629 Post

629 Post Street is a 62-unit Single Room Occupancy (SRO) building formerly a boutique hotel in San Francisco that Swords to Plowshares is acquiring and rehabilitating to provide permanent supportive housing for veterans. The scope includes converting 16 existing SRO units into full studio apartments, and renovating the basement, lobby, and mezzanine to support an enhanced services program with offices, a commercial kitchen, cafeteria/flex space, and administrative areas.

The renovation will address life-safety, accessibility, seismic, and capital systems updates: complete plumbing, electrical, HVAC, and fire protection upgrades, ADA‐compliant improvements throughout, structural stabilization, and conversion of basement storage into active program space.

Because the building must remain functional during renovation, the project will require phased sequencing, temporary service routing, and protective measures for residents. Integrating support services (kitchen, offices, gathering space) within the existing layout while upgrading core systems demands tight coordination across structural, mechanical, and architectural trades. Ensuring the new studios meet modern habitability standards without overburdening the existing envelope is a design challenge, especially for seismic and HVAC integration in a building originally built in 1925.