491–499 Geary Street

1. 1913

   Built.

2. 1913

   Cliff Hotel, designed by George Adrian Applegarth.

   Architecture, Planning & Preservation Professionals: A Collection of Biographies, adopted 2021
3. Jun 1982

   Building use: hotel.

   Expired Permit 8204726
4. Sep 1992

   Exterior restoration & water proofing tau+pr st side of building.

   Expired Permit 9215772 $$$ $255,000
5. Jan 1996

   Reroofing.

   Expired Permit 9600472 $$$ $178,000
6. May 2000

   Rmeodel staff offices area in basement.

   Expired Permit 200005099412 $$$ $165,000
7. May 2000

   Replacing partition in 48 double rooms to return to single rooms ar originally built.

   Complete Permit 200005170194 $$$ $3,500,000
8. Jul 2000

   Remodel of 1st floor & lobby mezzanine, minor structural.

   Complete Permit 200007215815 $$$ $1,200,000
9. Jan 2001

   Replacement of all existing windows.

   Expired Permit 200101230358 $$$ $800,000
10. Mar 2001

    Replace existing fire alarm system /pull station/strobes/horns/speaker.

    Cancelled Permit 200103154320 $$$ $163,000
11. Apr 2001

    Kitchen maint. prg.on 2000/07/21/5815. replace old equip, repairs to exist flooring, installl ceilin.

    Expired Permit 200104237487 $$$ $100,000
12. Sep 2001

    Add concrete davers deck over existing roof deck, reinforce existing concrete slab.

    Expired Permit 200109289538 $$$ $85,000
13. Oct 2009

    Installation of a new glass a fabric membrane canopy on existing non conbustible metal structure. new glass windscreen & life safety upgrades.

    Cancelled Permit 200910300206 $$$ $97,000
14. Jul 2016

    Replace existing fans with new, note: weight of new "fan coil "not to exceed weight of existing "fan coil" maher na.

    Complete Permit 201607283637 $$$ $300,000
15. Oct 2018

    Facade restoration & roof replacement. ** maher: n/a **.

    Complete Permit 201810163363 $$$ $2,500,000
16. Oct 2018

    13th fl - model guestrooms on level 13, model two rooms.

    Complete Permit 201810163362 $$$ $125,000
17. Nov 2018

    Renovations to the existing clift hotel. to include enclosure of the roof level & spanish suite terrace per city legislation file no 161068 determine occupant load for assembly space.

    Complete Permit 201811307127 $$$ $750,000
18. Apr 2019

    Floors 2-17; renovation of existing guestroom & floor corridors.**maher n/a**.

    Complete Permit 201904248784 $$$ $22,000,000
19. Apr 2019

    Renovations to existing clift hotel to incl new finishes & opening lobby walls to mezzanine & new lobby restrooms.

    Complete Permit 201904258919 $$$ $5,000,000
20. Sep 2019

    Fire sprinkler ti - 109 pendents heads replaced, 6 pendents relocated, 6 pemdents added 14 deleted pendents, 27 sidewalls replace, 26 sidewalls relocate, 8 sidewall added 181 head total ref 201904248784.

    Complete Permit 201909262766 $$$ $35,295
21. Oct 2019

    Tenant improvement for gr fl cafe in existing hotel with occupant load.

    Complete Permit 201910104132 $$$ $700,000
22. Oct 2019

    Fire sprinkler ti: replace 176 pendent & 76 sidewall, relocate 9 pendent and 51 side wall, add 3 pendent and 25 sidewall, 30 pendent deleted, 341 head total. ref permit #201904248784.

    Complete Permit 201910104156 $$$ $94,936
23. Oct 2019

    Fire sprinkler ti - replace 230 pendent and 84 sidewall heads. relocate 14 pendent and 74 sidewall heads, add 5 pendent and 36 sidewall heads, 45 pendent heads deleted total 443 heads ref pa 2019-0424-8784.

    Complete Permit 201910215009 $$$ $117,535
24. Nov 2019

    Replacement of existing field devices with new devices to 1st & mezz fl only. minor floor plan changes to meet current code. no changes to existing services of ops.

    Complete Permit 201911217882 $$$ $126,000
25. May 2021

    Renovations to the existing clift hotel (type 1, article 11 building) to include a new main entry marquee. 1. add an open building marquee over the existing sidewalk along geary street.

    Filed Permit 202105180539 $$$ $1,100,000
26. Nov 2023

    Replace 2 existing rooftop cooling towers with new cooling towers & basin sweep filter, replace 1 existing basement condeser water pump serving ch-1 chiller with new condenser water pump, install new condenser water pump serving basement water source heat pumps.

    Complete Permit 202311019919 $$$ $267,450
27. Dec 2025

    Exterior facade repair & stabilization, includes in kind replacement of brick (deteriorated), limted repoint, and discreet anchorage of localized masonry walls. all material to match existing and to follow secretary of interiors standards for rehabilitation.

    Issued Permit 202512172018 $$$ $250,000

DBI holds 98 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 98. 7 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits.