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District 3 · Block 0330, Lot 023 · ZIP 94102

119–139 Ellis Street

Hotel · Tenderloin

  • 5 stories
  • 60,692 ft2
  • 10,589 ft2 lot area
  • 91 residential units
  • 91 rooms
  • Zoned C3G
  • Historic resource
  • Sold January 11, 2012
Land$9,797,243
Improvements$12,560,572
Fixtures$52,981
Total assessed$22,410,796
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  1. 1907

    Built.

  2. August 21, 1964

    Photographed, showing the Gilded Cage bar.

    San Francisco Subjects Photograph Collection (SFP 162), San Francisco Public Library
  3. March 1966

    The Redevelopment Agency photographed the property, then the Continental Hotel.

    Redevelopment Agency Records (SFH 371), San Francisco Public Library
  4. Jan 1985
    Permit 8500905 $$$ $55,000

    To remove existing store front glass and replace with new.

  5. Aug 1985
    Permit 8508748 $$$ $40,000

    Repair fire damage.

  6. Mar 1987
    Permit 8703922 $$$ $95,000

    Renew mechanical & electrical systems.

  7. Apr 1987
    Permit 8705561 $$$ $75,000

    Combine certain tourist rooms to make new guest rooms.

  8. Jun 1987
    Permit 8708318 $$$ $90,000

    Redecorate hotel lobby & restaurant area, non structural.

  9. Aug 1987
    Permit 8711667 $$$ $60,000

    Install 2 type i grease flues & make up air system.

  10. Dec 1994
    Permit 9420759 $$$ $45,000

    Demolition of interior-constr div mwall-apply floor tile & wallk cov.

  11. Nov 2005
    Permit 200511017020 $$$ $167,000

    Tenant improvement new partitions, ceiling, entry doors, new accessible toilet room, finishes millwork.

  12. Aug 2007
    Permit 200708170189 $$$ $1,000,000

    Seismic upgrade to un-reinforced masonry building.

  13. Sep 2007
    Issued Permit 200709112357 $$$ $225,000

    Remodel first floor lobby and guest rooms on all floors; remodel first floor store front and existing marquee; enclose fire stair 4th floor to ground; mechanical. electrical and plumbing under separate permit.

  14. Apr 2008
    Permit 200804038726 $$$ $35,876

    Work only on #127 ellis st.1st floor-add & relocate pendent sprinklers, basement-change sidewall sprinkler, women restroom, new double detector check valve assembly, add sprinkler to top & bottom elevator shaft, replace any painted or damaged sprinkler heads. in basement new heads-22 total.

  15. May 2008
    Permit 200805011065 $$$ $30,000

    Basement thur 5th floors-basement: add smoke detector to elevator machine room, add horn/strobes to common area. 1st floor: remove beam detector, add common area smoke detection, 2nd -5th floor: upgrade to ada rooms, s/d horn/strobes, add horn/strobe to restrooms.

  16. Jun 2008
    Permit 200806124290 $$$ $86,000

    Revision to appv'd permit application 2007-0911-2357. guestroom bathroom venting shafts on all floops and units.

  17. Apr 2018
    Permit 201804267458 $$$ $175,000

    Interior non structural-merging two resturants into one b occupancy- new hood and kitchen exhaust system. ul 300 system separate permit.

  18. Mar 2020
    Permit 202003106632 $$$ $160,000

    Construction of a sub-slab depressurization system in basement to treat voc impacted vapors in soil. includes civil, structural, plumbing and electrical, work not visible from the street.

DBI holds 85 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 85. 4 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 9 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.

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