188 Spear Street

1. June 18, 1970

   Three buildings, all slated for demolition, stood at the corner of Howard and Spear Streets. The City Planning Commission approved, with six conditions, a garage for about 140 cars in the basement and lower floors of a proposed 13-storey office building with ground-floor shops at Howard and Spear Streets.

   San Francisco City Planning Commission minutes, San Francisco Public Library (Internet Archive)
2. 1973

   Built.

3. Apr 1982

   Permit 8202734 $$$ $20,000

   Additions alterations or repairs.

4. Nov 2006

   Issued Permit 200611178045 $$$ $8,300,000

   Proposed vertical addition removing existing penthouse and constructing 4 new stories with full floor plates, new structure will be steel moment frame and mechanical will be variable air volume-replace 3 existing elevators.

5. Jul 2012

   Permit 201207265875 $$$ $1,163,000

   8th floor phase 1-full floor tenant improvement in multi-tenant building including selective demoition, partitions, ceiling & finishes. electrical, mechanical, plumbing & life safety to be design build under separate permit.

6. Aug 2012

   Permit 201208096968 $$$ $3,489,000

   7th floor: full floor t.i. in multi tenant building including selective demolition, partitions, new kitchenette, ceiling and finishes. electrical, mechanical, plmg, and life safety to be design/build under seperate permit.provide full area detection for delayed egress per cbc-2010 sec. 907.3.2.1.

7. Aug 2012

   Permit 201208167529 $$$ $1,163,000

   4th floor: full floor t.i. in multi tenant building including selective demolition, partitions, new kitchenette, ceiling and finishes. electrical, mechanical, plmg, and life safety to be design/build under seperate permit.

8. Aug 2012

   Permit 201208167530 $$$ $1,163,000

   3rd floor: full floor t.i. in multi tenant building including selective demolition, partitions, new kitchenette, ceiling and finishes. electrical, mechanical, plmg, and life safety to be design/build under seperate permit.

9. Sep 2012

   Issued Permit 201209149792 $$$ $275,000

   Mechanical & electrical plabs for 3rd floor tenant improvement in multi tenant building. including selected demolition, partitions, ceilings, and finishes. fire safety alarm & sprinkler under separate permit. (defer sumittal for permit application 2012 0816 7530).

10. Oct 2012

    Permit 201210111820 $$$ $1,280,000

    T.i. on the 11th floor including new offices and associated mechanical and electrical work. fire and life safty under seperate permit.

11. Oct 2012

    Permit 201210111822 $$$ $1,280,000

    T.i. on the 12th floor including new offices and associated mechanical and electrical work. fire and life safty under seperate permit.

12. Oct 2012

    Permit 201210152027 $$$ $890,000

    2nd floor: partial floor t. i. in multi tenant building including selective demolition, patitions, ceiling, and finishes. 1 hour rated won door. public assembly permit required from sffd 698 second st. electrical, mechanical, plmg and life safety to be design/build on separate permit.

13. Nov 2012

    Permit 201211284997 $$$ $1,280,000

    Ti in partial area of the 10th floor including open offices, lounges, pantries, meeting room, server room & associated mechanical & electrical work. ls & sprinklers under separate permit. new horizontal exit- panic harware reired on assembly exit doors- new a-3 occupnacy.

14. May 2013

    Permit 201305207356 $$$ $1,500,000

    Interior tenant improvement for partial area of 9th floor including new open office, private office, conference rooms, idf closet. new mep system. life safety and sprinkler work under sepparate permit. no structural work is to be excuted under this permit.

15. Jun 2013

    Permit 201306260511 $$$ $720,000

    10th floor: tenant improvement on the 10th floor including open offices, private offices, conference rooms, and associated mechanical & electrical inlcuding new vav boxes & (3) new fire dampers and new lighting, life safety & sprinklers under separate permit.

16. Jun 2014

    Permit 201406118142 $$$ $825,000

    9th floor: interior tenant improvement on the 9th floor, partial area including new private offices, new conference rooms and new mep systems, life safety and sprinklers under separate permit; compliance with ord 155-13 not required. skyfold doors under deferred submittal.

17. Jun 2014

    Permit 201406168429 $$$ $2,080,000

    Commercial tenant improvement including selective demolition, interior partitions, ceilings, lighting, casework, floor finishes, glazing, furniture, mechanical, plumbing, and electric.

18. Jun 2014

    Permit 201406168430 $$$ $2,080,000

    Commercial tenant improvement including slective demolition, interior partitions, ceilings, lighting, casework, floor finishes, glazing, furniture, mechanical, plumbing, electrical.

19. Jun 2014

    Permit 201406239080 $$$ $1,040,000

    Commercial tenant improvement including selective demolition, interior partitions, ceilings, lighting, finishes, furniture, mechanical, plumbing & electrical. f/a and sprinklers under separate permit. n/a ordinance #155-13.

20. Jul 2018

    Permit 201807104076 $$$ $1,955,000

    11th fl: interior tenant improvement to demolition & construct new partitions, doors, glazing, millwork, finishes, lighting/power and mechanical system. fire sprinklers and alarms on separte permit. maher na.

21. Oct 2018

    Permit 201810112919 $$$ $1,960,000

    12th floor: t.i. to construct new partitions, doors, millwork, finishes, and mep systems. life safety and sprinklers on separate permit.

22. Nov 2018

    Permit 201811156050 $$$ $2,000,000

    Partial fl ti on the 4th & 8th fl to include selective demolition, new partitions, ceiling, lighting, finishes and new unisex restroom. mep under sep permit.

23. Dec 2018

    Permit 201812138242 $$$ $1,950,000

    9th floor: t.i. to construct new partitions glazing doors, millwork, finishes, and mep systems. fire sprinklers/life safety on seperate permit. n/a for maher.

24. Feb 2019

    Permit 201902263813 $$$ $1,240,191

    Ti on 10th fl - to construct new partitions, doors, finishes, glazing, millwork, and ceilings. mep, fire alarms, and sprinklers on separate permits. determine occupancy load for assembly area. maher n/a.

25. Mar 2019

    Permit 201903074652 $$$ $720,995

    Revision to app#201902263813 to convert partrial break room area to coffee bar with full service and storage area to kitchen prep. & title 24 mep to construct mechanical, electrical and plmg system on 10th floor. n/a for maher.

26. Sep 2020

    Permit 202009194548 $$$ $500,000

    Partial ti to floors 2, 3, 5, & 6, to include selective demolition, new partitions, ceiling modifications, lighting replacement & finishes. mep under separate permit.

DBI holds 372 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 372. 9 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 1 cancelled permit is not shown. A CTS project profile records the original building's completion in 1972; the assessor records 1973.