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1525–1529 Grant Avenue

North Beach · San Francisco, CA 94133

  • Built 1911
  • Hotel
  • 3 stories
  • Zoned NBEACH
  • District 3
  • Historic status: historic resource
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12,690 sq ftBuilding area
3,950 sq ftLot area
42Rooms · 8 baths
  1. 1911

    Built to the design of John A. Porporato, whose North Beach work the city's survey documents.

    North Beach Historic Context Statement, adopted 2022
  2. 1927

    A speakeasy of about six hundred square feet operated in the basement of this building, beside a bocce ball court; the premises later became Mooney's Irish Pub.

    North Beach Historic Context Statement, adopted 2022
  3. Oct 1972

    Created during job card conversion on: 04/19/84.

    Expired Permit 0415127 $$$ $40,775
  4. 1982

    Recorded in the city's 1982 survey of North Beach, adopted by the Board of Supervisors in 1999, as a contributor to the Upper Dupont Street / Grant Avenue District.

    North Beach Historic Context Statement, adopted 2022
  5. Aug 1982

    Building use: hotel/retail.

    Complete Permit 8207093 $$$ $10,000
  6. Dec 1982

    Fire damage no sturctural.

    Complete Permit 8210362 $$$ $4,000
  7. Apr 1983

    Total interior rehabilitation.

    Expired Permit 8302863 $$$ $340,000
  8. Feb 1984

    Install new 3" fire sprinkler thruout building.

    Expired Permit 8401575 $$$ $14,600
  9. Jun 1984

    Create an office/fire sprinklers/new electrical.& plumbing.

    Complete Permit 8406116 $$$ $150,000
  10. Aug 1984

    Erect approx.. 55 lineal feet of non-bearing partition walls.

    Complete Permit 8408327 $$$ $5,000
  11. Sep 1984

    New roof deck with screen wall, arber, & planters.

    Cancelled Permit 8409976 $$$ $33,000
  12. Dec 1984

    Install fire sprinkler for basement & 1st floor.

    Complete Permit 8412856 $$$ $8,000
  13. Mar 2004

    To comply sro hotel retroactive sprinkler installation ordinance 170-2 alleration the 0 4" existing.

    Complete Permit 200403259639 $$$ $25,000
  14. Jun 2004

    Add communicator to monitor existing water flow device.

    Issued Permit 200406045558 $$$ $1,000
  15. Jul 2009

    Install new double-sided, non illuminate projecting sign.

    Complete Permit 200907203001 $$$ $1,500
  16. Oct 2011

    Replace existing finishes with new, replace in kind with new shower, toilets and sinks for common area residential restrooms (bathroom remodel).

    Expired Permit 201110056206 $$$ $38,000
  17. Nov 2011

    Reroofing.

    Issued Permit 201111289591 $$$ $20,000
  18. Jun 2013

    To comply with ordinance 029-13 only- installation of grab bars in sro at the following locations. grab bars install for toilet rooms. 2 toilet rooms for each floor. total of 4 toilet rooms.

    Complete Permit 201306250473 $$$ $550
  19. Sep 2018

    (residential). ab-004 housing project-soft story retrofit 2016 cebc appendix a-4.

    Complete Permit 201809140185 $$$ $140,000
  20. Sep 2018

    (comemrcial). ab-004 housing project-soft story retrofit 2016 cebc appendix a-4.

    Complete Permit 201809140179 $$$ $70,000
  21. Oct 2020

    100% affordable 34 sro units full non.structural rehabscope includes: new paint, flooring, fixtures, lighting, hardware in common area and units. mep duct work.newretrofit windows on floors 2&3. wood on grant side & clad on cadel place. exterior paint no work performed in the public right of way.

    Complete Permit 202010217056 $$$ $5,800,000
  22. Jun 2022

    Fire only: modification of existing sprinkler monitoring system to accomodate 2 hi rooms. 33-l and 5-c. this will requre us to replace the existing facp & all existing devices. we will be installing nw lf horns in all residential units & nw sounders, and strobes, sd, and co detectors in the h.i. rooms.

    Complete Permit 202206095963 $$$ $80,000
  23. May 2023

    Revision to bpa#202010217056, common shared kitchen revisions on 2/f & 3/f, change appliances, shelving, sink type from original permit. no residential guestrooms will be removed.

    Complete Permit 202305238339 $$$ $30,000
  24. Sep 2023

    Ground fl. pendents to be switched to ur 1st fl. pendents to be flipped to ur add (1) in 2nd & 3rd fl. hallwlay.

    Complete Permit 202309196850 $$$ $38,000
  25. Oct 2023

    Revision changes permit application 202206095963, per meeting with sffd we ae making the following changes, add 3 strobes @ 1/f, add 5 horn strobes @ 1/f, add 2 horn strobes @ basement, add remote annunciator @ 1/f, removed all mps except 1 @ the facp, add maps @ remote annunciators @ annunciators.

    Complete Permit 202310138598 $$$ $30,000
  26. Dec 2023

    Evacuation maps fabrication & installation (1st, 2nd, 3rd fl).

    Complete Permit 202312051949 $$$ $3,300
  27. Jan 2024

    Revision to approved soft story permits 201809140185/1079. includes removing and replacing concrete sidewalk at public right of way and infilling 2 existing vaults under sidewalk.

    Filed Permit 202401244521 $$$ $50,000

DBI holds 27 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 27. 1 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits.

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