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District 6 · Block 3776, Lot 041 · ZIP 94107

Shreve & Company Factory

539 Bryant Street

  • Office building
  • 4 stories
  • 55,616 ft2
  • 20,000 ft2 lot area
  • 14 rooms
  • 4 bathrooms
  • Zoned MUO
  • Historic resource
  • Sold March 24, 2017
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  1. 1912

    Built as the Shreve & Co. Factory, an excellent example of a large-scale industrial loft with Classical Revival ornamentation. It was put forward for San Francisco Landmark designation.

    Central SoMa Historic Context Statement, adopted 2016
  2. 1912

    Shreve & Company Building, designed by Nathaniel Blaisdell.

    Architecture, Planning & Preservation Professionals: A Collection of Biographies, adopted 2021
  3. May 1, 1912

    Healy-Tibbitts Construction company contracted for clearing, excavating, piling, etc on a four-storey class B reinforced concrete building, then going up, at $10,600.

    The San Francisco Call, 1 May 1912, p. 19
  4. November 9, 1912

    Under construction for Shreve & Co.: a four-storey fireproof concrete factory faced in glazed brick, with very large windows, finished inside like an office building.

    The San Francisco Call, 9 November 1912, p. 13
  5. February 1, 1913

    The Hibernia Bank lent Shreve & Co. $30,000 to complete the factory. Site as recorded: The south corner of Bryant and Zoe streets.

    The San Francisco Call, 1 February 1913, p. 12
  6. February 18, 1913

    A builder contracted for the painting, varnishing, glazing and finishing of a four-storey class B building, at $3,750. Lot as recorded: 123 by 160. Cross streets: S corner of Bryant Street and Zoe, lot 123 by 160.

    The San Francisco Call, 18 February 1913, p. 15
  7. Feb 1982
    Permit 8200810 $$$ $1,700,000

    Building use: office.

  8. Feb 1982
    Withdrawn Permit 8200809 $$$ $286,000

    Additions alterations or repairs.

  9. Feb 1982
    Withdrawn Permit 8200807 $$$ $17,000

    Additions alterations or repairs.

  10. Jun 1982
    Permit 8205353 $$$ $427,791

    Additions alterations or repairs.

  11. Jun 1982
    Permit 8205354 $$$ $90,000

    Additions alterations or repairs.

  12. Oct 1987
    Permit 8714294 $$$ $51,000

    Install office walls tenant improvements.

  13. Apr 1988
    Permit 8804830 $$$ $50,000

    Ti, new walls, doors, finishes with lunchrm sink, electrical.

  14. Dec 1988
    Permit 8819700 $$$ $50,000

    New partitions, electrical wiring & lighting.

  15. Feb 2012
    Permit 201202104005 $$$ $125,000

    Installation of an unmanned wireless facility of 12 panel antennas and associated equipment per case #20110270 c.

  16. Dec 2012
    Permit 201212206641 $$$ $450,000

    1st floor/suite #100-demolition some existing walls, construct new walls, new kitchen, new lighting. the scope work also include upgrade to existing common restrooms that are outside the tenant space to make fully compliant. this includes demolition, new walls, fixutre, lighting & ceiling.

  17. Mar 2013
    Permit 201303061625 $$$ $50,000

    Suite 100: new lighting and electrical paritions. ref 201212206641.

  18. Mar 2013
    Permit 201303293365 $$$ $117,910

    Reroofing.

  19. Jun 2018
    Permit 201806212600 $$$ $51,000

    At&t modification r&r 6existing antennas with 6 new antennas; install 9new rrus and other small equipment; install new batteries.

  20. Sep 2019
    Permit 201909050768 $$$ $1,200,000

    Ti on 3rd floor - new non structural partitions new doors & hardware. new millwork, finishes and furniture systems. mep under sep permit.

  21. Oct 2019
    Permit 201910073687 $$$ $250,000

    Mep for ti provide new vrf system and exhaust new lighting & power system for tenant space. ref 201909050768.

  22. Mar 2022
    Permit 202203079346 $$$ $55,000

    At&t: modification to an unmanned telecom facitity. r/r 9 antennas, 4 rudomes, 3 rrus and relocate 1 rru at sector c on new mt. install 3 new #6 awg dc power trunks, 3 new 1/4" fiber trunks, new rf safety signs and barriers on rooftop, 3 new dc9 power trunks. r/r 20 batteries. install 12 new.

  23. Dec 2025
    Issued Permit 202512222361 $$$ $50,000

    T-mobile roof-top wireless facility via 6409 eligible facitlity request. removal and replacement of existing antennas and ancillary equipment within existing lease area and the installation of 3 new antennas and new steel supporting structure.

  24. Aug 2026
    Filed Permit 202608106298 $$$ $89,646

    Tenant improvement remodel including new enclosure at basement level elevator hoistway opening and a new smoke draft curtain at 2nd and 4th floor elevator hoistway opening.

DBI holds 66 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 66. 2 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 7 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.

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