100 Van Ness Avenue

1. June 18, 1970

   The corner lot at Van Ness Avenue and Fell Street was then vacant, a former gasoline service station recently bought from Standard Oil by the California State Automobile Association, which planned an office building there. The City Planning Commission approved, with six conditions, an interim parking lot of 44 tandem spaces on the vacant corner at Van Ness Avenue and Fell Street, though the hearing was afterwards reopened so the applicant could answer the conditions.

   San Francisco City Planning Commission minutes, San Francisco Public Library (Internet Archive)
2. August 6, 1970

   The California State Automobile Association had bought the site in 1968 for a new office building; its service station had been cleared and the lot was to serve as a parking lot. The City Planning Commission approved, with conditions, an interim parking lot on the site for five years, allowing a billboard and an alternate landscaping plan, the permit to end if the auto association sold the property.

   San Francisco City Planning Commission minutes, San Francisco Public Library (Internet Archive)
3. October 7, 1971

   The corner lot was used as a parking lot for the California State Automobile Association, whose offices occupied other buildings on the same block; the parking use had been authorized for up to five years. The City Planning Commission approved, with conditions, a 112-car garage on three basement floors under a proposed 29-storey, 399-foot office building for the California State Automobile Association, adding a requirement for ten bicycle spaces.

   San Francisco City Planning Commission minutes, San Francisco Public Library (Internet Archive)
4. Mar 1989

   Permit 8903372 $$$ $216,000

   Tenant improvement.

5. Mar 1989

   Permit 8904436 $$$ $800,000

   Alter existing condition for a new tenant.

6. Feb 1993

   Permit 9302867 $$$ $2,000,000

   Renovate 6/f office to accommodate new data ctr.

7. Apr 1993

   Permit 9305934 $$$ $356,500

   Cti-1 (mel me sp) 17th floor.

8. Jun 1999

   Permit 9911942 $$$ $360,000

   Oti-1 4th floor.

9. Jun 1999

   Permit 9911943 $$$ $360,000

   Oti-1 4th floor.

10. Sep 2001

    Permit 200109077841 $$$ $1,000,000

    Replacement of fire alarm system for entire building.

11. Jun 2005

    Permit 200506034080 $$$ $287,154

    Oti-1, 26th floor, el, me, ls, sp.

12. Aug 2005

    Permit 200508049416 $$$ $237,000

    Install replacement emergency generator on roof of building.

13. May 2008

    Permit 200805081560 $$$ $45,000

    Construct new non-bearing partitions for conference rooms and offices. construct new 1 hour rated corridor. fire alarm & life safety under separate permit. electric under esperate permit.

14. Jul 2008

    Permit 200807247503 $$$ $200,000

    26th floor: t.i. demolition & construction of offices. no new area. mechanical, electrical., fire alarm and sprinkler system modifications is not included. (under separate permit).

15. Jul 2012

    Permit 201207175077 $$$ $318,000

    Interior non-structural demolition & hazardous materials remediation work in an unoccupied building.

16. Aug 2012

    Permit 201208026344 $$$ $75,000,000

    Convert existing office building int 399 residential apartments ground floor retail and roof deck. maintain existing steel frame structure and garage. remove pre-cast concrete skin and replace with glass curtain wall. renovate interior of building.

17. Nov 2012

    Permit 201211295105 $$$ $400,000

    Hard demolition in an unoccupied building. work includes removal of all existing plaster, stud partitions, doors, frames, thresholds, brackets, screws, conduit, ductwork, plumbing fixts. ab-017 building remain vacant. demolition all 28th floors.removing stair and one standpipe- new standpipe separate permit.

18. Oct 2014

    Permit 201410108636 $$$ $1,124,000

    1)correct appln #201208026344 the original unit count from 399 to 400 units count. 2) revision to approved bpa #201208026344 to add 18 additional units to the unfinished northside of level 3-9 & to complete the curtain wall on the north & portion of the east facades. mep is included.to comply.

19. 2015

    Current structure built.

20. Aug 2015

    Permit 201508184601 $$$ $311,000

    Ti for new restaurant on g/f work includes new equipment, fixtures, finishes, restrooms, mep new ext. doors steps and risers. fire protection and signage under separate permit. n/a for maher ordinance.

21. Oct 2022

    Issued Permit 202210174500 $$$ $1,500,000

    Demolition of water damaged floor coverings, base, drywall, insulation, paint. plumbing repairs if needed. 11th down to ground floor plus 3 level parking garage. affected areas to remain vacant until repairs are completed. under sep permit.

22. Oct 2022

    Issued Permit 202210285424 $$$ $2,000,000

    To comply with nov#202296997 replacement of sheetrock flooring and cabinetry casual by flood. work as necessarry on floors 3-11 (no structural work in-kind).

23. Dec 2025

    Issued Permit 202512292903 $$$ $641,229

    Suite c tenant improvement. mep and finish updates included.

DBI holds 317 permits for this parcel, most of them tenant improvements on individual floors. The timeline shows the 24 largest by stated cost, plus the earliest on file; the DBI query in the sources below returns all 317. 25 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 6 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.