121 Spear St

San Francisco permit 202203180339 · Financial District/South Beach

Commercial or tenant improvementOver-the-counter, with plansComplete

Street view · Jan 2025

Google Street View of 121 Spear St, Jan 2025

Scope of work

As written on the permit application.

1st floor: new lobby communicating stair, related handrail and guardrail. non structural partitions. doors/frames/hardware, ceiling, millwork, finishes included stuctural calcs included. mep deffered.

Timeline

Key dates from the city record.

Filed: Mar 18, 2022
Issued: Mar 21, 2022 (within 1 month of filing)
Completed: Sep 21, 2023 (18 months after issuance)

For comparison, San Francisco permits with the same review (over-the-counter, with plans) filed in 2022 were typically issued within 1 month (median of 5,514 issued permits).

City plan review

Each review stop the plans went through, from the city's routing record.

Review stops: 8 stops across 3 departments
Comments issued: Not recorded for this permit

The city lists the review stops for this permit but not their results, so we can't tell whether reviewers asked for changes.

Review stop	Arrived	Finished	Result
Apartment and hotel inspection Building Inspection · HIS	Mar 18, 2022	Mar 18, 2022	—
Intake Building Inspection · INTAKE	Mar 18, 2022	Mar 18, 2022	—
Zoning review Planning · CP-ZOC	Mar 18, 2022	Mar 18, 2022	—
Building plan review Building Inspection · BLDG	Mar 18, 2022	Mar 18, 2022	—
Structural plan approval Building Inspection · PAD-STR	Mar 18, 2022	Mar 18, 2022	—
Mechanical and energy plan review Building Inspection · MECH	Mar 18, 2022	Mar 18, 2022	—
Fire prevention review Fire Department · SFFD	Mar 21, 2022	Mar 21, 2022	—
Central Permit Bureau Building Inspection · CPB	Mar 21, 2022	Mar 21, 2022	—

Source: DataSF 87xy-gk8d (Building Permit Addenda with Routing), retrieved Nov 6, 2026. Reviewer names and notes are left out.

Permit details

Permit type: OTC alterations permit
Status: Complete
Estimated cost: $450,000

People named on this permit

Only people we matched to a California license are listed.

Name	Role	License on permit
Lisa A Bieringer O+A	Architect	C34984
Carl Milsum	Engineer	S6190

Sources

Everything on this page comes from public records. Check them yourself.

Permit 202203180339 on the city's permit tracking site

San Francisco Department of Building Inspection, the official record

DataSF Building PermitsAddress, scope, cost, dates and status
Retrieved Nov 5, 2026
DataSF Building Permit ContactsArchitects and engineers named on the permit
Retrieved Nov 5, 2026
DataSF Building Permit Addenda with RoutingPlan review stops and results
Retrieved Nov 6, 2026
Google Street ViewStreet photo
Taken Jan 2025