2301 San Jose Avenue

1. 1901

   Built 1901 as the San Francisco and San Mateo Railway's company car house and office building at San Jose and Geneva avenues; by the 1920s it housed more streetcars than any other barn in the city's electric-car era.

   OMI Neighborhoods Historical Context Statement, adopted 2010
2. 1944

   Transferred to the Municipal Railway (MUNI) in 1944 along with the rest of the Market Street Railway system.

   OMI Neighborhoods Historical Context Statement, adopted 2010
3. Jan 1983

   New construction.

   Expired Permit 8300205 $$$ $2,847,000
4. Feb 1983

   New construction.

   Expired Permit 8300995 $$$ $39,000
5. Feb 1983

   New construction.

   Expired Permit 8300996 $$$ $14,000
6. 1985

   Designated a San Francisco landmark as the Geneva Office Building in 1985.

   OMI Neighborhoods Historical Context Statement, adopted 2010
7. Jul 1986

   Install a fire sprinkler system to protect the paint booth.

   Expired Permit 8608379 $$$ $11,900
8. Dec 1986

   Soundproofing in meet & greet building.

   Expired Permit 8615325 $$$ $86,100
9. 1989

   Severely damaged in the Loma Prieta earthquake, prompting MUNI to abandon the building for operations.

   OMI Neighborhoods Historical Context Statement, adopted 2010
10. Dec 2001

    Umb-steel barced frame or concrete shear walls.

    Cancelled Permit 200112054571 $$$ $606,000
11. May 2003

    Reroofing. structural repairs (permanent at roof). temporarary seismic stabkizaton. temporary window &.

    Complete Permit 200305154685 $$$ $500,000
12. 2004

    Transferred to the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department for use as an arts and history center, pending rehabilitation funding.

    OMI Neighborhoods Historical Context Statement, adopted 2010
13. Apr 2009

    Upgrade to ada code compliance of the men's & women's locker rooms & path of travel to locker facilities. work is associated with new canopy structure to be submitted under a separate permit.

    Complete Permit 200904065645 $$$ $170,000
14. Jul 2009

    Construction of new metal building for storage of muni trains.

    Complete Permit 200907202982 $$$ $2,105,160
15. Oct 2009

    Design & install new overhead fire sprinkler system at new historic car enclosure. design & install new underground fire water service from property line to new historic car enclosure (includes cathodic protection).

    Complete Permit 200910078501 $$$ $50,000
16. May 2010

    Installation of sprinkler monitoring system.

    Complete Permit 201005182643 $$$ $12,000
17. Jul 2015

    Install circuit from existing electrical panel to new 4 gang receptacvle. install dis server. install 2 antennas on building wall. install radio unit. install cables, hyperflex, cat 5 fiber optic.

    Complete Permit 201507313056 $$$ $20,000
18. Jun 2016

    Work on "power house" part of building only. work includes: rehabilitation, & restoration of exterior facade, seismic upgrade, new mep systems, interior renovations, site improvements, pre-manufactured toilet facility & ramp under separate permit. ** maher: n/a **.

    Complete Permit 201606018886 $$$ $5,050,000
19. Aug 2016

    Install steel frames with gates to provide fall protection system for muni maintenance workers.

    Issued Permit 201608225695 $$$ $1,100,000
20. May 2018

    Ref to permit application 201606018886: foundation for temporary modular/remanufactured restroom facility and access platform to service building owned by city. modular structure certified by state of ca will be filed under separate permit.

    Complete Permit 201805118901 $$$ $140,000
21. Nov 2018

    Revision to permit application 201606018886. t.i to building interior. adjust swing doors, expand electrical rm, convert storage to expanded pantry, addition of 218 sq ft office rm.

    Complete Permit 201811307108 $$$ $100,000
22. Jun 2019

    Install new fa system - include new facu, 1 remote annunciator, 1 cell comm, 1 document box, 1 dual monitoring module for fire sprink system, 1 relay module, 1 monitoring module for emergency power invertor, 1 monitoring module for cell comm, 1 pull station, 1 smoke det, 16 horn strobes & 2 strobes.

    Complete Permit 201906133358 $$$ $20,000
23. Jun 2019

    Ref permit application 201606018886; install overhead sprinkler 81 heads.

    Complete Permit 201906173654 $$$ $37,800
24. Aug 2019

    Fire line install ref pa pp20190308817.

    Cancelled Permit 201908078208 $$$ $100,000
25. Nov 2020

    Interior improvement: upgrade of railing around perimeter of existing equipment platform; capless glass balustrade.

    Complete Permit 202011128748 $$$ $25,000
26. Sep 2025

    Cleaning, selective replacement and patching of bricks on the san jose and geneva ave facades. installation of new gutters and downspouts around the entire building to match existing. in kind repair of four bay windows along san jose ave facade to be protected with a plywood system.

    Complete Permit 202509195721 $$$ $50,000
27. Dec 2025

    Se building: voluntary replacement of the fires alarm syste including a cellular dialer, replace of 38 initiating devices and 5 notification devices and 2 new modules.

    Issued Permit 202512161848 $$$ $45,290
28. Jun 2026

    Fire only work to be obtain as as-built permit for the voluntary replacment of the fire alarm system, initial fire alarm permit application: 202512161848 and these drawings adds 1 smoke detector correction.

    Issued Permit 202606112971 $$$ $720
29. Jul 2026

    Fire only work to obtain as-built permit #2 for the voluntary replacement of the fire alarm system. as-built permit#1 bpa#202606112971 indicated 9 heat detectors when only 2 were existing/replaced. ref bpa#202512161848.

    Issued Permit 202607315863 $$$ $1

DBI holds 29 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 29.