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District 3 · Block 0329, Lot 002 · ZIP 94102

838 Market Street

Store building · South of Market

  • 5 stories
  • 41,464 ft2
  • 7,470 ft2 lot area
  • 41 rooms
  • 9 bathrooms
  • Zoned C3R
  • Historic resource
  • Sold April 29, 2022
Land$14,039,781
Improvements$9,359,854
Total assessed$23,399,635
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  1. 1930

    Built.

  2. October 14, 1935

    Photographed, showing the Sommer & Kaufmann store.

    San Francisco Subjects Photograph Collection (SFP 162), San Francisco Public Library
  3. February 19, 1938

    Photographed, showing the Sommer & Kaufmann store.

    San Francisco Subjects Photograph Collection (SFP 162), San Francisco Public Library
  4. March 19, 1949

    Photographed, showing the Sommer & Kaufmann store.

    San Francisco Subjects Photograph Collection (SFP 162), San Francisco Public Library
  5. 1982

    Sommer & Kaufmann Building, 838 Market St was demolished between 1979 and October 1982.

    San Francisco Department of City Planning, The Downtown Plan: Environmental Impact Report, Draft, 1984.
  6. Jul 1985
    Permit 8508066 $$$ $12,000

    Additional work to building for p.g.e. transformer vault.

  7. May 1993
    Permit 9308891 $$$ $15,000

    Tenant improvement, move track lighting, new dressing rm, shelv.

  8. Apr 1997
    Permit 9707171 $$$ $33,000

    Reroofing.

  9. Jul 2002
    Permit 200207292587 $$$ $20,000

    Remove mis. store fixtures fitting rms furred out walls & temporaty partitions to open up the lobby.

  10. Jul 2002
    Permit 200207292583 $$$ $12,500

    Furr out perimeter walls where store fixtures are removed. barrier removal @ existing ramps & toilet.

  11. Aug 2002
    Issued Permit M21450 $$$ $25,000

    Street space permit.

  12. Aug 2002
    Permit 200208164183 $$$ $15,000

    Erect sign for electric, wall, projecting, double faced.

  13. Jun 2012
    Issued Permit 201206192961 $$$ $16,000

    Interior non-structural demolition of existing retail space. all work to comply with sfbc-ab017. ti & mep under seperate permit.

  14. Jun 2012
    Permit 201206273605 $$$ $100,000

    New retail storefront at market st facade.

  15. Nov 2012
    Permit 201211154331 $$$ $750,000

    Interior tenant improvement to existing retail space at basement, 1st floors & 2nd floor. mep & exterior, fire life safety & stairs under separate permit. work to include new partitionsand communicating stairs at level land 2.

  16. Feb 2013
    Withdrawn Permit 201302119971 $$$ $175,000

    Anew unmanned telecommunication facility consisting of a new 147 sq ft equipment lease area & new 329 sq ft antenna lease area with a new 9'-6"x15'-6" steel platform with (3) new rba 72 cabinet, new ciena, new uam, newftp box, new gutter box, & (10) new purcell cabinets with (5) new & (1) f duw & (2) dul unit.

  17. Feb 2013
    Permit 201302119983 $$$ $150,000

    Mep work associated with t. i. under app #2012-11-15-4331.

  18. Mar 2013
    Permit 201303212757 $$$ $15,000

    Basement: installation of storage shelving system. refer app #201211154331.

  19. Apr 2013
    Permit 201304023638 $$$ $5,000

    B 1, 2 floors: revision to appl #2012.11.15.4331: minor architectural & structural revisions, interior work only. fire/life safty under seperate permit.

  20. May 2013
    Permit 201305015849 $$$ $9,000

    New fire protection is added while modifications will be necessary in areas of renovation, all work done on basement, 1st floor and 2nd floor; new fire pump.t.i. #201304023638.upgrade system from lthzdboc. to orh gppm.

  21. May 2013
    Permit 201305136734 $$$ $79,515

    Installation of commercial vrc lift in an existing building.

  22. Jun 2013
    Permit 201306149542 $$$ $18,000

    Install new wetted dry standpipe in existing stairwell number 1 per nfpa14 on basement to 4th floor. add on to permit application 201305015849.

  23. Nov 2013
    Permit 201311152070 $$$ $10,000

    New gas meter room at basement level. work includes mechanical and electrical. and new wall and door to be added in the stairway at the 2nd floor.

DBI holds 57 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 57. 3 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 6 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.

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