185 Dolores St, San Francisco, CA 94103

The three-story apartment building at 185 Dolores Street is a 5-unit multi-family residential property built in 1914, currently owned by Born To Run LLC. The building has undergone several significant improvements in recent years, with the most substantial being a mandatory soft-story retrofit completed in 2017 at a cost of $80,000, which included the installation of new steel moment frames and shear walls to enhance seismic safety.

Unit renovations have been regularly performed, including a complete kitchen and bathroom renovation in 2019 for Apartment #4 ($32,319), and similar updates in Units #1 and #3 in 2013 and 2011 respectively, with all necessary plumbing and electrical work completed according to code requirements. The building's infrastructure has received consistent maintenance attention, including a reroofing project in 2021 ($16,500) and historic records show earlier reroofing work from 1993. The property has a relatively clean compliance record, with only routine safety inspections noted in the building complaint history, though there was a brief report of mold and mildew in 2006 that was promptly addressed within a week.

Recent 311 calls primarily relate to street-level issues such as lighting, abandoned furniture, and debris on public property near the building, with the most recent incident in November 2024. There have been no reported safety violations or habitability issues in recent years, and the building's soft-story retrofit status is listed as complete with Certificate of Final Completion issued. The surrounding area has experienced typical urban challenges as evidenced by 311 calls, including waste accumulation and graffiti, though these issues have generally been resolved promptly through city services.