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District 2 · Block 0628, Lot 014 · ZIP 94115

CPMC Pacific Heights

2333 Buchanan Street

  • Building
  • 73,150.66 ft2 lot area
  • Zoned RM-2
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  1. 1963

    In 1963 the City Planning Commission authorized a master plan for the Pacific Medical Center, drawn up by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, under which the dental school and research building at Clay and Webster Streets were built.

    San Francisco City Planning Commission minutes, San Francisco Public Library (Internet Archive)
  2. March 6, 1969

    The Pacific Medical Center, a teaching hospital known for heart surgery and mental health services, occupied buildings vacated by Stanford University on a site used for medical purposes for about 87 years. The City Planning Commission approved in part, with conditions, the Pacific Medical Center's request: final plans for a first-stage 311-bed hospital (expandable to about 500 beds, eight storeys and 155 feet above Buchanan Street) partly over Clay Street, an enlarged campus boundary, and a 400-car garage, subject to staff height and siting guidelines for a revised master plan.

    San Francisco City Planning Commission minutes, San Francisco Public Library (Internet Archive)
  3. 1970s

    Designed by Roslyn Lindheim, a leading figure in the design of modern healthcare buildings and founder of Planetree, whose work sought healthier and more humane settings for people in institutional care.

    Architecture, Planning & Preservation Professionals: A Collection of Biographies, adopted 2021
  4. September 2, 1971

    The Pacific Medical Center comprised a 250-bed hospital, research and teaching buildings, a dental school and a medical library; a new 311-bed hospital was under construction and a 395-car garage at Webster and Clay Streets had been completed.

    San Francisco City Planning Commission minutes, San Francisco Public Library (Internet Archive)
  5. September 30, 1971

    On the Pacific Medical Center site, around the former Clay Street right of way between Webster and Buchanan Streets, a six-floor, 311-bed hospital was under construction, engineered for two further floors, beside an existing 95-foot dental building. The City Planning Commission voted 6-1 to approve, with conditions, a master plan for expanding Pacific Medical Center to a 500-bed teaching hospital, including height limits on several buildings and two floors removed from building H-2.

    San Francisco City Planning Commission minutes, San Francisco Public Library (Internet Archive)
  6. 1972

    Built.

  7. June 15, 1972

    The City Planning Commission approved, by 6-1 and with five conditions, the final preliminary plans for the first phase of the Pacific Medical Center professional office building: six floors of clinic and office space over a 210-space garage opposite Clay and Buchanan Streets, with no building permit until a revocable permit for traffic controls on Buchanan and Clay Streets was approved.

    San Francisco City Planning Commission minutes, San Francisco Public Library (Internet Archive)
  8. May 26, 1977

    Only six floors of the Pacific Medical Center's main hospital building had been built of the eight the City Planning Commission authorised in 1971 (Resolution 6759); its institutional master plan was heard this day.

    San Francisco City Planning Commission minutes, San Francisco Public Library (Internet Archive)
  9. Nov 2011
    Permit 201111179119 $$$ $235,000

    6th floor & roof - renovate existing acu to add 4 recovery beds in out-patient ambulatory care unit - involves partitions, ceilings, casework, hvac, plumbing.

  10. Mar 2012
    Permit 201203196344 $$$ $325,000

    6th floor & basement -renovate existing ies for a procedure room, patient toilet & staff locker/toilet room involves partitions, ceiling, hvac, plumbing, & electrical. add electrical equipment in the basement.

  11. Oct 2012
    Permit 201210091563 $$$ $990,000

    Install electrical panel, special purpose receptacel, 1-phase branch circuits in existing new data closet on each floor with assoc it rack & anchorage on most floors. build 2 new data closets into storage rms in 2nd & 4th floor. provide a new groudning bar in new closet. install hvac unit on roof supply chelle.

  12. May 2013
    Permit 201305298116 $$$ $180,000

    Stes: 512 & 514: remodel of existing clinic, selective removal of existing parttions, finishes, case work, ceilings, etc. insulation of new non rated partitions, casework, doors and finishes. mep under seperate permit. sprinklers and alarm under seperate permit.

