400 Howard St

San Francisco permit 202208311621 · Financial District/South Beach

Commercial or tenant improvementOver-the-counter, with plansComplete

Street view · Sep 2026

Google Street View of 400 Howard St, Sep 2026

Scope of work

As written on the permit application.

1/f: t.i. (e) building lobby. demo lighting, millwork & finishes. construction of new nonstructural partitions, lighting, millwork & fimishes

Timeline

Key dates from the city record.

Filed: Aug 31, 2022
Issued: Sep 7, 2022 (within 1 month of filing)
Completed: Jan 12, 2024 (16 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: 7 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
Intake Building Inspection · INTAKE	Aug 31, 2022	Aug 31, 2022	—
Zoning review Planning · CP-ZOC	Aug 31, 2022	Aug 31, 2022	—
Building plan review Building Inspection · BLDG	Aug 31, 2022	Aug 31, 2022	—
Mechanical and energy plan review Building Inspection · MECH	Aug 31, 2022	Aug 31, 2022	—
Electrical plan review Building Inspection · MECH-E	Aug 31, 2022	Aug 31, 2022	—
Fire prevention review Fire Department · SFFD	Aug 31, 2022	Aug 31, 2022	—
Central Permit Bureau Building Inspection · CPB	Sep 7, 2022	Sep 7, 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: $584,000

People named on this permit

Only people we matched to a California license are listed.

Name	Role	License on permit
Katharine Elizabeth Dwyer	Architect	C36703

Sources

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

Permit 202208311621 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 Sep 2026