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District 6 · Block 3706, Lot 048 · ZIP 94103

785 Market Street

Office building

  • 18 stories
  • 93,455 ft2
  • 8,500 ft2 lot area
  • 2 residential units
  • 238 rooms
  • 22 bathrooms
  • Zoned C3R
  • Historic resource
  • Sold November 17, 1997
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  1. 1907

    Built.

  2. January 24, 1907

    Otis Elevator Company contracted for four electric elevators on the Humboldt Bank, at $40,300.

    The San Francisco Call, 24 January 1907, p. 12
  3. 1908

    The Humboldt Bank Building, designed by architect Frederick H. Meyer.

    Architecture, Planning & Preservation Professionals: A Collection of Biographies, adopted 2021
  4. Oct 1981
    Permit 8109088 $$$ $200,000

    Additions alterations or repairs.

  5. Nov 1982
    Permit 8209127 $$$ $150,000

    Building use: office.

  6. Apr 1983
    Permit 8302818 $$$ $95,000

    Additions alterations or repairs.

  7. Dec 1983
    Permit 8312411 $$$ $145,000

    Install steam to hot water heat.

  8. Apr 1984
    Permit 8404355 $$$ $158,000

    Install new partitions, doors, suspended acoustical ceiling.

  9. Jun 1984
    Permit 8406921 $$$ $95,000

    Install new partitions suspended ceiling, & lighting.

  10. Jul 1984
    Permit 8407664 $$$ $190,000

    Install new partition, ceiling, lighting, power & phone outlets.

  11. Jul 1984
    Permit 8407663 $$$ $180,000

    Install new partitions interior windows, doors ceilings.

  12. Nov 1984
    Permit 8412387 $$$ $135,000

    Const.new partttions, ceiling, light, power & phone cutlets.

  13. Aug 2010
    Permit 201008239318 $$$ $275,000

    Ground floor tenant improvement for men's wearhouse. new interior finishes & m.e.p. fire alarm & sprinkler under seperate permit.

  14. Aug 2010
    Issued Permit 201008239330 $$$ $30,000

    Remodel of existing historic lobby on grond floor.

  15. Apr 2012
    Permit 201204118081 $$$ $120,309

    Interior improvements on 2nd fl. reconfigure non structural partitions, new mep distribution, new and relocated lighting. new and relocated door to hardware. upgrade toilet room.

  16. Mar 2013
    Permit 201303212761 $$$ $102,466

    4th floor-inter ti-conversion of multi-tenant floor to single tenant. removal of rated corridor & associated rated doors. new interior non structural paritions, new m.e.p distrib., new & relocated lighting, relocated doors & hardware. new finishes. accessible plumbing upgrades as part of disable acc.

  17. Apr 2013
    Permit 201304295676 $$$ $173,390

    Removal of existing ceiling height partitions doors and hardware. new interior non structural ceiling hght partions, new and relocated cieling grids, tiles and lighting, relocated doors and hardware, new finishes, etc. replacement of existing cabinetry and plmg & office coffee room.

  18. Oct 2017
    Issued Permit 201710030159 $$$ $75,000

    One for one fire alarm replacemernt project. provide new fire alarm system per pre-application meeting minutes dated 12/21/2016.

  19. Mar 2019
    Permit 201903054427 $$$ $3,500

    13th floor only t.i. add 1 new partition existing stair and elevator lobby to remain as is patch & repair existing finishes.

  20. Apr 2019
    Permit 201904057205 $$$ $185,000

    #1000: tenant improvement: demolition of non load bearning walls construction of new partition, doors, relocation of sink and new finishes.

  21. Apr 2019
    Permit 201904057201 $$$ $127,000

    Suite 950: tenant improvement: demolition of non load bearning partitions construction of new partition, doors, relocation of sink and new finishes. maher n/a.

  22. Apr 2019
    Permit 201904107599 $$$ $210,000

    8/f: suite 800 - demolition of non-load bearing partitinos, construction of new partitions, doors, frames, hardware; relocation of sink and addition of new finishes. maher n/a.

  23. Jan 2020
    Permit 202001222479 $$$ $424,519

    5th fl; this project involves modification of existing t.i. to include selective demolition and construction of non load bearing partitions, new ceiling grid and tiles, new light fixture and new switching, new office doors and frames, and reuse of existing selected materials if practicable, millwork, new sink and.

  24. Jan 2020
    Permit 202001222474 $$$ $417,490

    3rd fl; this project involves modification of existing t.i. to include selective demolition and construction of non load bearing partitions, new ceiling grid and tiles, new light fixture and new switching, new office doors and frames, new millwork, new sink and new finishes.

  25. Jan 2020
    Permit 202001222478 $$$ $362,866

    4th fl; this project involves modification of existing t.i. to include selective demolition and construction of non load bearing partitions, new ceiling grid and tiles, new light fixture and new switching, new office doors and frames, saluage and refuse of selective materials if practicable, new millwork.

  26. Nov 2020
    Permit 202011128738 $$$ $1

    5th fl: deferred electrical for permit application 202001222479. title 24.

  27. August 25, 2026

    Day Around the Bay: 95-Foot Illuminated Installation Launches on Market Street — SFist

DBI holds 162 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 162. 3 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 1 expired permit is not shown. The assessor's roll gives 1907; this address is recorded as built 1908.

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