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SEPARATE BUILDING AND/OR STREETS DEPARTMENT PERMIT REQUIRED PRIOR TO THE START OF ANY WORK.** BLOWER DOOR TESTING SHALL BE PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM E 779 OR ASTM E 1827 BY AN APPROVED THIRD PARTY AGENCY."}],"storyTag":"New construction","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2007,"k":"viol","w":"3 L&I violations incl VACANT BLDG UNSEC/UNSAFE CSU"},{"y":2017,"k":"viol","w":"L&I violation"},{"y":2025,"k":"viol","w":"L&I violation"},{"y":2025,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"New construction, addition, GFA change"},{"y":2026,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[],"licenseActivity":[],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-25","signals":[{"kind":"record-pressure","level":"watch","title":"Records to verify together","summary":"More than one separately dated public record deserves a current-status check.","evidence":["1 open L&I violation","failed L&I inspection activity in 2025"],"caveat":"A screening signal, not a foreclosure prediction. 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