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District 6 · Block 3705, Lot 037 · ZIP 94103

The Emporium

825–833 Market Street

  • Office building
  • 11 stories
  • 136,850 ft2
  • 20,987 ft2 lot area
  • 175 rooms
  • Zoned C3R
  • Historic resource
  • Sold June 12, 1992
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  1. 1908

    Built.

  2. Jul 1982
    Permit 8205693 $$$ $2,000

    Additions alterations or repairs.

  3. Mar 1984
    Permit 8403320 $$$ $125,000

    Additions alterations or repairs.

  4. Aug 1984
    Permit 8408771 $$$ $113,870

    Upgrade building's main electrical service to general bgd.

  5. Feb 1985
    Permit 8501701 $$$ $50,000

    Parapet bracing.

  6. Dec 1989
    Permit 8925281 $$$ $50,000

    Paint, electrical. new wall new susp. ceiling.

  7. Apr 1990
    Permit 9006966 $$$ $100,000

    Reapri walls damaged by earthquake, repair building facade.

  8. Mar 1994
    Permit 9403668 $$$ $540,000

    Remodel existing retail space.

  9. May 1994
    Permit 9407801 $$$ $600,000

    Const of a new exterior facade on lower 2 stories.

  10. Dec 1997
    Permit 9725673 $$$ $350,000

    Extension of store.

  11. Apr 2000
    Permit 200004116952 $$$ $29,500

    Fire sprinkler work only.

  12. Aug 2000
    Permit 200008168011 $$$ $65,000

    Propose a handicapp accessible exit to 2nd fl, handicap accsbl restrms, hvac equpment support framin.

  13. Oct 2000
    Issued Permit 200010254015 $$$ $600,000

    Oti-1, snd floor - el, me.ls, sp.

  14. Nov 2000
    Issued Permit 200011014599 $$$ $130,000

    Upgrade life safty system/tie into existing system.

  15. May 2001
    Permit 200105290125 $$$ $110,000

    Install auto fire sprinkler sym from 3/f to 11/f tap in to existing main riser.

  16. Feb 2003
    Permit 200302207866 $$$ $170,000

    Underpinning for 835 market street.

  17. Mar 2011
    Permit 201103293054 $$$ $225,000

    Wallgreens. minor remodel of pharmacy, photo department, new refrigeration and cooler box. general sale fixtures, 3 -comp sink and hand sink.

  18. Apr 2019
    Permit 201904309310 $$$ $49,000

    Reroofing.

  19. Jan 2020
    Permit 202001141837 $$$ $100,000

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  20. May 2022
    Permit 202205023356 $$$ $50,000

    1st fl office lobby 200 sq ft ft renovation. installation of ada compliant turnstile security system in office lobby.

DBI holds 80 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 80. 6 expired or cancelled permits are not shown. A 1998 initial study for the Emporium site development rates the building Category I under Article 11; the Central SoMa survey records it as Category II.

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