2500 16th Street

1. 1925

   Built as a commercial building, concrete construction, recorded as occupied by San Francisco Society for the Prevention of the Cruelty to Animals. Designed by C. Heller.

   Showplace Square / Northeast Mission Historic Resource Survey, adopted 2011
2. 1929

   Expanded.

   Showplace Square / Northeast Mission Historic Resource Survey, adopted 2011
3. 1932

   Expanded at the southwest corner.

   Showplace Square / Northeast Mission Historic Resource Survey, adopted 2011
4. 1939

   Expanded to the east.

   Showplace Square / Northeast Mission Historic Resource Survey, adopted 2011
5. Aug 1982

   Permit 8206385 $$$ $18,000

   Building use: office.

6. Jan 1989

   Permit 8900189 $$$ $64,300

   Handicap bath renovation on 2nd fl, general alteration.

7. Aug 1991

   Permit 9114402 $$$ $45,000

   Roof canopies supported by stl brackets to be installed.

8. Feb 1997

   Permit 9702728 $$$ $70,000

   Install fire sprinkler extension for new structural.

9. Mar 1999

   Permit 9904860 $$$ $150,000

   Regrading site and adding new paying, new catch basins.

10. Jun 2007

    Permit 200706275285 $$$ $75,000

    Replace lower portion of existing courtyard stair (to 2nd floor entrance) due to cracking. re-configure existing parking lot layout.

11. Apr 2008

    Permit 200804119444 $$$ $70,800

    Replacement of existing air cooled chiller at roof.

12. Nov 2013

    Permit 201311212519 $$$ $440,000

    T.i. for existing spca middle building, work includes new partitoins, millwork, equipment, & new connection to adjacent building (permit application 2013.1120.2436). no exterior work, mep & fire protection under separate permits. (demolition permit #2013.0607.8983 under separate building).

13. Jul 2014

    Permit 201407151269 $$$ $20,000

    Scope of work limited to demolition of non-structural interior wall partitions, windows, doors. n/a ordinance #155-13.

14. Aug 2014

    Permit 201408184057 $$$ $600,000

    Dog park (spca) @ vacant lot. previous building was demolished (under permit application 201306078983). site disturbance, work in public right of way limited to sidewalk & curd modification & treching for new sewer lateral.

15. Aug 2014

    Permit 201408184035 $$$ $500,000

    T.i.- of 1st and 2nd story of portion of building, 6, 453 s.f. scope includes new partitions, exterior scope of work includes new windows/doors where missing; separate permit for structural; maher n/a.

16. Dec 2016

    Permit 201612205422 $$$ $30,000

    Rev to #201408184035, t.i. of 1/f & 2/f (6, 453 sq ft). revision scope includes modification of spray on acoustic tile at ceiling & added window scope; structural work for shaft floor opening, canopy; window widening. maher n/a.

17. Jan 2017

    Permit 201701056545 $$$ $90,000

    Package unit & hot water plant for reheat vav system. two floors served with vav boxes. scope includes boxes & distribution duct. exhaust fans for toilets. ref permit application 201408184035 & ref rev building permit # 201612205422. n/a maher ordinance. n/a maher.

18. Feb 2017

    Permit 201702240042 $$$ $50,000

    1/f restroom- revision to 201408184035 and permit revision 201612205422 tenant improvement. revised scope includes modifications to 1st fl restroom.

19. Mar 2017

    Permit 201703020521 $$$ $300,000

    1st & 2nd floor: lighting & power installation maher na ref ti 201408184035.

20. Mar 2017

    Permit 201703020523 $$$ $125,000

    Exterior lighting at new dog park maher na ref ti 201408184057.

21. Nov 2021

    Permit 202111021603 $$$ $950,000

    Interior t.i. convert two healthy cat wards to a new surgical suite, convert two isolation cat wards to a dentistry and scrub in area.

DBI holds 53 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 53. 6 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 8 expired permits are not shown. The survey's data table dates the building to 1925; its own note says the present building was built in 1926.