255 California St

San Francisco permit 202408198990 · Financial District/South Beach

Commercial or tenant improvementOver-the-counter, with plansComplete

Street view · Nov 2025

Google Street View of 255 California St, Nov 2025

Scope of work

As written on the permit application.

Early start soft demolition work to space on 5th, 7th, 9th, 11th floor. 34136 sqft of the combine floor areas. scope includes non-strucutral demolition per ab-017, including interior non-load bearing walls, ceiling and finishes.

Timeline

Key dates from the city record.

Filed: Aug 19, 2024
Issued: Sep 18, 2024 (1 month after filing)
Completed: Mar 23, 2026 (18 months after issuance)

For comparison, San Francisco permits with the same review (over-the-counter, with plans) filed in 2024 were typically issued within 1 month (median of 4,701 issued permits).

City plan review

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

Review stops: 8 stops across 2 departments
Comments issued: Once, by Fire Department

Review stop	Arrived	Finished	Result
Intake Building Inspection · INTAKE	Aug 19, 2024	Aug 19, 2024	Administrative
Building plan review Building Inspection · BLDG	Aug 19, 2024	Aug 19, 2024	Approved
Electrical plan review Building Inspection · MECH-E	Aug 20, 2024	Aug 20, 2024	Not Applicable
Mechanical and energy plan review Building Inspection · MECH	Aug 20, 2024	Aug 20, 2024	Approved
Fire prevention review Fire Department · SFFD	Aug 27, 2024	Aug 27, 2024	Issued Comments
Mechanical and energy plan review Building Inspection · MECH	Sep 11, 2024	Sep 11, 2024	Approved
Fire prevention review Fire Department · SFFD	Sep 11, 2024	Sep 11, 2024	Approved
Central Permit Bureau Building Inspection · CPB	Sep 18, 2024	Sep 18, 2024	Administrative

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: $190,000

People named on this permit

Only people we matched to a California license are listed.

Name	Role	License on permit
Nelson Algaze Saa	Architect	C21090

Sources

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

Permit 202408198990 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 Nov 2025