

    Disapproved Permit 9306046 $$$ $100,000
  8. Jan 1995

    Replace air conditioning chiller in basement with smaller unit.

    Expired Permit 9501202 $$$ $140,000
  9. Mar 2000

    Remodel of existing restaurant soft demolition install accessible ramp accoustic ceiling soffit partition tread.

    Expired Permit 200003255385 $$$ $120,000
  10. Aug 2007

    Inerior non strutural partitions furring and portron of new ceiling demolition/remove existing non strutural partitionsm furnature, lightf features, exist stair, ramp. revise existing out to new layout. new wheelchair lift, new finishes-flooring, paint, etc.

    Expired Permit 200708028594 $$$ $250,000
  11. 2009

    Recorded in the city's 2009 survey of Japantown as the Kabuki Hotel, one of the redevelopment-era hotels built near Japan Center and Buchanan Mall in a Japanese-inspired modern style.

    Japantown Historic Context Statement, May 2009
  12. Oct 2009

    Construct 1 l shaped pond sculpture. construct 1 fish pond sculpture. millwork at bathroom, fire retardant millwork entry feature, all are cosmetic details. 1 roof feature on seperate permit.

    Issued Permit 200910078509 $$$ $121,600
  13. Dec 2011

    Installation of a wireless telecommunication facility consisting of 12 antennas & 7 equipment cabinets.

    Complete Permit 201112211146 $$$ $125,000
  14. May 2012

    Reroofing.

    Complete Permit 201205291397 $$$ $77,500
  15. May 2015

    Reroofing.

    Complete Permit 201505216924 $$$ $345,000
  16. Oct 2015

    Expand fitness center to replace meeting rooms, increase square footage from 395 sq ft to 2850 sq ft.

    Complete Permit 201510079079 $$$ $180,000
  17. Nov 2015

    Demolish mezzanine level above lobby, decrease sq. footage and occupant load. total is 1, 206 sq ft 121 occupant load is reduced. mep, life safety deferred.

    Issued Permit 201511303755 $$$ $90,000
  18. Dec 2015

    Fire alarm system like for like system replacement per sffd approved plan of action, 1 facu upgrade, 7 transpondere upgrade, 1 led annuncciator, 1 voice panel, 55 pulls, 61 smokes, 2 heats, 21 duct smoke with replay.

    Issued Permit 201512185528 $$$ $63,000
  19. Feb 2016

    Renovation 156 existing guest rooms and common space such as corridors from level 4 to 16 in the tower only. no square footage is added. total proposed work is 70, 368 sq ft occupant load is unchanged. separte mep permit.

    Complete Permit 201602190034 $$$ $200,000
  20. Mar 2016

    The scope of work for the annex building involves renovation of existing guestrooms & common areas. there will be 7 new rooms added to the existing structure but no square footage will be added or alterated.

    Complete Permit 201603081496 $$$ $200,000
  21. Mar 2016

    The lobby & garden levels involves adding a pantry, a bar & two unisex restrooms. it will also demolish the existing stairs by the entry.

    Complete Permit 201603253085 $$$ $200,000
  22. Nov 2016

    Fire alarm t.i. to tower guest rooms. 2 power supplies, 40 smoke detectors, 13 sounder base smokes, 26 strobes, 52 speaker/strobes, 156 speakers. ref app#201602190034.

    Issued Permit 201611082263 $$$ $150,000
  23. Mar 2018

    Replace like-for-like: speakers, speaker-strobes, smoke sensors with std base and with sounder base in hearing impaired rooms; strobes in hi rooms, remove& cover existing horns in corridor, work is confined to guest rooms & corridors, ref 201512185528.

    Complete Permit 201803204122 $$$ $75,000
  24. Jun 2018

    Interior remodel of an existing restaurant, new configuration of mezz & 1st floor with occupant loads, new type i hood and fan, new teak wood rated class b and new stairwell to mezz. sffd assembly permit req.ul300, sprinklers, fire alarm sep/permit.

    Complete Permit 201806252835 $$$ $2,500,000
  25. Sep 2018

    Ground floor mep t.i. for restaurant. ref permit application 201806252835.

    Complete Permit 201809180578 $$$ $750,000
  26. Feb 2025

    Front of the building t-mobile: remove 3existing antennas + 1existing cabinet, install 6new antennas within 3new frp screens, instal 2new, install 12new batteries <70kwh + <50 gallons electrolytes, relocate existing electrical tric panel, install new meter.

    Issued Permit 202502079897 $$$ $125,000

DBI holds 121 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 121. 16 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits.

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