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District 6 · Block 3726, Lot 105 · ZIP 94103

Hotel Ysabel

1091–1099 Mission Street · South of Market

  • 5 stories
  • 28,480 ft2
  • 6,398 ft2 lot area
  • 6 residential units
  • 110 rooms
  • 40 bathrooms
  • Zoned SLR
  • Historic resource
  • Sold January 17, 1995
Land$6,095,568
Improvements$4,063,710
Fixtures$64,835
Total assessed$10,224,113
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  1. 1912

    Built.

  2. March 1966

    The Redevelopment Agency photographed the property, then the Hotel Grand Southern.

    Redevelopment Agency Records (SFH 371), San Francisco Public Library
  3. October 1971

    The Grand Southern hotel was counted among the neighborhood's standard-condition residential hotels, with 95 units and no vacancies recorded.

    URS Research Company / Arthur D. Little, Inc., Yerba Buena Center Public Facilities and Private Development: Environmental Impact Report (draft), prepared for the City and County of San Francisco, 1973.
  4. Jun 1982
    Permit 8204426 $$$ $3,000

    Building use: hotel/coml.

  5. Feb 1984
    Permit 8401283 $$$ $50,000

    Tear down brickwall and replace block wall per plan.

  6. Nov 1985
    Permit 8512968 $$$ $22,000

    1097 mission only asper plans, replace old plaster in store.

  7. Nov 1988
    Permit 8817617 $$$ $23,500

    Parapet reinforcing.

  8. Dec 1988
    Permit 8820101 $$$ $9,000

    Modernize wet stand pipe system.

  9. Oct 1989
    Permit 8920630 $$$ $10,000

    E.w.o.

  10. Mar 1990
    Permit 9005433 $$$ $100,000

    Perform repairs and alterations as per plan.

  11. Sep 1995
    Permit 9515783 $$$ $1,700,000

    Seismic upgrd, new kitchens, hc accessible bathrms, electrical etc.

  12. Jun 1998
    Permit 9811713 $$$ $35,000

    Install fire alarm system.

  13. Jul 1998
    Permit 9814120 $$$ $32,600

    Install fire sprinkler system add 4 comb stand pipes.

  14. 1999

    Renovated in 1999, with the South of Market Health Center taking the ground floor. The hotel here was also the first home of the Veterans Equity Center, founded in 1998 to serve Filipino-American veterans of the Second World War and their families.

    San Francisco Filipino Heritage: Addendum to the South of Market Historic Context Statement, 2013
  15. Jan 1999
    Permit 9901107 $$$ $10,000

    Revise to appln #9515783 misc minor changes per inspector.

  16. Jan 2010
    Permit 201001215124 $$$ $2,100,000

    Replace building interior finishes and residential windows in kind. upgrade unit kitchenettes & heaters, create a basement community room and recycling area.

  17. May 2010
    Permit 201005132365 $$$ $600,000

    Replace existing sidewalk over basement & associated substructue in-kind.

  18. Jan 2012
    Permit 201201172288 $$$ $12,000

    In basement - relocate 16, add 1 sprinkler due to remodel.

  19. Aug 2012
    Issued Permit 201208248230 $$$ $55,000

    Replace existing fire system with a new one. equipment shall be a facu, 2 power supplies, 10 smokes, 1 heat, 1 manual pull, 14 monitor modules, 4 relays, 37 horn / strobes, 24 strobes, 68 mini horns, and 8 weather proof horn / strobes.

  20. Jun 2013
    Withdrawn Permit 201306038448 $$$ $15,000

    To erect non electric wall sign.

  21. Jun 2013
    Issued Permit 201306068860 $$$ $15,000

    Frame to support new projecting sign & signage.

  22. Jun 2013
    Issued Permit 201306068861 $$$ $15,000

    Erect a non electric projecting single faced new sign.

  23. Sep 2014
    Permit 201409126131 $$$ $8,000

    Build partition wall to add room on ground floor office space. n/a ordinance #155-13.

  24. Jul 2016
    Permit 201607112015 $$$ $175,000

    Existing foundation of 1095 mission street shall be extended. ** maher: n/a **.

  25. Oct 2018
    Permit 201810102828 $$$ $135,000

    Minor rehab of e hotel includes replace light fixtures, mechanical vents, plumb fixtures for improving energy use and water conservation. replace residential appliances and unit flooring as needed.

  26. Sep 2019
    Permit 201909111299 $$$ $40,000

    Replace existing roof mounted air handling unit which serves common areas.

DBI holds 53 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 53. 1 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 3 expired permits are not shown. The hotel on this parcel is named both Hotel Isabel, at 1095 Mission Street, and Hotel Ysabel, at 1099.

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