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1200 Van Ness Avenue

Nob Hill · San Francisco, CA 94109

  • Built 1911
  • Store building
  • 3 stories
  • Zoned RC-4
  • District 3
  • Historic status: not a historical resource
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116,810 sq ftBuilding area
29,585 sq ftLot area
59Rooms · 7 baths
  1. 1911

    Recorded in the city's survey of the Van Ness Avenue automobile corridor as an auto showroom for the H. O. Harrison dealership; altered. Designed by MacDonald & Applegarth.

    Van Ness Auto Row Support Structures survey, adopted 2010
  2. Apr 1982

    Additions alterations or repairs.

    Complete Permit 8202851 $$$ $2,600
  3. Mar 1987

    Upgrade foundation, extension of columns, const. new floor.

    Expired Permit 8703112 $$$ $1,033,000
  4. May 1987

    Exterior finishing, exterior glazing & grilles, roofing.

    Expired Permit 8707217 $$$ $750,000
  5. Jul 1988

    Finish interior, include restrooms, handicap access, etc.

    Complete Permit 8809314 $$$ $137,725
  6. Aug 1988

    Remodel commercial gallery & public corridors.

    Expired Permit 8812237 $$$ $173,650
  7. Jan 1989

    Interior addition of 3rd fl toilets, lobby, public corridor.

    Expired Permit 8901038 $$$ $125,000
  8. Mar 1989

    Ti work @ ground floor, retail sales, offices & storage.

    Complete Permit 8904627 $$$ $791,250
  9. Jun 1992

    Re-alignment of existing retail space.

    Expired Permit 9210597 $$$ $200,000
  10. May 1995

    Tenant improvements.

    Complete Permit 9508144 $$$ $900,000
  11. May 1995

    Shell improvements.

    Complete Permit 9508145 $$$ $450,000
  12. Jan 1997

    Reroofing.

    Expired Permit 9701230 $$$ $125,000
  13. Jun 2001

    Interior architectural & const serrice.

    Complete Permit 200106010523 $$$ $600,000
  14. Sep 2001

    Street space.

    Issued Permit M17198 $$$ $600,000
  15. Sep 2002

    Interior t.i. to renovate the display areas at the existing circuit city store. renovation is in four sep.

    Issued Permit 200209196915 $$$ $100,000
  16. Jan 2007

    G/f- interior t.i. for outpatient eye surgery center at g/f. work includes interior demolition of existing stair, ramp, casework, provide new partition walls, doors, ramp, ada restroom. mep. fire alarm, fire sprinklers, emergency generator, fuel tanks, fuel pump and fuel under seperate permit.

    Expired Permit 200701232312 $$$ $800,000
  17. May 2007

    Revision 200701232312. ground floor work includes relocation of emergency generator, mechanical room, med gas room and medical vacuum. provide mechanical, electrical, plumbing per plans. emergency generator to be under separate permit.

    Expired Permit 200705070586 $$$ $600,000
  18. Dec 2007

    Tie backs across hemlock st. to 1200 van ness ave. for new construction at 1285 sutter st.

    Withdrawn Permit 200712069872 $$$ $20,000
  19. Apr 2008

    First floor: medical clinic t.i (1, 025 s.f. ti for new pet/ct equipment including new walls, ceiling, lead sheilding, new partial slab, mechanical and electrical).

    Complete Permit 200804180101 $$$ $450,000
  20. Aug 2008

    Suite 201: remove e interior wall partitions, doors, interior windows and ceiling grid. add new interior wall partitions, door, sidelight, interior finish, necessary electrical, plumbing, and mechanical.

    Complete Permit 200808260071 $$$ $250,000
  21. 2010

    Identified in the city's survey of the Van Ness Avenue automobile corridor but not formally evaluated on a state historic resource form.

    Van Ness Auto Row Support Structures survey, adopted 2010
  22. May 2013

    New interior non load bearing partitions, doors, finishes. there is no structural or exterior work. sprinklers, m.e.p under seperate permit.

    Complete Permit 201305207415 $$$ $320,000
  23. May 2014

    Tenant improvement for 2nd floor new non structural partitions, pantry, toilets in existng office, sprinklers & convenient stairs on separate permit. n/a maher ordinance.

    Complete Permit 201405307153 $$$ $900,000
  24. Jul 2015

    #200- office tenant improvement, new partitions, doors & finishes. mep. under seperate permit. n/a ordinance #155-13.

    Complete Permit 201507232309 $$$ $850,000
  25. Aug 2015

    Ste.#200 - mechanical remodel/update existing water service heat pumps with new. plumbing remodel. add bathroom and update breakroom kitchen. ref pa 2015 0723 2309. maher na.

    Complete Permit 201508043241 $$$ $250,000
  26. Sep 2016

    To erect 13 stories, 4 basements, 107 units residential, commercial, retail & parking building of type 1b over type 1a podium construction ** maher: n/a **.

    Filed Permit 201609299193 $$$ $96,500,000
  27. Jul 2019

    Reroofing. not-visible, cool roof complaint.

    Complete Permit 201907024982 $$$ $130,000

DBI holds 175 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 175. 9 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits.

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