6340 Geary Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94121

The 19-unit, 3-story apartment building at 6340 Geary Boulevard, owned by the Martin Malchow Trust, has undergone significant structural improvements since its 1924 construction. Most notably, the property is subject to mandatory soft-story retrofit requirements as a Tier 4 building, and while it was initially marked as non-compliant, there have been multiple permits issued between 2018-2022 for updates to the retrofit work.

These include revisions in 2020 and 2022 involving changes to shear wall configurations and capacities, with the original retrofit project estimated at $80,000. The building's maintenance history shows attention to critical infrastructure, including a sewer line replacement from the curb to the building completed in 2022, reroofing in 2013 ($43,000), and window replacements in 2002. The building has experienced several fire safety-related issues, particularly notable in a cluster of violations from 2003 including problems with the fire escape ladder, central alarm system, and sprinkler requirements, all of which were abated by October 2003.

More recent fire complaints have emerged, with the most recent being a sleeping area requirement violation issued in December 2023, while previous complaints from 2022 regarding exit maintenance and electrical systems were found to have no merit. The property has also shown a history of navigating challenges with encampments in the vicinity, as indicated by multiple 311 calls in 2023-2024, though these were primarily municipal enforcement issues outside the building's direct management. Recent maintenance efforts have included addressing exterior issues, with permits for street space use being regularly issued between 2009-2017, and a commercial mandatory soft-story retrofit project was initiated in 2018 with an associated $20,000 cost.