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District 6 · Block 3701, Lot 022 · ZIP 94103

93–99 9th Street

Hotel

  • 4 stories
  • 27,072 ft2
  • 7,500 ft2 lot area
  • 23 residential units
  • 118 rooms
  • 6 bathrooms
  • Zoned C3G
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  1. July 6, 1910

    Martin M. Fennell contracted for excavation, filling, concrete work on a building for the Diamond estate company.

    The San Francisco Call, 6 July 1910, p. 15
  2. 1911

    Built.

  3. October 1971

    The hotel was operating as the Potter, a standard-condition residential hotel counted at 108 units with nine vacancies.

    URS Research Company / Arthur D. Little, Inc., Yerba Buena Center Public Facilities and Private Development: Environmental Impact Report (draft), prepared for the City and County of San Francisco, 1973.
  4. May 1984
    Permit 8405659 $$$ $3,500

    Install shower stool bring present electric to code erect.

  5. Jun 1988
    Permit 8807852 $$$ $39,760

    Replacement installation of 123 windows in hotel.

  6. Apr 1989
    Permit 8906777 $$$ $12,000

    Add 2 massage room & a handicap restroom.

  7. Sep 1989
    Permit 8916890 $$$ $18,000

    Repair and rebuild bathroom in second, third and 4th floors.

  8. Dec 1989
    Permit 8924442 $$$ $32,400

    Reroofing.

  9. May 2001
    Permit 200105290130 $$$ $800,000

    Siesmic retrofit existing masonry structure.

  10. Apr 2003
    Permit 200304253132 $$$ $1

    Rev. to orig. permit application 32001/05/29/0130: foundation, cross wall below 2nd grid 6.5.

  11. Jul 2004
    Issued Permit 200407289987 $$$ $5,000

    Completion of work ap#200105290130 & 200304253132.

  12. Dec 2004
    Permit 200412131249 $$$ $3,000

    Revision to permit application 2004/11/19/9762 move bathroom to different location.

  13. Jan 2006
    Permit 200601313456 $$$ $110,000

    Remove and reframe non structural walls, electrical, plumbing, counters/cove, flooring/finishes, new equipment. no exterior. signage under separate permit.

  14. Jan 2008
    Permit 200801313676 $$$ $5,000

    Change of use from massage parlor to medical cannabis dispensary. interior painting, replace flooring and general maintenance.

  15. Jan 2009
    Issued Permit 200901280964 $$$ $9,000

    Revision to permit application 200804089076, voluntary extend fire alarm system into commercial area per eid inspector, add 2 power supplies, 3 smoke detectors, 6 heat detectors, 7 pull stations, 3 stroes, 33 horn/strobes, 4 (7 amo hr 120) batteries, removing 1 control module & 12 horns.

  16. Sep 2018
    Issued Permit 201809139980 $$$ $15,000

    One unit: fire repair. replace in kind. no structural damage. repair drywall, replace carport, and paint.

  17. Nov 2018
    Issued Permit 201811206405 $$$ $7,000

    Like for like fire alarm replacement. replacing facp, smoke detectors, manual pulls. existing notification devices will be used as originally designed. this satifies and is in compliance with u.l. standards.

  18. Oct 2024
    Permit 202410072461 $$$ $5,000

    Change of use from medical cannabis dispensary to retail general market. to comply with nov 202427441, 200225321 & 2024003678enf. comply with info sheet da-02 attached. remove awning; reverse security gate swing.

  19. Apr 2026
    Issued Permit 202604219823 $$$ $20,000

    New store front.

  20. Apr 2026
    Issued Permit 202604239987 $$$ $20,000

    Door and window replacement.

DBI holds 53 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 53. 1 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 8 expired permits are not shown.

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