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District 3 · Block 0292, Lot 009 · ZIP 94108

138–152 Kearny Street

Hotel · Union Square

  • 9 stories
  • 109,673 ft2
  • 11,943.75 ft2 lot area
  • 3 residential units
  • 177 rooms
  • 177 bathrooms
  • Zoned C3O
  • Historic resource
  • Sold October 31, 2011
Land$17,584,802
Improvements$25,121,148
Fixtures$645,856
Total assessed$43,351,806
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  1. June 18, 1910

    The corner was leased to a local hotel company, and L. B. Dutton was preparing plans for an eight-storey hotel on it.

    The San Francisco Call, 18 June 1910, p. 10
  2. October 22, 1910

    The Jacob Z. Davis estate company was taking bids on an eight-storey class A hotel covering the whole corner, 97:6 on Sutter by 122:6 on Kearny to Vermehr Place: steel frame and concrete floors, pressed brick above a glass shopfront storey, stores and the hotel lobby at street level and a restaurant in the basement; it was already leased for 16 years. L. B. Dutton[?], architect.

    The San Francisco Call, 22 October 1910, p. 9
  3. December 3, 1910

    The J. Z. Davis estate, owner of the corner known as the Thurlow block, 122:6 on Kearny by 97:6, borrowed $300,000 from Daniel Meyer for its hotel. L. B. Dutton, architect, put the building's cost near $350,000; the steel was on its way from the East and occupancy was expected by 1 October 1911.

    The San Francisco Call, 3 December 1910, p. 8
  4. December 4, 1910

    J. P. W. Jensen contracted to put up an eight-storey and basement hotel for the Jacob Z. Davis estate company.

    The San Francisco Call, 4 December 1910, p. 65
  5. 1911

    Built.

  6. October 15, 1963

    Photographed, showing the Business Branch Library.

    San Francisco Subjects Photograph Collection (SFP 162), San Francisco Public Library
  7. October 1971

    A Redevelopment Agency survey of residential hotels counted the Sutter Hotel as a standard-condition residential hotel, with 172 units, 35 of them vacant.

    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.
  8. Nov 1981
    Permit 8110120 $$$ $1

    Additions alterations or repairs.

  9. Dec 1983
    Permit 8313071 $$$ $45,000

    Remove suspended ceiling in lobby add handicap access.

  10. Feb 1984
    Permit 8401715 $$$ $56,000

    Replace deteriorated piping and electrical systems.

  11. Mar 1984
    Permit 8403371 $$$ $150,000

    Installation of stair case on 1st floor and door eachsupport.

  12. Mar 1998
    Permit 9804120 $$$ $47,000

    Add basement concrete shear walls & upgrade access.

  13. Jun 1998
    Permit 9811800 $$$ $35,000

    Refurbish existing preparation kitchen & dry storage area.

  14. Oct 2005
    Issued Permit 200510125362 $$$ $127,620

    Reroofing.

  15. Apr 2007
    Permit 200704068213 $$$ $8,700

    78 storbes sensors, 35 pull stations, 178 horns (wall mount), 74 horn strobes, 2 duct smoke sensors, 1 heat sensors. upgrade existing.

  16. Jul 2007
    Issued Permit 200707136766 $$$ $64,598

    Ground level facade improvements including: awnings, replace stone cladding, painting structure fronts and demolition of canopy. all work is design/build. awning under seperate permit.

  17. Jul 2008
    Permit 200807106422 $$$ $299,000

    Structural work only under this permit, 1st floor & mezzanine framing. note: no tco, cfc, or hardships will be allowed with future addenda's!!!.

  18. Jul 2008
    Permit 200807156696 $$$ $580,000

    Interior remodeling of ex. reataurant 1st and 2nd floors. millwork, kitchen equipment, carbinets, stairs to 2nd floor and interior partition walls. ref permit application 2008/07/10/6422.

  19. Apr 2013
    Permit 201304265616 $$$ $96,000

    Non-structure t.i to existing a-2 restaurant, change includes reducing existing bar and propose new bar at upper level. other alterations incl change to finishes, seating, electrical, existing storefront to remain, existing hvac/life safety to remain, no change in use. signage under sep permit. recalc. occ load.

  20. Jun 2018
    Permit 201806081370 $$$ $300,000

    Remove/demolition existing mezzanine. g/f to remain unchanged. maher n/a. 4, 969 sq ft. ground floor to remain.

  21. Aug 2018
    Permit 201808086846 $$$ $50,000

    Upgrade ground shell floor upgrade for future ti work. mep work included.

  22. Sep 2018
    Permit 201809251311 $$$ $185,000

    T.i interior alteration of existing coffee shop at ground level.n/a for maher.

  23. Nov 2018
    Withdrawn Permit 201811206430 $$$ $490,000

    Application for changes to existing storefront only. tenant improvements/accessibility under separate permit.

  24. Jan 2019
    Permit 201901049684 $$$ $400,000

    Interior t.i. to existing commerical space. involving a retail entertaiment use including new partition, finsisesm, electrical, plumbing, store front change under separate permit. two h.c accessible restroom are proposed.

  25. Mar 2019
    Permit 201903135076 $$$ $20,000

    Fire sprinkler revisions for ti - add/relocate up to (107) sprinklers. ref ti: 201901049684.

  26. Apr 2019
    Issued Permit 201904269025 $$$ $40,000

    Fire alarm system: fire alarm panel, annuniliator, 28 smoke detetors, 2 relay modules. 2 monitor modules, 17 speaker/strobes, 6 strobes, 1 voice command center, 1 manual pull station. ref to permit application 201901049684.

DBI holds 91 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 91. 5 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 6 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.

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