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180 Townsend Street

South Beach · San Francisco, CA 94107

  • Built 1903
  • Office building
  • 3 stories
  • Zoned SLI
  • District 6
  • Historic status: historic resource
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41,125 sq ftBuilding area
9,997 sq ftLot area

Permit history

  1. Apr 1990

    Set up pre assembled metal panels.

    Expired Permit 9006446 $$$ $6,500
  2. Jan 1994

    Brace parapets & new roofing.

    Complete Permit 9400483 $$$ $80,000
  3. Oct 1998

    Full seismic upgrade & renovation of shell building, stairs, lobb.

    Complete Permit 9821528 $$$ $1,500,000
  4. Sep 1999

    Oti-1 el me ls sp.

    Expired Permit 9920018 $$$ $400,000
  5. Sep 1999

    Oti-1 3rd floor el me sp.

    Expired Permit 9920162 $$$ $400,000
  6. Sep 1999

    Install steel stairs.

    Expired Permit 9920231 $$$ $25,000
  7. Nov 1999

    Mmi 1 bsmnt/1st floor, el, me, ls & sp.

    Expired Permit 9923416 $$$ $350,000
  8. Jan 2000

    Mmi-2 me sp el.

    Expired Permit 9924885 $$$ $175,000
  9. May 2000

    Mm1-basement el, me, l/s, sp.

    Expired Permit 200005018710 $$$ $80,000
  10. May 2002

    Oti-1, grd floor, ltg, mechanical, ls, spr.

    Cancelled Permit 200205317919 $$$ $100,000
  11. Jan 2007

    Interior non structural demolition. no increase in office space.

    Complete Permit 200701292806 $$$ $20,000
  12. Feb 2016

    Selective demolition to existing 2nd floor. new partitions.

    Complete Permit 201602240367 $$$ $25,000
  13. Jul 2018

    Replacement of mechanical system at rooftop. minor structural change to support mechanical equipment. ** maher: n/a **.

    Issued Permit 201807174741 $$$ $415,000
  14. Feb 2019

    Elevator modernization of qualifying historic building. elevator 1: cosmetic, hvac, electrical and equipment upgrades only. no arch or structural work. elevator 2: rebuilding shaft walls, replacing one elevator can, associated structural, mechanical, electrical work.

    Complete Permit 201902112601 $$$ $552,325
  15. Jun 2019

    Lobby level - finish changes with minor associated changes ti mechanical systems; upgrade lighting in stair shaft.

    Cancelled Permit 201906113062 $$$ $85,000
  16. Dec 2019

    Interior renovation for 1st & basement floors. no demolition required (under approved permit application 2019-0719-6425). new non-load bearing walls, includes mep.

    Complete Permit 201912068914 $$$ $1,900,000
  17. Dec 2019

    Interior renovation for 2nd & 3rd floor. no demolition required unde rapproved permit application 2019-0415-7945. new non-load bearing walls includes mep.

    Complete Permit 201912068917 $$$ $1,900,000
  18. Dec 2019

    Replace e 2 story open stairs non egress of level 2 and 3 and extending it down to the 1st fl. floors 1-3 will be atmosphically connected w centrol non egress staircase. ref 201912068914.

    Complete Permit 201912311106 $$$ $31,000
  19. Feb 2020

    2nd fl: 1 booster power supply with syn module, 1 relocate of smoke detector, 15 ceiling/horn strobes, 5 ceiling strobes. 3rd fl: 2 replace wall horn/strobes, 17 ceiling horn/strobes, 8 ceiling strobes n/a maher.

    Complete Permit 202002194793 $$$ $19,000
  20. Feb 2020

    Fire sprinkler for 1st fl & basement: addition of fire sprinklers per new height wlals & partition layout in ref to bpa #201912068914.

    Complete Permit 202002265490 $$$ $74,416
  21. Feb 2020

    Fire sprinkler for 2nd & 3rd fl: addition of fire sprinklers per new height wlals & partition layout in ref to bpa #201912068917.

    Complete Permit 202002265492 $$$ $74,416
  22. Jan 2021

    In-kind door replacement of qualifying historic building.

    Complete Permit 202101152837 $$$ $50,000
  23. Jan 2021

    Tennant improvement/water curtain 1st floor arch permit # 2019.1206.8917.

    Complete Permit 202101213082 $$$ $74,416
  24. Feb 2021

    Basement & 1st floor. (1) remote booster power supply, (43) ceiling horn/strobes, (17) ceiling strobes, (2) wp ceiling strobes, (6) duct det, (1) new facp.

    Complete Permit 202102114519 $$$ $17,000
  25. May 2025

    Reroofing no hot works. cornice only.

    Complete Permit 202505025728 $$$ $40,000

DBI holds 67 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 67. 8 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits.

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