1400 Van Ness Avenue

1. 1912

   Recorded in the city's survey of the Van Ness Avenue automobile corridor as built for use as an auto showroom. The survey dates the work to 1912–1913. Designed by Herman Barth. Reo, Packard, Chevrolet and Ford were sold here over the years.

   Van Ness Auto Row Support Structures survey, adopted 2010
2. Feb 1983

   Build new entrance.

   Complete Permit 8301302 $$$ $105,000
3. Sep 1983

   Fire sprinkler system for basement only.

   Complete Permit 8309618 $$$ $16,500
4. Oct 1983

   Sign - erect.

   Complete Permit 8310838 $$$ $25,000
5. Oct 1983

   Furnish and install theatre type marque.

   Complete Permit 8310839 $$$ $7,500
6. May 1989

   Parapet.

   Complete Permit 8907224 $$$ $28,000
7. May 1989

   Relocate fixtures and moveable displays.

   Complete Permit 8907520 $$$ $48,100
8. Aug 1989

   Platform with stairs & walls to be added.

   Expired Permit 8915449 $$$ $12,500
9. Oct 1989

   Ewo.

   Complete Permit 8920304 $$$ $25,000
10. May 1990

    Reroofing.

    Complete Permit 9009109 $$$ $27,500
11. Apr 1996

    Relocate store fixtures to remove violation, re-carpet only.

    Expired Permit 9606098 $$$ $42,500
12. May 1996

    Install auto door operators.install accessible lift.

    Expired Permit 9608513 $$$ $72,365
13. Nov 2001

    Reroofing.

    Complete Permit 200111092904 $$$ $23,095
14. May 2007

    Renovation & alteration to existing retail building. seismic & structural upgrade; provide new elevator to all stories. 2 new exit stairs; ada toiletson all stories, upgrade mechanical/heating systems. upgrade electrical panel system.

    Complete Permit 200705111030 $$$ $750,000
15. Dec 2007

    G/f, 2nd, 3, 4th floor: alter to existing office space, construct interior partitions, alter to exit stair, ada toilets, mechanical/heating system & electrical panel/systems. increase in floor area of mezz.level on 2/f and classification as floor level. alteration are ref. to previously appl#200705111030.

    Complete Permit 200712039459 $$$ $350,000
16. Apr 2008

    Provide and install fire sprinkler system on all floors per drawings and calculations. total 228 heads. building. app#200705111030.

    Issued Permit 200804280787 $$$ $73,230
17. Jul 2008

    Construct a new coffee cafe. work includes new walls, new lighting, new mechanical eqpmt, new walls, new finishes, new casework, new equipment, fire protection under seperate permit.

    Complete Permit 200807106424 $$$ $220,000
18. Jul 2008

    Install 2 illuminated wall signs.

    Complete Permit 200807318126 $$$ $5,000
19. Aug 2008

    Install fire alarm system.

    Complete Permit 200808260107 $$$ $5,000
20. Aug 2008

    Erect a non-electric, single faced wall sign.

    Cancelled Permit 200808290385 $$$ $5,000
21. Sep 2008

    Erect electric double faced projecting sign.

    Complete Permit 200809182054 $$$ $16,000
22. Jun 2009

    Erect a non-electric wall single faced non-illuminated new sign.

    Complete Permit 200906029599 $$$ $6,000
23. 2010

    Evaluated in the city's survey of the Van Ness Avenue automobile corridor and given California Register status code 3CS — individually eligible for the California Register, under Criteria 1 and 3.

    Van Ness Auto Row Support Structures survey, adopted 2010
24. Jul 2017

    G/f -coffee shop: upgrade existing restroom. barrier removal (ada restroom). electrical under sep. permit.

    Complete Permit 201707273048 $$$ $7,500
25. Sep 2019

    Reroofing.

    Complete Permit 201909192089 $$$ $148,000
26. Mar 2024

    At&t: install new mobility unmanned telecom facility: (12) antennas within (3) faux frp radomes, 3 frp enclosures, 12 rrus, gps (1), (4) surge suppressors, power trunk/fiber/conduit, new steel platform pad on rooftop for equipment, (4) cabinets, new h-frame with ciena hoffman box, 200ac power panel.

    Complete Permit 202403268608 $$$ $195,000

DBI holds 39 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 39. 5 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits.