250 Valencia Street

1. 1906

   Designed by the San Francisco architect Albert Pissis for Levi Strauss & Co.: a heavy-timber frame, wood-clad, single-use industrial building of a kind rarely built in San Francisco after the earthquake, and possibly the only one of its size. The survey's own appendix dates the building 1907.

   Market & Octavia Historic Context Statement, adopted 2007
2. 1953

   Listed in the city directory as Levi Strauss & Co.

   Market & Octavia Historic Context Statement, adopted 2007
3. May 1984

   Handicapped access existing.

   Complete Permit 8405161 $$$ $21,000
4. Jul 1984

   Renovations to existing play area & landscape inclue.

   Complete Permit 8408223 $$$ $20,000
5. Nov 1985

   Laboratory alterations including plumbing electrical.

   Expired Permit 8512678 $$$ $16,250
6. Nov 1986

   Horizontal extension, water heater room.

   Complete Permit 8613945 $$$ $100,000
7. Nov 1988

   Remodel existing space for offices.

   Cancelled Permit 8818721 $$$ $180,000
8. Jun 1993

   Remove existing kini park & install brick paved plaza with planters.

   Expired Permit 9309389 $$$ $130,000
9. Jul 1997

   Addition of display retail space of 2, 000 sq for levis.

   Expired Permit 9713346 $$$ $25,000
10. Oct 2006

    Adaptive remodel of existing levi strauss manufacturing plant. change of use to elementry school. site permit.

    Complete Permit 200610276270 $$$ $11,500,000
11. 2007

    Designated a City Structure of Merit. One of the 148 industrial buildings the survey inventoried as standing in its Industrial Employment Study Area, the mixed industrial and residential district between Market, Howard, 16th and 9th streets.

    Market & Octavia Historic Context Statement, adopted 2007
12. Apr 2007

    Interior non-structural demolition of mechanical & electrical system and non bearing partitions. asbestos abatement. removal of 1/f flooring & rat-proofing on partial floor for soil mitigation work.

    Complete Permit 200704118538 $$$ $135,000
13. Jun 2007

    Excavation in vacant building for new work to be approved under app #2006/10/27/6270s no excavation greater than 5 feet.

    Complete Permit 200706204557 $$$ $76,000
14. Oct 2007

    Erect temporary tower crane.

    Complete Permit 200710044568 $$$ $198,000
15. Nov 2007

    Fire sprinkler system modification for the whole building of a three-story school building. total 1, 524 sprinkler heads.

    Complete Permit 200711087701 $$$ $431,800
16. Dec 2007

    Revision to permit application 2006/10/27/6270-s: changes in stair indications for egress & minor landscaping changes.

    Complete Permit 200712039438 $$$ $30,000
17. Feb 2008

    Temporary building shoring for a 10x10 wood post, interior location (112 total), using 4 point drilled and grouted posts. wall shoring at cut studs for perimeter walls using similar drilled and grouted posts.

    Complete Permit 200802064152 $$$ $85,000
18. Apr 2008

    New fire alarm system, includes addition of 1 pull station, 175 smoke detectors, 13 heat detectdrs, 10 strobes, 97 horn strobes, 7 monitor modules and 7 control relays, includes new 4100n facp and 3 nac extender panels.

    Withdrawn Permit 200804089061 $$$ $36,500
19. Jun 2008

    Bldng is detached from neighbor's prop. temporary shoring only. permeation grouting for foundation underpinning. underpinning of 250 valencia perimeter footings only (no neighbors). (change of use & other construction are under separate permit appl. 200610276270.

    Complete Permit 200806093936 $$$ $30,000
20. Jun 2011

    2nd floor-kitcheh remodel, new casework, counter, appliances & replace light fixtures.

    Complete Permit 201106178337 $$$ $70,000
21. Sep 2011

    Support floor underneath proposed and specified bleachers for gymnasium as per plans. note: no demolition and alterations to building are required. per( ref # 200610276270-s7 plan sheet a6.06).

    Complete Permit 201109295764 $$$ $35,000
22. Mar 2013

    T.i of third floor. classrooms & theater. addition of light court deck on third floor. egress stairs at west elevation. relocating an exist bathroom & adding a unisex restroom.

    Complete Permit 201303132128 $$$ $1,800,000
23. Jun 2013

    Fire sprinkler-t-1 (2nd floor, & 3rd floor). 2nd floor: add (6) pendents, add (2) uprights, relocate (2) uprights. 3rd floor: relo. (6) uprights, add (20) uprights, add (8) pendents & add (119) w.s. heads. total sprinkler heads: 163. owners's appl for building permit: 2013-03-13-2128.

    Complete Permit 201306270667 $$$ $81,500
24. Jul 2013

    New exterior egress stairs h and j at west of building. defereed submittal for permit 201303132128.

    Complete Permit 201307031131 $$$ $50,000
25. Jun 2019

    Build out of a new meeting room within the existing first floor.

    Complete Permit 201906133362 $$$ $21,000
26. July 20, 2022

    Levi Strauss factory

    Named as the most notable of the light industrial spaces in the Mission Dolores neighbourhood after the 1906 earthquake and fire — the shirt and overall manufacturer Levi Strauss, on the block between Clinton Park and Brosnan Street.

    Mission Dolores Neighborhood Historic Context Statement, adopted 2022
27. Jul 2023

    Replace fence and lighting.

    Complete Permit 202307252934 $$$ $40,000
28. Jun 2025

    Reroofing, not hot work.

    Complete Permit 202506259451 $$$ $55,000

DBI holds 46 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 46. 6 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits.