1500–1550 16th Street

1. 1952

   Built as the John P. Lynch Company building, later the Pfizer chemical plant.

   Showplace Square / Northeast Mission Historic Resource Survey, adopted 2011
2. Jun 1982

   Building use: offices.

   Complete Permit 8204715 $$$ $20,000
3. Nov 1990

   Tenants improvements refer appl. # 08925211.

   Cancelled Permit 9023803 $$$ $16,000
4. May 1991

   Tenant improvement, arts activity.

   Complete Permit 9107459 $$$ $25,000
5. Oct 1991

   Remodel & enlarge existing mens & women's locker bathroom facilty.

   Complete Permit 9120136 $$$ $24,500
6. Nov 1991

   Reroofing.

   Complete Permit 9121560 $$$ $13,000
7. Mar 1992

   Reroofing.

   Complete Permit 9203752 $$$ $56,866
8. Apr 1997

   Non-structural-interior alteration to existing health club.

   Expired Permit 9706100 $$$ $15,000
9. Apr 1997

   Non structural interior alt to a portion of existinghealth club.

   Expired Permit 9707658 $$$ $81,000
10. Jun 1997

    Provide mens/womens handicapped restrms/accessible lunchrm.

    Complete Permit 9710140 $$$ $60,000
11. Jul 1997

    New accessible ramp/staircase/interior partitions.

    Complete Permit 9713056 $$$ $40,000
12. Nov 2003

    Interior remodel of ground floor existing health club no structural work remove existing n/b walls at lobby.

    Expired Permit 200311261239 $$$ $75,000
13. Jan 2005

    No structural work, fully sprinkled building, existing restrooms m/w on accessible-minor nonstructur.

    Expired Permit 200501102856 $$$ $57,400
14. Oct 2009

    Tenant improvements of existing office. alteration of existing walls. replace existing restrooms w.new 8-vanities, 6-toilets, 3-urinals & 8-showers for accessible restrooms. mechanincal system under separate permit.

    Complete Permit 200910219473 $$$ $78,000
15. Jan 2010

    Heating and air conditioning.

    Complete Permit 201001134701 $$$ $65,000
16. Nov 2011

    Convert 3 existing offices to dance and music class rooms per plan. no work done to exterior.

    Complete Permit 201111108706 $$$ $20,000
17. Aug 2013

    Installation of a manual & automatic fire alarm system including fire alarm control unit, manual pulls station, smoke detector, monitor modules & notification devices.

    Complete Permit 201308154465 $$$ $18,000
18. Aug 2014

    T.i. of existing office. add non-bearing walls for new office rooms. relocate one new restroom, remodle existing breakroom & storage area. reconfigure two existing stairs. n/a maher ordinance.

    Complete Permit 201408113528 $$$ $50,000
19. Dec 2022

    Erect a 5-story, type 1b, laboratory building with a below-grade parking garage.**comply with maher ord#155-13, route to dph**.

    Filed Permit 202212087933 $$$ $27,000,000
20. Dec 2022

    Demolish a 1-story, type 3, office/gym building.

    Filed Permit 202212087897 $$$ $300,000
21. May 2025

    Exploratory work to determine approx. fifteen footings' size/depth/location. all holes to be filled back with slurry. no structural work.

    Complete Permit 202505206897 $$$ $3,000
22. Jun 2025

    1500 16th st was gym, now change of use as #201/2nd fl to business services. 1st/f #101 to be whole sale. 1st fl/#102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107 to be whole sale. demolition e) wall & partitions. construct n) walls, partitions, ada ramps, restrooms, skylights. replace exterior windows & storefronts.n)lights/panels.

    Complete Permit 202506269545 $$$ $320,000
23. Aug 2025

    Install new fire alarm system to monitor fire sprinkler system and provide occupant notification and elevator control functions as required. ref t.i. 202506269545.

    Complete Permit 202508253856 $$$ $10,000
24. Sep 2025

    Revision to permit application 202506269545: 4 storage rooms removed in one unit. 1st floor restroom layout changed: one sink counter added; one unit: restroom layout changed. no exterior work, no change of use, no sidewalk work, and no structural work. fire sprinkler/fa under separate permit.

    Complete Permit 202509225810 $$$ $12,000
25. Oct 2025

    Install new fire sprinkler per nfpa 13 @ new added bathrooms & corridor and relocate sprinkler at break areas. connect to existing system total sprinklers 35. ref permit application 202509225810.

    Complete Permit 202510157394 $$$ $21,735

DBI holds 57 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 57. 1 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits.