Hale Brothers Department Store

1. 1907

   Built.

2. March 2, 1907

   Van Emon Elevator Company contracted for four passenger and one freight elevator and two dumb waiters on a store for Hale Bros., at $16,153.

   The San Francisco Call, 2 March 1907, p. 13
3. March 18, 1908

   Glafke company contracted for auxiliary steam plant and deep well pump on a building for the Hale Bros., at $1,050.

   The San Francisco Call, 18 March 1908, p. 15
4. August 10, 1964

   Photographed.

   San Francisco Subjects Photograph Collection (SFP 162), San Francisco Public Library
5. 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
6. 1984

   Known as the Hale Brothers Department Store; it was among the rated buildings of the city's Downtown Plan inventory.

   San Francisco Department of City Planning, The Downtown Plan: Environmental Impact Report, Draft, 1984.
7. Jul 1990

   Permit 9014601S $$$ $4,500,000

   Seismic steel erection, architectiral alterations (interior).

8. Mar 1991

   Permit 9104342 $$$ $400,000

   Cti i.

9. Apr 1991

   Permit 9105736 $$$ $321,000

   Cti-1.

10. Apr 1991

    Permit 9105733 $$$ $300,000

    Cti-1.

11. Apr 1991

    Permit 9105735 $$$ $236,100

    Cti-1.

12. May 1991

    Permit 9108994 $$$ $312,000

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

13. Sep 2000

    Permit 200009231391 $$$ $250,000

    Tenant improvement.

14. Apr 2010

    Permit 201004069721 $$$ $450,000

    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.

15. May 2011

    Permit 201105317062 $$$ $98,914

    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.

16. Apr 2012

    Permit 201204269176 $$$ $325,000

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

17. May 2012

    Permit 201205100245 $$$ $525,000

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

18. May 2012

    Permit 201205140435 $$$ $375,000

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

19. Jul 2013

    Permit 201307010892 $$$ $204,000

    Reroofing.

20. Aug 2018

    Permit 201808036355 $$$ $1,726,000

    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.

21. Aug 2018

    Permit 201808036362 $$$ $1,725,000

    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.

22. Feb 2019

    Permit 201902072322 $$$ $1,726,000

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

23. Mar 2019

    Permit 201903276326 $$$ $996,088

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

24. Apr 2019

    Permit 201904016734 $$$ $300,000

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

25. Aug 2019

    Permit 201908078134 $$$ $950,000

    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.

26. May 2024

    Permit 202405021209 $$$ $717,000

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

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. 5 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.