600 Townsend St

San Francisco permit 202505086050 · South of Market

Commercial or tenant improvementOver-the-counter, with plansComplete

Street view · Sep 2026

Google Street View of 600 Townsend St, Sep 2026

Scope of work

As written on the permit application.

Change of planning use from (group b) wholesale showroom to (group b) office per 2025-001365 pca & 2025-000545 ofa to establish up to 213,400 sf of office use. no work or change of building occupancy classification.

Timeline

Key dates from the city record.

Filed: May 8, 2025
Issued: Jun 3, 2025 (within 1 month of filing)
Completed: Jun 9, 2025 (within 1 month of issuance)

For comparison, San Francisco permits with the same review (over-the-counter, with plans) filed in 2025 were typically issued within 1 month (median of 5,178 issued permits).

City plan review

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

Review stops: 10 stops across 4 departments
Comments issued: None

Review stop	Arrived	Finished	Result
Intake Building Inspection · INTAKE	May 8, 2025	May 8, 2025	Administrative
Building plan review Building Inspection · BLDG	May 9, 2025	May 9, 2025	Approved
Mechanical and energy plan review Building Inspection · MECH	May 9, 2025	May 9, 2025	Not Applicable
Electrical plan review Building Inspection · MECH-E	May 9, 2025	May 9, 2025	Not Applicable
Fire prevention review Fire Department · SFFD	May 9, 2025	May 9, 2025	Not Applicable
Public Utilities Commission review Public Utilities · SFPUC	May 9, 2025	May 9, 2025	Not Applicable
Zoning review Planning · CP-ZOC	May 20, 2025	May 20, 2025	Approved
Zoning review Planning · CP-ZOC	May 22, 2025	May 22, 2025	Approved
Development fee collection Building Inspection · DFCU	May 22, 2025	May 22, 2025	Administrative
Central Permit Bureau Building Inspection · CPB	Jun 3, 2025	Jun 3, 2025	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: $1

People named on this permit

Only people we matched to a California license are listed.

Name	Role	License on permit
Stephen M Maccracken Mac Cracken Architect	Architect	C-14734

Sources

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

Permit 202505086050 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