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245 South Van Ness Avenue

Mission · San Francisco, CA 94103

  • Built 1926
  • Industrial building
  • 3 stories
  • Zoned CM
  • District 9
  • Historic status: unevaluated
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17,723 sq ftBuilding area
11,072 sq ftLot area
15Rooms · 2 baths
  1. 1926

    Built as the Milton Steur Cleaning & Dying Works, concrete construction.

    Showplace Square / Northeast Mission Historic Resource Survey, adopted 2011
  2. Apr 1984

    Demolition.

    Cancelled Permit 8404046
  3. Jun 1984

    Remove exist. mtl. 1 story building. provide parking space.

    Complete Permit 8406338 $$$ $200,000
  4. Jan 1988

    Cut exterior walls for doors & windows, intall plumb & electrical.

    Expired Permit 8800299 $$$ $25,000
  5. Jan 1990

    Ewo-s.

    Expired Permit 9000788 $$$ $10,000
  6. Jul 1990

    Install grade beams & new slab on grade.

    Expired Permit 9014961 $$$ $15,000
  7. Sep 1995

    Maint work requiring replace of weathered wood support.

    Expired Permit 9514429 $$$ $5,000
  8. Oct 1996

    Reroofing.

    Expired Permit 9620473 $$$ $10,800
  9. Sep 1997

    Correct violations in complaint #9701364.

    Complete Permit 9718937 $$$ $3,800
  10. Jun 2003

    Install equip shelter on roof, antennas on existing building, utilities( power & telco).

    Complete Permit 200306066476 $$$ $150,000
  11. May 2009

    Swap like for like antennas 6 toltal.

    Complete Permit 200905289288 $$$ $4,500
  12. Jan 2011

    Install new demising partition, upgrade existing sanitary faucets to be fully accessible(singe accomodation, upgrade tenant primary entrances to ada accessible. (building owner improvements) tennant improvements under seperate permit.

    Complete Permit 201101188557 $$$ $28,000
  13. May 2011

    Erect 3 non-electric wall single faced direct new sign.

    Issued Permit 201105186312 $$$ $7,200
  14. May 2011

    Erect 2 electric wall single faced direct new sign.

    Issued Permit 201105186316 $$$ $7,200
  15. Jul 2011

    Tenant fit out of single floor / first floor space. all interior work incl. ada restrooms and office walls.

    Complete Permit 201107200639 $$$ $75,000
  16. Sep 2011

    Revision to permit application 2011.07.20.0639. shelving permit revisions.

    Cancelled Permit 201109013770 $$$ $75,000
  17. Dec 2011

    To erect electric wall sign.

    Issued Permit 201112019881 $$$ $3,500
  18. Aug 2012

    Install a small (22 gallon diesel) generator on roof at verizon cell site lease area.

    Issued Permit 201208238097 $$$ $7,000
  19. Oct 2013

    Verizon wireless proposes to remove 2 panel antennas per sector (6 total) & replace with similar antennas (swap of all 12 antennas); add rrh units behind parapet wall near antennas. add 3 raycap devices, ret cable & hybrid cable; move alpha sector to new stealth enclosure.

    Issued Permit 201310310814 $$$ $18,000
  20. May 2015

    On roof: install (6) a2 backpacks on existing rrh units on new pipe mounts. add camouflage and new exclusion area striping. ** maher: compliance with ordinance no# 155-13 not required **.

    Cancelled Permit 201505216898 $$$ $10,000
  21. Jun 2016

    Verizon: revision to 201505216898, adjust antenna centerline, no change to scope of work; maher n/a.

    Withdrawn Permit 201606230682 $$$ $10,000
  22. Feb 2018

    Verizon - relocate 4 existing panel antennas within a new antenna shelter. install 4 rrus, 6 diplexings. install 3 rrus in shelter. maher na.

    Withdrawn Permit 201802232091 $$$ $12,000
  23. Apr 2022

    Verizon wireless: remove 3 existing rrus. remove 3 existing dc-3315 surge protector. install 6 new antennas, 3 new rrus, 3 new dc surge protectors. remove 3 existing 6x12 hybrid cables. install 3 new 12x24 hybrid cables. relocate 3 existing rrus to antennas. remove 3 existing surge protector. install 3 existing surge protector.

    Issued Permit 202204061663 $$$ $40,000
  24. Jan 2023

    To obtain final inspection for work approved under permit application # 2013-1031-0814. all work is complete.

    Issued Permit 202301180313 $$$ $50,000
  25. Jun 2025

    Perform ordinary maintanance to general advertising sign as specified in attached engineering plans in accordance with planning code section 604.

    Complete Permit 202506098276 $$$ $10,000
  26. Aug 2025

    Add non load barring partition walls.

    Filed Permit 202508012180 $$$ $7,000

DBI holds 43 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 43. 3 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits.

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