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280 South Van Ness Avenue

Mission · San Francisco, CA 94103

  • Built 1951
  • Industrial building
  • 1 story
  • Zoned CM
  • District 9
  • Historic status: not a historical resource
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5,070 sq ftBuilding area
6,490 sq ftLot area
3Rooms · 1 bath
  1. 1951

    Built as an industrial building, concrete construction.

    Showplace Square / Northeast Mission Historic Resource Survey, adopted 2011
  2. Mar 1983

    Sign - erect.

    Expired Permit 8302157 $$$ $1,800
  3. Dec 1988

    Erect sign.

    Expired Permit 8820180 $$$ $5,000
  4. Jun 1993

    Reroofing.

    Expired Permit 9310823 $$$ $8,600
  5. May 1995

    Sign.

    Expired Permit 9506577 $$$ $3,000
  6. Jul 2001

    To erect electric sign.

    Expired Permit 200107314958 $$$ $4,000
  7. May 2005

    Erect ground non-electric double faced sign.

    Complete Permit 200505041597 $$$ $3,500
  8. Jan 2014

    To erect electric wall sign.

    Issued Permit 201401065641 $$$ $2,000
  9. Jul 2016

    Install electric single faced wall sign. n/a maher ordinance.

    Issued Permit 201607122079 $$$ $3,000
  10. Jul 2016

    Reface electric double faced roof sign. n/a maher ordinance.

    Issued Permit 201607122080 $$$ $2,000
  11. Jan 2017

    New opening and storefront within existing exterior wall, new accessible restrooms, new finishes & fixtures within area of work. no new square footage or area to building is provided. no change of use.

    Cancelled Permit 201701127033 $$$ $104,880
  12. Mar 2019

    Accessible parking and grading to comply with mandatory disability accessible business entrance program per ordinance 51-16. n/a for maher.

    Issued Permit 201903266274 $$$ $8,500
  13. Jan 2022

    Non-structural interior demolition. demolition portion of exterior enclosure. exterior alterations including glazing, amc & eifs cladding, enlargement of existing entries, free standing canopy. interior t.i. includes showroom, office, lounge, restrooms. remove portion of 2nd fl framing to facilitate a display area.

    Complete Permit 202201266721 $$$ $500,000
  14. Dec 2022

    Provide a new fire alarm system for volkwagen and mazda dealership. system shall include the following fire alarm control panel, annunciator, pull-station, smoke detectors, monitor module for detectors, tamper and water flow, control relay, horn/strobes and strobes.

    Complete Permit 202212229012 $$$ $100
  15. Jan 2023

    Add 50 upright and 28 pendant fire sprinklers in new showroom and lounge. total of 78 new fire sprinklers.

    Complete Permit 202301250733 $$$ $18,000
  16. May 2023

    To install an electric wall sign. "mazda".

    Complete Permit 202305097407 $$$ $8,424
  17. May 2023

    To install an electric wall sign. "mazda".

    Complete Permit 202305097409 $$$ $6,844
  18. May 2023

    To install an electric wall sign. "san francisco".

    Complete Permit 202305097408 $$$ $4,667
  19. Jun 2023

    Revision to bpa#202201266271. onsite dry utility install & associated trenching.

    Complete Permit 202306139974 $$$ $10,250
  20. Jul 2023

    Underground installation only, new water service.

    Complete Permit 202307111905 $$$ $10,000
  21. Jul 2023

    (1) electric wall sign - "san francisco" (16 sq ft area).

    Complete Permit 202307192471 $$$ $1,500
  22. Oct 2023

    Revision to 202201266721, structural revision to canopy framing.

    Complete Permit 202310188942 $$$ $5,000
  23. Nov 2023

    Installation of roof-mounted stanchion for future pv array-pv array under separate permit pv plan 6160.

    Withdrawn Permit 202311060257 $$$ $10,000
  24. Jan 2024

    Installation of new perimeter painted. iron fence and associated gates for access and egress.

    Complete Permit 202401033350 $$$ $5,000
  25. Jan 2024

    Install electrical double face sign "mazda" facing street on existing free standing sign.

    Complete Permit 202401234424 $$$ $10,000

DBI holds 35 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 35. 1 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits.

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