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District 6 · Block 3799, Lot 007 · ZIP 94107

655–695 Townsend Street

148-unit apartment building

  • 4 stories
  • 266,911 ft2
  • 89,432 ft2 lot area
  • Zoned M2
  • Not a historic resource
  • Sold December 4, 2001
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  1. Aug 2004
    Permit 200408232280 $$$ $1,000,000

    Reinstate 200202260083 expired in error by dbi this was an alteration to issued site 9921812s.

  2. 2006

    Built as an apartment building.

    Showplace Square / Northeast Mission Historic Resource Survey, adopted 2011
  3. Jun 2006
    Issued Permit 200606224729 $$$ $75,000

    New restaurant remodeling including counter, backroom type i hood, t-bar ceiling. less than 49 person.

  4. Jul 2006
    Issued Permit 200607186857 $$$ $60,000

    Install partitiona, replace ceiling tiles-no exterior work.

  5. 2008

    Built.

  6. Oct 2011
    Permit 201110247446 $$$ $65,000

    Change of use from retail to med services (massage parlor)-demolition of non structural partitions, new plumbing fixtures, finishes. electrical, lighting, plumbing, mechanical fire sprinklers and fire alarm under seperate permits.

  7. Apr 2013
    Issued Permit 201304295648 $$$ $100,000

    Interior t.i to an existing retail/cafe space. new work includes installation of new partitions, equipment, fixtures and furnishings, electrical and plumbing work.

  8. Sep 2014
    Issued Permit 201409186661 $$$ $300,000

    Change of occupancy, interior t.i. for a full service restaurant in 2 previously occupied businesses, tenant space is on street level of multi story building. provide new kitchen & kit. equip. new partition walls, new wall & floor finishes & new lights, existing ada compliant restrms, existing front entries.

  9. Feb 2015
    Permit 201502259255 $$$ $150,000

    T.i. existing retail space & vacant adjacent retail space for new larger retail space. work includes new non bearing partitions, renovate toilet room, new storage room, new floor and wall finishes throughout. mechanical & lighting, fire sprinkler & fire alarm under seperate permit, n/a ordinance #155-13.

  10. Jan 2017
    Issued Permit 201701207603 $$$ $75,000

    T.i. to reconfigure showroom. locate office near sample room. n/a for maher.

  11. Apr 2018
    Permit 201804035332 $$$ $79,000

    Renovation of interior finishes, cabinetry, lighting, equipment and associated mechanical/electrical/ plmg. alarm and sprinklers under sep permit n/a for maher.

  12. Dec 2021
    Permit 202112073895 $$$ $125,000

    Remove existing floor finishes, add new drywall partitions, floor finishes, frp wainscott, new plmg fixtures and restaurant equipment. mep work under seperate permit. fire alarm & sprinkler under seperate permit. all on ground foor.

  13. Nov 2022
    Issued Permit 202211307435 $$$ $1,200,000

    Mercantile tenant improvement for ground floor space in a newly constructed existing shell building includes open showeroom space, smaller display spaces, employee offices, office support areas, and restrooms.

  14. Apr 2023
    Permit 202304135654 $$$ $50,000

    Merchantile tenant improvement/alterations to existing ground floor retail space. the project includes open shower room display spaces. total area of tenant improvement 2400 sfqt. existing hvac system to remain.

  15. Jun 2024
    Permit 202406053737 $$$ $200,000

    Demolition, new walls, new mechanical, new plumbing, new electrical. space is changing from thai restaurant to new bagel shop.

DBI holds 196 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 196. 15 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 11 expired permits are not shown. The assessor dates the building to 2008; the city's 2011 survey of Showplace Square and the northeast Mission dates it to 2006.

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