Permit Record

Alteration Commercial

38 Sidney St, Cambridge, MA 02139

ClassificationBuilding: Alteration and AdditionCommercial Alteration
Reliable value$606,449
ContractorSiena Construction
Permit record
Parties
Contractor
Siena Construction
Applicant
Becca Patnode
Owner
Not in source
Architect
Cynthia Lynne Murphy
Engineer
Not in source
Contractor license
Not in source
Building & lot · PLUTO
Building class
Not in source
Zoning district
Not in source
Lot area
Not in source
Year built
Not in source
Units (total)
Not in source
Units (residential)
Not in source
Units (commercial)
Not in source
Floor area
Not in source
Parcel & enrichment
Parcel APN
69-165
Climate zone (IECC)
5A
Roof area (est.)
Not derivable — no building-size signal for this permit
HVAC tonnage (est.)
Not derivable — no building-size signal for this permit
Building type
B
Building subtype
Commercial / Mixed Use
Geocode & dates
Coordinates
42.3616, -71.1009
Geocode confidence
100%
Geocode source
Not in source
Issued
Aug 5, 2025
Applied
Jul 28, 2025
Work class
Commercial
Description
Source description

Full interior demolition on the 5th floor, excluding the core, to prepare for future fit-out.

Status
Current status
issued
Source status
Active
Provenance
First seen by PermitCore
May 18, 2026 · 16:17 UTC
Last seen
Aug 6, 2026 · 11:31 UTC
Last changed
May 18, 2026 · 16:17 UTC
Data-quality checks0 of 12 flagged

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Checks not flagged

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  • Issued date in the future
  • Issued date parse bug
  • Issued date is placeholder
  • Commercial units is placeholder
  • Residential units out of bounds
  • Residential units is placeholder
  • Total units out of bounds
  • Total units is placeholder
  • Valuation out of bounds
  • Valuation is placeholder
Project timeline at this parcel

8 permits at this parcel (parcel 69-165) · Dec 20, 2018Aug 5, 2025

  1. Aug 5, 2025This permitAlteration Commercial · Issued$606,449Siena Construction
  2. Nov 6, 2024cambridge_aa_1140207Alteration Commercial · Issued$341,420The Richmond Group
  3. Dec 19, 2022cambridge_aa_196519Alteration Commercial · Issued$4,053,909.6The Richmond Group
  4. Oct 14, 2022cambridge_aa_197984Alteration Commercial · Issued$138,430Folan Waterproofing & Construction CO.
  5. Sep 26, 2019cambridge_aa_56305Alteration Commercial · Issued$1,427,624Wise Construction
  6. Jun 20, 2019cambridge_aa_49170Alteration Commercial · Issued$150,000Wise Construction
  7. Jan 30, 2019cambridge_aa_30068Alteration Commercial · Issued$125,450Siena Construction
  8. Dec 20, 2018cambridge_aa_29557Alteration Commercial · Issued$8,242Siena Construction

Full permit history at this parcel · as of Jul 8, 2026.

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Developer details
Permit #
cambridge_aa_1176358
Canonical ID
309:cambridge_aa_1176358
Source permit ID
cambridge_aa_1176358
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