498 O'Farrell Street

1. 1907

   Built as the Hotel Proctor, mid-priced hotel with 89 rooms and 42 baths, to the design of the architects Welsh and Carey. Five storeys, brick structure, three-part vertical composition, Renaissance/Baroque ornamentation.

   National Register of Historic Places nomination, National Park Service
2. 1908

   Built.

3. Jan 1985

   Permit 8500281 $$$ $12,500

   Construct sub floor raised to exist adjacent floor.

4. Oct 1985

   Permit 8512348 $$$ $1,500

   Will put existing rooms back as guest rooms.

5. Dec 1985

   Permit 8514654 $$$ $20,000

   Remove fire damage material only.

6. Apr 1986

   Permit 8603655 $$$ $100,000

   Repair and restore fire damaged roof.

7. Aug 1986

   Permit 8609841 $$$ $600,000

   Fire rebuild with minor improvements to bathrooms.

8. Jan 1987

   Permit 8701189 $$$ $8,000

   Remodel part of the existing hotel lobby to a restaurant.

9. Jun 1987

   Permit 8708320 $$$ $22,000

   New elevator penthouse, elevator shaft work.

10. Sep 1990

    Permit 9019073 $$$ $1,000

    Repair existing concrete column support sidewalk slab.

11. Apr 1994

    Permit 9405975 $$$ $69,800

    To comply umb ordinance.

12. Apr 2002

    Issued Permit 200204103561 $$$ $10,000

    Side walk repair under notification 22049.

13. Apr 2002

    Issued Permit 200204305266 $$$ $20,000

    Installation, testing and training of fire alarm system & components, wire runs to be done by electrical c.

14. Dec 2002

    Issued Permit 200212304341 $$$ $9,000

    To add new waterflow and tamper switch to existing fire alarm system/adding 6 dual imput modules.

15. Apr 2008

    Permit 200804099207 $$$ $2,500

    Replace existing roof hatch in existing location.

16. Sep 2008

    Issued Permit 200809050851 $$$ $3,000

    Adding 1 monitor module (ct-2)to hood anusel and 1 horn strobe (g-2 advm) to ti in 1sft floor cafe. all devices to be connected to existing fire alarm systems.

17. Jun 2019

    Issued Permit 201906214145 $$$ $80,000

    Tenant improvement to convert existing convenience store into a retail cannabis dispensary with new fixtures, finishes & furnishings.

18. Nov 2020

    Permit 202011027993 $$$ $20,000

    Replacing an old fire alarm system with a like for like.

19. Dec 2020

    Issued Permit 202012070403 $$$ $5,000

    Inw signage for retail cannabis store at exterior of building at both street frontages oj jones and ofarrell on existing awnings of wall surface. new t.i. under permit application 201906214145 issued.

20. May 2026

    Issued Permit 202605040594 $$$ $500,000

    Repairs to commercial unit at ground fl due to fire (cannabis dispensary).

21. May 2026

    Issued Permit 202605040599 $$$ $250,000

    Repairs to existing units, in kind due to fire. repairs to hallway, and three units.

DBI holds 36 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 36. 1 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 6 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.