746-748 Commercial St, San Francisco, CA 94108

The property at 746-748 Commercial Street is a two-story multi-family residential building constructed in 1907, currently owned by the Rodney C Chew Revocable Trust. The building has undergone several significant improvements over its lifetime, with the most notable recent development being an approved project in 2023 to convert the building from 2 dwelling units to 4 by legalizing a basement unit and subdividing a second-floor unit, requiring variances for dwelling unit exposure, parking, and open space.

The building's safety infrastructure has been substantially addressed, including the installation of a fire sprinkler system in 2000 ($8,500), seismic retrofitting and interior renovation in 1998, and various accessibility improvements. The property experienced a notable cluster of violations in July 2007 during a routine safety inspection, with nine citations related to building security, fire safety, and general maintenance, all of which were promptly abated by August 2007. These violations included issues with lighting, window glazing, exterior door security, fire extinguisher requirements, and drainage maintenance.

The building's maintenance history includes sidewalk replacement work in 2002 ($12,000) and the removal of a wheelchair lift in 2001. Recent activity in the vicinity has been documented through multiple 311 calls regarding street cleaning and waste management between 2018 and 2024, though these external issues do not directly reflect on the building's conditions. The most recent building complaint was filed in 2015 for routine safety inspection purposes, which was marked as not active.