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District 3 · Block 0284, Lot 009 · ZIP 94102

550–560 Sutter Street

Store building

  • 4 stories
  • 27,064 ft2
  • 9,343 ft2 lot area
  • 74 rooms
  • 10 bathrooms
  • Zoned C3R
  • Historic resource
  • Sold April 19, 2006
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  1. 1909

    Built.

  2. 1920s

    A Russian émigré physician kept a second surgery here in the 1920s.

    Nina Bogdan, Russian American Historic Context Statement, San Francisco Planning Department, adopted by the Historic Preservation Commission October 15, 2025
  3. 1950

    Photographed.

    San Francisco Subjects Photograph Collection (SFP 162), San Francisco Public Library
  4. July 5, 1964

    Photographed, showing the Elizabeth Arden and House of Charm.

    San Francisco Subjects Photograph Collection (SFP 162), San Francisco Public Library
  5. Jan 1984
    Permit 8400069 $$$ $8,500

    Contractor will perform demovition for future tenant improve.

  6. Jan 1984
    Permit 8400219 $$$ $150,000

    New drywall stud patitions paint electrical alteration.

  7. Mar 1984
    Permit 8402224 $$$ $10,000

    Install new roof.

  8. Mar 1984
    Permit 8402447 $$$ $5,500

    Structual steel head out foor stairway.

  9. Sep 1991
    Permit 9117919 $$$ $4,000

    Suspended ceiling framing with flourescent light fixtures.

  10. Jan 1997
    Permit 9700207 $$$ $50,000

    Seismic upgrade per plans.

  11. Jun 1997
    Permit 9710214 $$$ $4,000

    Additional floor anchors for 4th floor re: permit application 9700207/r3.

  12. Feb 1998
    Permit 9803124 $$$ $9,000

    Erect sign.

  13. May 1999
    Permit 9909731 $$$ $15,000

    Interior remodeling new lighting new shelfing.

  14. Aug 1999
    Permit 9916695 $$$ $36,000

    Repair of exist brick wall-refer to-9909731 for access compl.

  15. Jul 2004
    Issued Permit 200407269802 $$$ $79,074

    One bathroom handicap accessible, new 8'-0" high one hour rated gypsum board wall, h.cp handrails with.

  16. Mar 2010
    Issued Permit 201003248858 $$$ $2,000

    2nd floor - removal of interior partitions, 2nd floor, vacant space (soft demolition) per ab-017.

  17. May 2010
    Issued Permit 201005263275 $$$ $2,000

    Interior soft demolition of existing vacant office. interior work only.

  18. Aug 2010
    Permit 201008178995 $$$ $33,900

    Construction of an internal non-load bearing cantilevered wall at the 1st floor. upgrade existing ramp to full access compliance. work in the art gallery tenant space only.

  19. Nov 2010
    Issued Permit 201011185265 $$$ $96,500

    Office ti on 2nd, 3rd and 4th floors. barrier removal consisting of replacement of existing accessible bathrooms and existing non-accessible kitchenete ( on 2nd fl), and widening doors on 2nd floor. install new enclosed utility closet and rated air shaft.

  20. Apr 2016
    Issued Permit 201604064099 $$$ $20,000

    4th floor: new lighting & controls on the 4th floor, t-24 compliance; maher n/a.

  21. May 2021
    Permit 202105049731 $$$ $20,000

    Change of use from retail service to bar: new bar & prep area. new plumbing at areas. no structural. no ada. no mechanical. no major electrical. maher n/a.

DBI holds 49 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 49. 14 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 7 expired permits are not shown.

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