255 California St

San Francisco permit 202512030811 · 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.

Tenant improvement on the 7th fl. demolition of existing light fixtures, new demising walls, new interior partions, dropped ceiling, light power & finishes, mep include

Timeline

Key dates from the city record.

Filed: Dec 3, 2025
Issued: Jan 6, 2026 (1 month after filing)
Completed: Jun 8, 2026 (5 months after 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: 12 stops across 3 departments
Comments issued: 4 times, by Building Inspection, Fire Department

Review stop	Arrived	Finished	Result
Intake Building Inspection · INTAKE	Dec 3, 2025	Dec 3, 2025	Administrative
Building plan review Building Inspection · BLDG	Dec 3, 2025	Dec 3, 2025	Issued Comments
Mechanical and energy plan review Building Inspection · MECH	Dec 3, 2025	Dec 3, 2025	Issued Comments
Electrical plan review Building Inspection · MECH-E	Dec 3, 2025	Dec 3, 2025	Issued Comments
Fire prevention review Fire Department · SFFD	Dec 3, 2025	Dec 3, 2025	Issued Comments
Fire prevention review Fire Department · SFFD	Dec 18, 2025	Dec 18, 2025	Approved
Building plan review Building Inspection · BLDG	Dec 22, 2025	Dec 22, 2025	Approved
Electrical plan review Building Inspection · MECH-E	Dec 22, 2025	Dec 22, 2025	Approved
Mechanical and energy plan review Building Inspection · MECH	Dec 23, 2025	Dec 23, 2025	Approved
Public Utilities Commission review Public Utilities · SFPUC	Dec 30, 2025	Dec 30, 2025	Approved
Structural plan approval Building Inspection · PAD-STR	Jan 6, 2026	Jan 6, 2026	Approved
Central Permit Bureau Building Inspection · CPB	Jan 6, 2026	Jan 6, 2026	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: $2,354,000

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 202512030811 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