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838 Market Street

South Of Market · San Francisco, CA 94102

  • Store building
  • 5 stories
  • Zoned C3R
  • District 3
  • Historic status: historic resource
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41,464 sq ftBuilding area
7,470 sq ftLot area
41Rooms · 9 baths
  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. Mar 1981

    Building use: offcie/com'l.

    Expired Permit 8101903 $$$ $329,000
  6. Apr 1984

    To correct deficiencies.

    Cancelled Permit 8403625 $$$ $100,000
  7. Dec 1984

    Remodel lobby add new baths 3rd 4th 5th floors.

    Expired Permit 8413152 $$$ $78,683
  8. Jul 1985

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

    Complete Permit 8508066 $$$ $12,000
  9. Apr 1992

    Cut hole in concrete slab.

    Expired Permit 9206989 $$$ $24,000
  10. Oct 1992

    Constr display walls. new lighting & floor finishes. upgrades.

    Expired Permit 9216959 $$$ $185,000
  11. May 1993

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

    Complete Permit 9308891 $$$ $15,000
  12. Apr 1997

    Reroofing.

    Complete Permit 9707171 $$$ $33,000
  13. Jul 2002

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

    Complete Permit 200207292587 $$$ $20,000
  14. Jul 2002

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

    Complete Permit 200207292583 $$$ $12,500
  15. Aug 2002

    Street space permit.

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

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

    Complete Permit 200208164183 $$$ $15,000
  17. Jun 2012

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

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

    New retail storefront at market st facade.

    Complete Permit 201206273605 $$$ $100,000
  19. Nov 2012

    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.

    Complete Permit 201211154331 $$$ $750,000
  20. Feb 2013

    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.

    Withdrawn Permit 201302119971 $$$ $175,000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

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

    Complete Permit 201302119983 $$$ $150,000
  22. Mar 2013

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

    Complete Permit 201303212757 $$$ $15,000
  23. Apr 2013

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

    Complete Permit 201304023638 $$$ $5,000
  24. May 2013

    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.

    Complete Permit 201305015849 $$$ $9,000
  25. May 2013

    Installation of commercial vrc lift in an existing building.

    Complete Permit 201305136734 $$$ $79,515
  26. Jun 2013

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

    Complete Permit 201306149542 $$$ $18,000
  27. Nov 2013

    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.

    Complete Permit 201311152070 $$$ $10,000
  28. Aug 2022

    Demolition partition, stairs, elevators, install ada stairs, elevators, and new roof.

    Cancelled Permit 202208049950 $$$ $170,000

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.

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