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251–259 Kearny Street

Union Square · San Francisco, CA 94108

  • Office building
  • 8 stories
  • Zoned C3O
  • District 3
  • Historic status: historic resource
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31,978 sq ftBuilding area
3,896.45 sq ftLot area
  1. 1908

    Built.

  2. 1908

    The Charleston Building, designed by architect Albert Pissis.

    Architecture, Planning & Preservation Professionals: A Collection of Biographies, adopted 2021
  3. 1920

    Olympic Club building, designed by John Albert Baur. A twelve-storey building for the Olympic Club.

    Architecture, Planning & Preservation Professionals: A Collection of Biographies, adopted 2021
  4. 1979

    The Foundation for San Francisco's Architectural Heritage rated the Charleston Building "B" in the 1979 downtown survey it published as Splendid Survivors — the second of its four grades, for buildings it judged individually important for their architecture, their history and their setting. The Department of City Planning's 1976 Architectural Inventory rated it "0" on a scale running from 0 to 5. Buildings rated A or B by the Foundation, or 3 or above by the city survey, went onto the List of Architecturally and/or Historically Significant Buildings in the Downtown, adopted by the City Planning Commission on 29 May 1980 in Resolution No. 8600.

    222 Kearny Street DEIR, SF Dept. of City Planning, 1983
  5. 1983

    Kept and restored when the three buildings beside it were cleared for a mixed-use development.

    San Francisco Department of City Planning, 243 Kearny Mixed-Use Development: Draft Initial Study, Case No. 83.91E, 1983.
  6. Feb 1984

    Remove non-bearing walls, paint, carpet, install store fxtre.

    Cancelled Permit 8402012 $$$ $20,000
  7. Nov 1984

    Demolition. & const. partitions.

    Complete Permit 8412561 $$$ $80,000
  8. Apr 1987

    Wall demolition, electrical, mechanical & plumbing.

    Expired Permit 8704782 $$$ $38,500
  9. Feb 1993

    Const tenant wall at g/f add bathroom relocate mezz stair.

    Complete Permit 9302627 $$$ $15,000
  10. Jun 1993

    Construct tenant wall at g/f install light fixture & ceiling.

    Complete Permit 9309237 $$$ $15,000
  11. Oct 1994

    Open inter strwy, strwel enclos for strs bet 6th 7th 8th floors.

    Cancelled Permit 9417463 $$$ $75,000
  12. Sep 1997

    Remove/install existing elevators, add, remodel bathrm, store f.

    Complete Permit 9718173 $$$ $190,000
  13. Feb 1998

    Build stair frm grnd floor lobby to basement, build tenant wall.

    Complete Permit 9803125 $$$ $25,000
  14. Mar 1998

    Installation of fire sprinkler system throughout the building.

    Complete Permit 9803502 $$$ $35,000
  15. Jan 1999

    Install fire alarm system for entire building.

    Complete Permit 9901356 $$$ $16,000
  16. Jun 1999

    Oti el ls sp 5th floor.

    Complete Permit 9911487 $$$ $23,000
  17. Jun 1999

    Oti el ls sp 5th floor.

    Complete Permit 9911490 $$$ $20,000
  18. Jun 1999

    Oti-1 el. ls. sp. 8th floor.

    Complete Permit 9912489 $$$ $30,000
  19. Jan 2000

    Non-structural tenant improvement work on 2nd flor provide 2 accessible restrooms @ multiple level.

    Complete Permit 20000110586 $$$ $1,500
  20. Jan 2000

    Plans for construction submitted 6th fl tenant improvement.

    Complete Permit 20000124802 $$$ $25,000
  21. Mar 2000

    Tenant improvement work to 3rd and 4th floors.

    Complete Permit 200003245340 $$$ $95,000
  22. Apr 2000

    Remodel empty 7th floor of building according to plans submitted.

    Complete Permit 200004137196 $$$ $45,000
  23. Jul 2001

    Abandon new stair from basement, fill in floor, revert use of basement to ancillary store for store.

    Expired Permit 200107103313 $$$ $40,000
  24. Feb 2002

    Remodel lobby, wall, floor finishes and ceiling, revise fire sprinkle rs to 200107103313.

    Expired Permit 200202219637 $$$ $15,000
  25. Jun 2002

    Street space.

    Issued Permit M20881 $$$ $10,100
  26. Jul 2010

    Non-structural tenant improvements to existing retail store, including electrical, plumbing, new h/c restroom, new occupancy from "b" cafe to "m" retail.

    Complete Permit 201007086216 $$$ $109,540
  27. Feb 2011

    8th floor-office t.i consisting of interior remodel, demolition of existing partitions & construction of new partitions, finishes, outlets & lighting. no work eill be done on the existing mechanical or plumbing systems. core of building including vertical circulation & toilets are not in the scope of work.

    Cancelled Permit 201102180528 $$$ $120,000
  28. Sep 2011

    7th floor: t.i.: replace existing partition walls with new glazed partition walls. expand break room. new power layout.

    Complete Permit 201109013689 $$$ $20,000
  29. Jun 2015

    New restaurant: new service area cabinet & display. new cashier station, new equipment @ kitchen area, new paint, flooringand decorative wall panels.

    Issued Permit 201506017662 $$$ $58,000

DBI holds 75 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 75. A Charleston Building of 1908 by Albert Pissis is recorded at this address; the building standing on the parcel is the Olympic Club building of 1920.

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