651 Brannan Street

1. October 29, 1910

   Work had begun on the John Deere Plow Company's $225,000 warehouse for its Pacific Coast and Oriental trade, running 250 feet from Brannan through to Bluxome with 137:6 on each: four storeys and basement of flat-slab concrete, with provision for a fifth, a spur track and 12,000-pound electric elevators, to be finished in about eight months. Norman R. Coulter, architect; the J. R. Bowles Company, builders.

   The San Francisco Call, 29 October 1910, p. 11
2. 1911

   Built.

3. Jan 1988

   Permit 8800469 $$$ $250,000

   Partitions, ceiling tile, floor carpet, doors, sprkrs.

4. Nov 1993

   Permit 9319844 $$$ $365,655

   Enterprise zone/tenant improvement on 1st fl., warehouse.

5. Jul 1998

   Permit 9812551 $$$ $35,000

   Provide support at 3rd floor for equipment ti for 3rd floor.

6. Jul 1998

   Permit 9813272 $$$ $1

   Revise on ap #9812551 install emergency generator.

7. Sep 2008

   Issued Permit 200809181950 $$$ $225,000

   1st floor main lobby remodel. renovate facade at main entry for new covered exterior walkway.

8. Nov 2011

   Issued Permit 201111229399 $$$ $221,433

   Demolition and construction of new glazing in 2nd fl tenant space, new interior partitions, doors, glazing within existing tenant spaces. restrooms and drinking fountains will be upgraded for accessibility reasons. portion of existing 2nd fl tenant space.

9. May 2015

   Permit 201505075650 $$$ $2,000,000

   2nd floor: t.i. project involves modification of existing tenant space to include non-load bearing partition, new ceilings, and light fixtures and a new interconnecting stair between 1st and 2nd floor.

10. May 2015

    Permit 201505075624 $$$ $2,000,000

    3rd & 4th floors: ti - modification of existing tenant suite to include construction of no load bearing partitions, new ceilings and light.

11. May 2015

    Permit 201505115885 $$$ $650,000

    Basement/1st floor: ti - addition of food service area, barista. basement level trash & maintenance to include construction of non load bearing partitions, millwork, ceilings. compliance with maher ordinance no 155-13 note required.

12. May 2015

    Issued Permit 201505126009 $$$ $1,000,000

    1st floor: ti - new ada restrooms and shower room, new non load bearing partitions. ceiling and millwork. maher na.

13. May 2015

    Permit 201505126008 $$$ $100,000

    3rd & 4th floors: mep ref permit application 2015 0507 5624.

14. Jun 2015

    Issued Permit 201506027780 $$$ $100,000

    2nd floor: ele/plumb for ti. ref pa 2015 0507 5650. maher na.

15. Jul 2015

    Permit 201507201899 $$$ $750,000

    1st floor. t.i mechanical and electrical work for kitchen. ref#201505115885.(architectural). n/a for maher ordinance.

16. Aug 2015

    Issued Permit 201508113927 $$$ $33,430

    New fire alarm system for a tenant improvement to an existing building to include: (1) facu (5) amps (1) annunciator (5) power supplies (173) speaker/strobes (82) strobes (10) relay modules (20) monitor modules (1) pull station (45) smoke detectors (1) heat detector (1) beam detector. n/a for maher ordin.

17. May 2016

    Permit 201605278617 $$$ $3,000,000

    Construction of non load bearing partitions, new cielings, light fixtures, new office doors, frames, new millwork and finishes.

18. Jan 2024

    Issued Permit 202401184198 $$$ $575,000

    Electrical work, replacement of roof-mounted generator, replacement of ats and addition of mts in 3/f electrical room, and addtiion of portable genrator connection cabinet in basement.

19. Apr 2024

    Permit 202404119781 $$$ $349,294

    1st floor: selective demolition and modification of existing non-load bearing partitions. construction of new operable non-rated partitions and related soffit.

20. Apr 2025

    Permit 202504224946 $$$ $250,000

    1st fl: to includes demolition of non bearing partitions, millwork and partial ceiling; relocation of existing storefront entry doors and construction of new non load bearing partitions, security turnstiles and ceiling. scope also includes related power/data and lighting.

DBI holds 153 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 153. 6 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 6 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.