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District 6 · Block 3513, Lot 080 · ZIP 94103

Bekins Warehouse

190 Otis Street

  • Industrial building
  • 7 stories
  • 113,900 ft2
  • 27,500 ft2 lot area
  • 2 residential units
  • 17 rooms
  • 6 bathrooms
  • Zoned CM
  • Historic resource
  • Sold December 22, 2006
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  1. 1906

    The Bekins Warehouse, an unusual concrete warehouse begun before the earthquake and reconstructed in 1909, and the plan area's type example of the warehouse form. Dated 1909.

    Market & Octavia Historic Context Statement, adopted 2007
  2. 1909

    Built.

  3. 1953

    Listed in the city directory as Bekins Van & Storage.

    Market & Octavia Historic Context Statement, adopted 2007
  4. August 24, 1972

    A van and storage company's building stood at 190 Otis Street, occupying the remainder of Lot 72 beside the freeway.

    San Francisco City Planning Commission minutes, San Francisco Public Library (Internet Archive)
  5. Apr 1991
    Permit 9106111 $$$ $20,000

    Insall parapet bracing.

  6. May 1997
    Permit 9709378S $$$ $300,000

    Horizontal addition.

  7. Oct 1997
    Permit 9719421 $$$ $120,000

    Auto fire sprinkler system.

  8. Oct 1997
    Permit 9719468 $$$ $25,000

    Remove interior partitions, stiars, elevators, hollow walls.

  9. Jan 1998
    Permit 9801446 $$$ $25,000

    Modify to elevator pit to accomodate, ref appl #9709378s.

  10. Aug 1998
    Permit 9815545 $$$ $50,000

    Rev to project while under const 9709378s.

  11. Aug 1998
    Permit 9816967 $$$ $30,000

    N alarm system in e. building which is in construction.

  12. Mar 1999
    Permit 9905361 $$$ $18,000

    Single-faced electrical wall sign.

  13. May 1999
    Permit 9910620 $$$ $25,000

    Stair from bsmnt to 1st flooor and 7th to 6th floor in blg b.

  14. Jan 2000
    Permit 20000111796 $$$ $3,000

    Non structural sign.

  15. Mar 2000
    Permit 200003013179 $$$ $120,000

    Install stairs h.c. lift strengthen roof diaphragm.

  16. Sep 2008
    Permit 200809292892 $$$ $56,000

    Reroofing.

  17. Dec 2015
    Permit 201512296016 $$$ $20,000

    Erect 4 electric, wall, single faced signs.

  18. Sep 2017
    Issued Permit 201709279693 $$$ $15,000

    East 4" dry stand pipe to be removed and we will be adding manifold at the roof level, stand pipe will stay active. n/a for maher.

  19. Oct 2022
    Permit 202210074025 $$$ $12,500

    1) remove 5 existing steel floor mounted stair/landing structural from east fire escape egress area. 2)provide new exit signs and emergency light fixture as requested. includes repairs to existing 2nd to 6th floor.3)provide new 24/7 led lighting fixtures on floors 2nd through 6th floor. 4)permanently.

  20. Oct 2022
    Permit 202210114110 $$$ $15,000

    Partially comply with nov 201830581 remove 6 jpse va; ves frp, east e; evatopm fore escape-cap permanently; provide (1) new hose valve standpipe @ south fire escape roof location.

DBI holds 42 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 42. 4 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 8 expired or cancelled permits are not shown. The Market & Octavia context statement describes a building of 1906 at this address; the assessor dates the building on this parcel to 1909.

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