631 Howard St

San Francisco permit 202603127468 · Financial District/South Beach

Commercial or tenant improvementOver-the-counter, with plansComplete

Street view · Sep 2026

Google Street View of 631 Howard St, Sep 2026

Scope of work

As written on the permit application.

Basement to ground floor - new interconnecting staircase that connects the basement to the ground floor. ref permit 202512192339, and 202512222436. no slab demolition under this permit, opening is existing

Timeline

Key dates from the city record.

Filed: Mar 12, 2026
Issued: Apr 9, 2026 (within 1 month of filing)
Completed: Oct 21, 2026 (6 months after issuance)

For comparison, San Francisco permits with the same review (over-the-counter, with plans) filed in 2026 were typically issued within 1 month (median of 3,682 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: None

Review stop	Arrived	Finished	Result
Intake Building Inspection · INTAKE	Mar 12, 2026	Mar 12, 2026	Administrative
Zoning review Planning · CP-ZOC	Mar 12, 2026	Mar 12, 2026	Approved
Building plan review Building Inspection · BLDG	Mar 13, 2026	Mar 13, 2026	Approved
Structural plan approval Building Inspection · PAD-STR	Mar 13, 2026	Mar 13, 2026	Approved
Mechanical and energy plan review Building Inspection · MECH	Mar 17, 2026	Mar 17, 2026	Not Applicable
Fire prevention review Fire Department · SFFD	Mar 17, 2026	Mar 17, 2026	Not Applicable
Central Permit Bureau Building Inspection · CPB	Apr 9, 2026	Apr 9, 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: $155,000

People named on this permit

Only people we matched to a California license are listed.

Name	Role	License on permit
Stanley H Lew Rmw	Architect	C29609
Joe Gulden Imeg	Engineer	S5797

Sources

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

Permit 202603127468 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