San Francisco / Chinatown / 659 Union St

659 Union St

22-unit 4-story residential project construct a type i + v, 4-story, 2 basements, 22 dwelling units, mixed-used residential building.

Dormant22 UnitsAB 2011 MinisterialDBI Valuation $7.0M
Entitlement
Plan Check
Awaiting Issuance
Post-Issuance Addenda
Construction
Complete
Plan Check: Dormant — no activity for 180+ days. City desk: 10 mo · Applicant: 0 mo
Permit Filed
Dec 2021
Time in Active Review
10 months
excludes 17 months dormant
Review Stations
0 of 8
stations approved
Project Status
Dormant
Estimated Timeline

Permit Issuance Estimate

September 2026 — February 2027

Timeline driven by 1 station with open comments. Optimistic case assumes remaining stations clear at the 25th-percentile pace for comparable projects; pessimistic case uses the 75th-percentile.

V0 empirical baselines from 8 unapproved stations
0 of 8 stations approved0% complete
Key Milestones
Dec 2021
Permit Filed
New construction permit filed with DBI
Dec 2021
Electronic Plan Review Activated
Plans distributed to all review stations
Oct 2022
Dormant Period
No plan-check activity for ~10 months — applicant-side pause, not city queue time.
Aug 2023
Dormant Period
No plan-check activity for ~7 months — applicant-side pause, not city queue time.
Mar 2024
Currently Dormant
No plan-check activity for 902 days so far — applicant-side pause, not city queue time.
Sep 2026 – Feb 2027
Estimated Permit Issuance
All stations approved, fees collected, permit issued.
Plan Check Status
City desk: 10 mo · Applicant: 0 mo · Dormant: 46 mo
Building Code (BLDG)
Dept. of Building Inspection
Comments issued on March 08, 2024. 2 round(s) of review. Reviewer: Jones David.
Comments Issued
Planning (CP-ZOC)
SF Planning Department
Currently in review. 2 cycle(s) to date. Reviewer: Feeney Claire.
In Review
Sidewalk & Street (DPW-BSM)
DPW — Bureau of Street & Mapping
Currently in review. 1 cycle(s) to date. Reviewer: Dennis Rassendyll.
In Review
Public Health (HEALTH)
Dept. of Public Health
Currently in review. 1 cycle(s) to date. Reviewer: Brownell Amy.
In Review
Fire (SFFD)
SF Fire Department
Currently in review. 1 cycle(s) to date. Reviewer: Lo Jonathan.
In Review
Water & Sewer (SFPUC)
SF Public Utilities Commission
Currently in review. 1 cycle(s) to date. Reviewer: Fong Jeffrey.
In Review
Labor Compliance (DFCU)
Office of Econ. & Workforce Dev.
Not yet routed to this station.
Not Yet Routed
Maher Site Mitigation (HEALTH-MH)
Dept. of Public Health
Not yet routed to this station.
Not Yet Routed

Bottleneck Watch: Maher Site Mitigation

Maher Site Mitigation has not yet been routed for review. Until it begins active review, it remains an unresolved dependency on the critical path.

Data sources: Data from DataSF Building Permits, Building Permit Addenda with Routing, DPW Street-Use Permits, MOHCD Affordable Housing Pipeline, and Dwelling Unit Completion Counts datasets. Timeline estimates are statistical projections, not guarantees. See DataSF Building Permit Addenda with Routing.