  13. Jan 2016
    Reinstated Permit 201601126881 $$$ $120,000

    Voluntary access barrier removal, remodel doors in acccessible path of travel, replace & provide new accessible signage, remodel public toilets on all floors, add cane detection crossbars @ drinking fountains & exterior standpipe, striping at stairs, parking striping, new handrails at ramp.

  14. Oct 2016
    Permit 201610130208 $$$ $750,000

    1/f & 4/f- voluntary access barriers removal, provide accessible signs, remodel exam. rooms & offices #104, 114, 115, 116, 151 to be fully accessible, remodel unisex toilet room 119 to be fully accessible, remove barries to access with floor office, modify sacremento street entrance & registration count.

  15. Nov 2017
    Permit 201711214570 $$$ $3,000,000

    Renovate an existing shelled space to create an inpatient pharmacy to support 1st floor cancer infusion. all work on 5th floor.

  16. May 2018
    Permit 201805159146 $$$ $1,000,000

    G/f: renovate an existing conference room and toilet room into an outpatient infusion suite and new single occupancy toilet room. the remainder of the existing infusion department will be paint, have 3 new sinks added and a door removed such that 2 rooms may be completely separated. life safety def.

  17. Mar 2019
    Permit 201903125023 $$$ $3,000,000

    2nd fl: selective demolition and partial ti. work includes: new acessible toilet roomsl new partitions, ceilings and finishes; associated modifcation to existing poweder/data, lighting and existing hvac; new roof mounted condensing units. mep under seperate permit.

  18. Mar 2019
    Permit 201903195641 $$$ $425,000

    Floors 1, 4 & 5 - selective demolition minor ti work on portions of floors. new non-bearing partitions, ceilings, finishes. floors 2 & 3 limited hardware changes. barrier removal under permit application 201511182992. new accessible toilets. mep included.

  19. Mar 2019
    Permit 201903195657 $$$ $350,000

    5th floor: t.i. of cosmetic srgery/ breast surgery clinic. work included new accessible toilet rooms. idf room, partitions, ceiling and finishes, new power data, lighting and hvac.

  20. May 2019
    Permit 201905312201 $$$ $78,000

    Stanford building 6: demolish (e0 dressing room. demolition existing handwash sink.build new dressing rooms ( one accessible): install one accessible sink and casework. add furring and acoustical wall to reading room. replace flooring and paint.

  21. Mar 2020
    Permit 202003066406 $$$ $21,000

    Bpa #2019-0312-5023. fire alarm tenant improvement on existing spectronix mx fire alarm system. adding 77 chime strobe, 3 duct detector, 12 smoke detector, 2 power supplies and 1 door holder relay.

  22. Aug 2020
    Permit 202008282842 $$$ $128,306

    Reroofing. commercial reroofing, tearoff built-up roof. install gaf everguar 80 mil tpo roofing system. 8, 140 sq ft. class a.

  23. Oct 2022
    Permit 202210285388 $$$ $1,949,365

    Remodel of existing linear accelerator and control room.replace of existing linear accelelatro equipment.staff toilet room upgrade. this is an osphd 3 building.

  24. Mar 2024
    Permit 202403198157 $$$ $450,000

    Lvl 1: selective demolition & partial t.i.: new accessible toilet rm. new partitions, ceilings & finishes. associated modification to e) power/ data, lighting & e) plumbing to save new department layout.

  25. Sep 2024
    Permit 202409191183 $$$ $270,000

    Rooftop air cooler chiller replacement.

  26. Oct 2024
    Permit 202410283879 $$$ $36,820

    Level 1: fire alarm ti: adding 1 power supply, 1 relay, 17 strobes and 11 horn strobes to existing spectronics mx addressable fire alarm system, 36 smoke detector are being replaced with new and in kind. ref ti permit 202403198157.

  27. Mar 2026
    Issued Permit 202603238116 $$$ $1,300,000

    Level 00: tenant space build out for urgent care space. work includes new partitions, doors, restrooms, archorage for equipment, and finishes. mep included.

DBI holds 171 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 171. 40 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 6 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.

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