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680 8th Street

South Of Market · San Francisco, CA 94103

  • Built 1956
  • Store building
  • 2 stories
  • Zoned M2
  • District 6
  • Historic status: not a historical resource
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47,628 sq ftBuilding area
41,011 sq ftLot area
30Rooms · 6 baths
  1. 1956

    Built as a commercial building, recorded as occupied by Sobel Design Center.

    Showplace Square / Northeast Mission Historic Resource Survey, adopted 2011
  2. 1967

    Built as a commercial building.

    Showplace Square / Northeast Mission Historic Resource Survey, adopted 2011
  3. Nov 1985

    Cut windows into walls, repair roof & provide skylights.

    Complete Permit 8512435 $$$ $1,500,000
  4. Apr 1986

    Add 163 fire sprinklers to existing systems.

    Complete Permit 8604650 $$$ $17,500
  5. Aug 1987

    Build cafe style restaurant, no flame, no hood, new electrical/plb.

    Complete Permit 8711518 $$$ $40,000
  6. May 1988

    Cut new windows into existing walls off buildings.

    Cancelled Permit 8805881 $$$ $7,000
  7. Jan 1992

    Saw cut ext. conc. wall and add windows.

    Complete Permit 9200368 $$$ $40,000
  8. Nov 1992

    Correct approv permit - show correct entry door config/corrd.

    Expired Permit 9220321 $$$ $1
  9. Aug 1993

    New partition wall-new street entry.

    Expired Permit 9313817 $$$ $3,200
  10. Apr 1996

    Reroofing.

    Complete Permit 9605948 $$$ $27,750
  11. May 1996

    Cti-1 2ndfl, el, me, sp.

    Expired Permit 9609444 $$$ $15,000
  12. Apr 1998

    Paint existing ceiling level concrete floors install 8' walls.

    Expired Permit 9806717 $$$ $19,000
  13. Apr 1999

    Reroofing.

    Expired Permit 9907812 $$$ $69,500
  14. Jun 2000

    Reroofing.

    Complete Permit 200006021596 $$$ $69,500
  15. Dec 2008

    Response to violation #200839192 to interior remodel of a commercial space. new partitions, m.e.p. under seperate permit.

    Issued Permit 200812319394 $$$ $30,000
  16. May 2012

    Space #163-correction of notice of violation #200839192 for existing wholesale-retail door showroom. work includes non bearing partitons, lighting, disabled access upgrade at restrooms. new display cooktop/kitchette. no change to mechanical, no structural work. fire sprinkler under seperate permit.

    Complete Permit 201205231060 $$$ $156,700
  17. Jul 2013

    1)t.i. of 700 sq ft space into spa. 2)upgrade existing unisex bathroom.

    Complete Permit 201307293044 $$$ $20,000
  18. Aug 2013

    Disabled access path of travel barrier removal at g/f including main entrance east side, parking lot entrance, ramp at parking lot, 3 disabled accessible parking spaces, exterior directional signs, ground floor mens & womens toilet rooms and drinking fountain.

    Issued Permit 201308083800 $$$ $29,000
  19. Oct 2013

    T.i. of existing wholesale showroom space #155 to be used as domestic appliance showroom. work includes new non bearing, not rated partitions, lighting, 2 working demonstration kitchens and active laundry desplay, level existing floors and soffit above hood display. mechanical under separate permit.

    Issued Permit 201310250214 $$$ $400,000
  20. Dec 2013

    To erect electric wall sign.

    Complete Permit 201312305276 $$$ $13,000
  21. Jan 2014

    Install hvac supply and return duct work to serve show room and office. install t-24 compliant thermostat.

    Complete Permit 201401317488 $$$ $16,333
  22. Jul 2023

    To comply with abe# 202206081338, including partial sidewalk replacement & power door operator installation. voluntary upgrade of secondary entrances, including partial sidewalk replacement & installation of a wheelchair lift.

    Cancelled Permit 202307051482 $$$ $50,000
  23. Feb 2024

    Perform ordinary maintenance to general advertising sign as specified in attached engineering plans in accordance with planning code section 60a.

    Complete Permit 202402236431 $$$ $5,000
  24. May 2024

    Provide new fa system for the monitoring of the sprinkler. install 4007 es facp; faa communication, smoke detector, pull station, (2) monitor modoules.

    Complete Permit 202405283119 $$$ $10,000
  25. Mar 2025

    Rear ramp-volutary modify the existing ramp at the rear parking lot to comply with current access standards, including new concrete extensions and topping new guardrail and wheel guide new battery powered actuated door closer and new signage.

    Filed Permit 202503202663 $$$ $100,000
  26. Aug 2026

    Barrier removal. installation of new platform lift and related foundation, alteration to existing stairs, handrails, landings and stair tread/nosing guards, new electrical outlet for lift.

    Filed Permit 202608176665 $$$ $50,000

DBI holds 57 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 57. 1 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits.

Not yet documented: the architect and builder, the early tenants and the date of the last recorded sale. Submit an update