1401 California Street

1. 1959

   Cala Foods store, designed by architect Kinji Imada; now a Trader Joe's and a CVS.

   Architecture, Planning & Preservation Professionals: A Collection of Biographies, adopted 2021
2. 1960

   Cala Foods, whose saddle-shaped roof — designed by the San Francisco architect Dudley Wynkoop to mimic butterfly wings — is a striking piece of Modern grocery design.

   Modern Architecture and Landscape Design Context Statement, adopted 2011
3. 1961

   Built.

4. Nov 1986

   Horizontal extension, new wire & liquor addition.

   Complete Permit 8613750 $$$ $95,000
5. Feb 1996

   Horizontal addition.

   Complete Permit 9601799 $$$ $120,000
6. Jul 1998

   Bank branch office t/1 within exist market/new hvac unit.

   Filing Permit 9813071 $$$ $120,000
7. Oct 1999

   Resurfacing prking area-cosemetic repair work-handicap req'd.

   Expired Permit 9920746 $$$ $20,000
8. Jul 2001

   Minor tenant improvement with minor electrical & plumbing, interior finishes, new fixtures.

   Cancelled Permit 200107032918 $$$ $450,000
9. Nov 2011

   Voluntary structural upgrade per asce-41-06-building is to remain vacant until seperate tenant improvement permits are reviewed & approved by the dept of building inspection.

   Complete Permit 201111158956 $$$ $82,000
10. Nov 2011

    Interior non structural demolition only-all work to comply with sfbc ab-017.

    Complete Permit 201111158935 $$$ $26,000
11. Nov 2011

    Partial exterior demolition and partial renovation of the core and shell.

    Complete Permit 201111309782 $$$ $950,000
12. Apr 2012

    Ti for new pharmacy. work includes new partitions, fixtures, finishes, new mep. no exterior work. fire protection under separate permit.

    Complete Permit 201204248990 $$$ $450,000
13. May 2012

    Furnish & install sprinkler system for newly remodeled building. 1st floor garage system & 2nd floor full system backflow preventor & fire dept connection, 6-inch underground fire service (476 sprinklers).

    Complete Permit 201205251297 $$$ $125,000
14. May 2012

    Tenant improvement for new trader joe's retail space-work includes new partitions, fixtures, finishes, equipment. new m.e.p, new restrooms. no exterior work, fire protection under seperate permit.

    Complete Permit 201205301508 $$$ $450,000
15. May 2012

    Install new fire sprinkler water flow monitoring system with elevator and shunt trip recall and shut trip function and fan shutdown in shell space, and fan shut.

    Issued Permit 201205311586 $$$ $6,140
16. Jun 2012

    Documentation of accessibilit in parking area, entry doors, elevators for core upgrade to e building. no construction work.

    Complete Permit 201206142606 $$$ $1
17. Aug 2012

    Underground for sprinkler system from back of curb to face of building (approx 12')- 6 ' underground from 8'' cwm on hyde street- sprinklers under 201205251297.

    Complete Permit 201208026371 $$$ $10,000
18. Aug 2012

    Non-electric, wall, single faced. fabricate and install sign frame onto wall per plans. tenant letters are not in scope.

    Cancelled Permit 201208248219 $$$ $16,000
19. Aug 2012

    Quantity: 2. non-electric, wall, single faced. fabricate and install sign frame per plans. tenant letters are not included.

    Cancelled Permit 201208248220 $$$ $16,000
20. Sep 2012

    Installation of 2 illuminated signs.

    Issued Permit 201209139695 $$$ $10,000
21. Sep 2012

    Tenant improvement sprinkler, lower heads & relocate a total of 47 sprinklers. ti permit application 2012-0530-1508.

    Complete Permit 201209149746 $$$ $6,500
22. Nov 2012

    Furnish & install sprinker system as built drawings. revision to permit application 2012-0525-1297/r1. for loading dock changes.

    Complete Permit 201211093963 $$$ $125,000
23. Nov 2012

    Revision to permit application 201111309782. revised shortcrete design.

    Complete Permit 201211134065 $$$ $15,000
24. Dec 2012

    To add tenant improvement sprinkler heads to new ceiling from existing piping & outlets. 86 total.

    Complete Permit 201212035327 $$$ $12,000
25. Jan 2013

    Remove existing spandrel panels at store front, replace with new aluminum storefront system with clear glass panels to match trader joes.

    Complete Permit 201301258794 $$$ $10,000
26. Jan 2013

    Shelving only to cvs pharmacy approved 201212035330. no other work. uniweb shelving through out store. madix shelving in pharmacy only.

    Issued Permit 201301299021 $$$ $15,000
27. Nov 2022

    Repair existing electric sign: trader joes, cvs pharmacy - no demolition allowed.

    Complete Permit 202211297286 $$$ $20,000

DBI holds 52 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 52. 5 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. The assessor's roll gives 1961; this address is recorded as built 1959. The Modern design context statement dates Dudley Wynkoop's saddle roof to 1960 in its narrative and to 1962 in two of its appendices.