468–488 Ellis Street

1. 1907

   Built as the Arlington Hotel, mid-priced hotel with 200 rooms and 89 baths, dining room, to the design of the architect Frank T. Shea. Four storeys over a basement, brick structure with galvanized iron cornice, three-part vertical composition, Renaissance/Baroque ornamentation.

   National Register of Historic Places nomination, National Park Service
2. January 9, 1907

   John G. Sutton Company contracted for heating on a four-storey and basement brick building.

   The San Francisco Call, 9 January 1907, p. 15
3. 1908

   Built.

4. Jul 1983

   Permit 8307217 $$$ $3,000

   Additions alterations or repairs.

5. Feb 1985

   Permit 8501768 $$$ $100,000

   Repairs and alterations to a portion of the existing.

6. May 1985

   Permit 8505656 $$$ $41,000

   To upgrade the existing fire sprinkler system in the build.

7. Jul 1985

   Permit 8507260 $$$ $40,000

   Parapet work. related to peermit #533253.

8. Sep 1992

   Permit 9216010 $$$ $985,000

   Seismic upgrade incl compliance with h.a. code & elev upgrade.

9. Feb 1997

   Permit 9703340 $$$ $80,000

   Remodel (3)bathrms each at floors 2, 3, & 4.

10. Feb 2001

    Permit 200102071583 $$$ $70,000

    Ti to existingcommercial space, new finishes, mechanical, electrical.

11. Nov 2008

    Permit 200811076130 $$$ $3,500,000

    Addition of bathroom, kitchenettes to existing sro congregate bedrooms, plumbing, electrical, mechanical upgrade, new partition walls, voluntary seismic upgrade, finish upgrades. 82 tourist room + 91 residential bedrooms to be revised to 154 residential bedrooms. no tourist rooms.

12. Jan 2011

    Permit 201101198606 $$$ $140,000

    Installation of a new fire alarm system.

13. May 2011

    Permit 201105236558 $$$ $258,140

    Fire sprinkler ti. add 287 sprinklers. relocate 382, change out 178 sprinkler heads. total 847 heads.

14. Jan 2012

    Permit 201201051729 $$$ $65,000

    Tenant improvement to construct phamracy in ground floor commercial space.

15. Nov 2012

    Permit 201211093944 $$$ $70,000

    Tenant improvement to renovate for new pizza restaurant in existing building vacant ground floor commercial space. installation of type 1 hood. sprinklers, ul300 system separate permits.

16. May 2013

    Permit 201305167078 $$$ $65,000

    Remodel of tenant suite including demolition & constructionof offices, breakroom, lighting, hvac, finishes & unisex accessible restroom. no changes to building envelope.

17. Aug 2013

    Permit 201308214930 $$$ $120,000

    Interior remodel of 486-488 ellis st for art gallery use m to a occup. work to include: (2) ada bathrooms, minor partition walls, new lighitng, building is fully sprinklered. full seismic upgrade done under ref permit application 200811076130. all ada to space under permit application 201306179736. sep hvac, sprinkler, life safety.

18. Aug 2013

    Permit 201308265244 $$$ $10,000

    Modification to existing building. hvac on ground floor to provide (2) new heating 2-pipe fan coil units.

19. Mar 2014

    Permit 201403130690 $$$ $55,000

    New restaurant in existing tenant space. change of use from pharmacy to restaurant. tenant improvements: construct new walls, plumbing, power, lighting, doors and install new finishes. n/a for the maher ordinance #155-13.

20. Oct 2019

    Issued Permit 201910043608 $$$ $45,000

    Minor ti to existing open office space & meeting room @ lower level floor & existing break room @ mezzanine floor. this includes cabinet replacements, 7 new pendant lights, replacement passage doors & swing direction of existing front doors. existing hvac system to remain.

21. Dec 2021

    Issued Permit 202112204709 $$$ $120,000

    Tenant improvement to existing open office space at lower level space. additional scope includes installing drain pan underneath ceiling to address water from units above. new parttion walls, cubicles, drop ceiling at new office.

22. Aug 2023

    Permit 202308305588 $$$ $90,000

    Replace existing secondary inter lobby entry system @ arlington with new secondary inter lobby entry system, existing assembly sys is operated with door buzzer; new door/window assembly sys will also operate by buzzer or fob. ada approach & access is met with existing assembly system, new sys will meet ada approach & access.

23. Jun 2024

    Issued Permit 202406114200 $$$ $320,260

    Removal of wallboard in common hallways due to water damage. repair and patch back of finishes under separate permit.

24. Jul 2025

    Filed Permit 202507312032 $$$ $90,000

    Replace existing secondary lobby entry system with new existing system has fob and buzzer and so will new system.

DBI holds 83 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 83. 11 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 4 expired permits are not shown.