345 California St

San Francisco permit 202512182090 · Financial District/South Beach

Commercial or tenant improvementOver-the-counter, with plansIssued

Street view · Dec 2016

Google Street View of 345 California St, Dec 2016

Scope of work

As written on the permit application.

T.i. improvement on the 27th flr. to include removal of (e) partitions, finishes, ceilings, and architectural elements. construction of new partitions and ceilings. mep deferred.

Timeline

Key dates from the city record.

Filed: Dec 18, 2025
Issued: Jan 26, 2026 (1 month after filing)
Completed: Not completed yet

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: 9 stops across 3 departments
Comments issued: 3 times, by Building Inspection, Fire Department

Review stop	Arrived	Finished	Result
Intake Building Inspection · INTAKE	Dec 18, 2025	Dec 18, 2025	Administrative
Building plan review Building Inspection · BLDG	Dec 18, 2025	Dec 18, 2025	Issued Comments
Mechanical and energy plan review Building Inspection · MECH	Dec 22, 2025	Dec 22, 2025	Issued Comments
Fire prevention review Fire Department · SFFD	Dec 23, 2025	Dec 23, 2025	Issued Comments
Mechanical and energy plan review Building Inspection · MECH	Jan 8, 2026	Jan 8, 2026	Approved-Stipulated
Fire prevention review Fire Department · SFFD	Jan 8, 2026	Jan 8, 2026	Approved
Building plan review Building Inspection · BLDG	Jan 9, 2026	Jan 9, 2026	Approved
Public Utilities Commission review Public Utilities · SFPUC	Jan 9, 2026	Jan 9, 2026	Approved
Central Permit Bureau Building Inspection · CPB	Jan 26, 2026	Jan 26, 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: Issued
Estimated cost: $4,500,000

People named on this permit

Only people we matched to a California license are listed.

Name	Role	License on permit
Matthew R Bens Ben & Kwee	Architect	C28298

Sources

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

Permit 202512182090 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 Dec 2016