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979–989 Market Street

South Of Market · San Francisco, CA 94103

  • Built 1907
  • Office building
  • 6 stories
  • Zoned C3R
  • District 6
  • Historic status: historic resource
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113,026 sq ftBuilding area
16,745 sq ftLot area
10Rooms · 14 baths
  1. 1979

    One of about sixty buildings in the Central SoMa study area given San Francisco Architectural Heritage's top two ratings in the Downtown Survey published as Splendid Survivors.

    Central SoMa Historic Context Statement, adopted 2016
  2. Mar 1982

    Otc alterations permit.

    Expired Permit 8202287
  3. Jul 1990

    Seismic steel erection, architectiral alterations (interior).

    Complete Permit 9014601S $$$ $4,500,000
  4. Mar 1991

    Cti i.

    Complete Permit 9104342 $$$ $400,000
  5. Apr 1991

    Cti-1.

    Complete Permit 9105736 $$$ $321,000
  6. Apr 1991

    Cti-1.

    Complete Permit 9105733 $$$ $300,000
  7. Apr 1991

    Cti-1.

    Complete Permit 9105735 $$$ $236,100
  8. May 1991

    Main lobby, storefront on grd. floor.--- express p/c.

    Complete Permit 9108994 $$$ $312,000
  9. Jul 1998

    Oti 2 2nd floor/el, me.

    Cancelled Permit 9813412 $$$ $280,000
  10. Nov 1999

    Oti-1 2nd floor el, me, l/s, sp.

    Expired Permit 9923734 $$$ $250,000
  11. Sep 2000

    Tenant improvement.

    Complete Permit 200009231391 $$$ $250,000
  12. May 2001

    Oti-1 5th floor ltg mechanical ls spr.

    Expired Permit 200105078497 $$$ $450,000
  13. May 2001

    Oti-1 6th floor ltg mechanical ls spr.

    Expired Permit 200105078495 $$$ $450,000
  14. Apr 2010

    Ground floor retail tenant improvement. install new freight elevator and stairs to basement. install new accessible wheelchair lift to existing mezzanine. hvac & lighting under separate permit.

    Complete Permit 201004069721 $$$ $450,000
  15. May 2011

    Office ti on the 3rd fl. renovate. ofexisting conf rm to 1 conf rm and office. renovate of work rm into 3 offices, store rm to employer break rm. add 4 phone rooms.

    Complete Permit 201105317062 $$$ $98,914
  16. Apr 2012

    Interior non structural t.i. of the 6th floor. mep, fire safety under seperate permit.

    Complete Permit 201204269176 $$$ $325,000
  17. May 2012

    Interior tenant improvement on floors 4 and 5. all mep under separate permit.

    Complete Permit 201205100245 $$$ $525,000
  18. May 2012

    M.e.p. for floors 4 & 5-ti approved under app# 201205100245.

    Complete Permit 201205140435 $$$ $375,000
  19. Jul 2013

    Reroofing.

    Complete Permit 201307010892 $$$ $204,000
  20. Aug 2018

    4th floor. tenant improvement. demolition of non-structural partitions. new non-structural partitions ceilings, millwork with finishes. mep and fire life safety under separate permit. maher n/a.

    Complete Permit 201808036355 $$$ $1,726,000
  21. Aug 2018

    5th floor. tenant improvement. demolition of non-structural partitions. new non-structural partions ceilings, millwork with finishes. mep and fire life safety under separate permit. maher n/a.

    Complete Permit 201808036362 $$$ $1,725,000
  22. Feb 2019

    2nd floor. tenant improvement incl new partitions, new acoustical ceilings. mep, life safety & sprinkler under separate.

    Complete Permit 201902072322 $$$ $1,726,000
  23. Mar 2019

    T.i. improvement on the 6th fl. new non structureal partitions finishes, acoustical ceilings, mep & fire life safety under sep permit.

    Complete Permit 201903276326 $$$ $996,088
  24. Apr 2019

    2/f: mep for tenant improvement on the 2nd fl ref pa 2019-0207-2322.

    Complete Permit 201904016734 $$$ $300,000
  25. Aug 2019

    3rd floor: full floor t.i. to include non-structural partitions, new interior ceilings. new restrooms. mep, life safety, fire sprinkler under seperate permit. n/a for maher.

    Complete Permit 201908078134 $$$ $950,000
  26. May 2024

    Installation of steel channel to reinforce corroded column. west facade only was 100 percent tuckpointed.

    Complete Permit 202405021209 $$$ $717,000

DBI holds 213 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 213. 16 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits.

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