1600 Van Ness Avenue

1. 1913

   Built by s: Peterson and Rupp (concrete and steel), Robert Dewar and Son (millwork).

2. 1913

   Recorded in the city's survey of the Van Ness Avenue automobile corridor as built for use as an auto showroom. The building held auto showrooms, used-car salesrooms, an auto body building shop and auto supplies and tire shops. Modern grilles now cover its large window openings.

   Van Ness Auto Row Support Structures survey, adopted 2010
3. Dec 1981

   Permit 8110698 $$$ $500

   Sign - erect.

4. Feb 1984

   Permit 8401803 $$$ $10,050

   Install 4 awnings on van ness ave. and 1 awning on calf.

5. Jan 1990

   Permit 9001010 $$$ $40,000

   Parapet reinforcing per engineered drawings.

6. Mar 1992

   Permit 9204216 $$$ $75,000

   Renovation of ground floor retail.

7. Mar 1992

   Permit 9204630 $$$ $20,000

   Parapet reinforcing.

8. May 1992

   Permit 9207703 $$$ $15,000

   Work requested by district insp. on building. continuation.

9. Jan 1993

   Permit 9222372 $$$ $25,000

   T.i.-alterations to entrance to accommodate disabled. ramp.

10. Dec 2004

    Permit 200412171710 $$$ $60,000

    Install new carpet, remove mirrorsj from walls paint all walls, add trim, install newl lihgt fixtur.

11. Dec 2006

    Permit 200612089505 $$$ $120,604

    Reroofing.

12. Nov 2009

    Permit 200911231971 $$$ $9,500

    Install ductless split air conditioning and condensator.

13. 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 Criterion 1.

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

    Permit 201004099971 $$$ $48,000

    Voluntary roof strengthening.

15. Jun 2010

    Permit 201006023665 $$$ $396,000

    Voluntary seismic upgrade.

16. Jul 2013

    Permit 201307121715 $$$ $152,000

    Ceiling: replace tiles and patch repair paint grid for like new. apperance lighting: replace bulbs, ballast and lenses for consistant. appearance: hvac clean disfusers, replace as needed verify system is working. finishes. all nw finishes within tnt spce per finish plan toilet, full restroom upgrade.

17. Nov 2013

    Permit 201311252751 $$$ $1,200,000

    Ti @existing building demolition of structure @1/f columns and addition of new long span beams; new elevator, update existing toilets, new toilet rm, conference/breakrm, locker area, parts storage rm on 3rd; new flooring on 2nd, new light fixtures all floors; new pg & e service in basement and new fire escape.

18. Mar 2014

    Permit 201403140776 $$$ $10,000

    Electric sign.

19. May 2014

    Permit 201405125525 $$$ $400,000

    Automative service equipment only. the equipment includes- auto lifts, oil storage tanks and a tailpipe exhaust system. ref building permit 2013-11-25-2751.

20. Sep 2014

    Permit 201409106013 $$$ $47,000

    Installation of fire escape, replace in kind per reference pa201311252751.

21. Feb 2015

    Permit 201502198749 $$$ $25,000

    Removal of existing beams, replace with glu-lam beams.

22. May 2015

    Permit 201505136261 $$$ $41,000

    New hydrogen service repair bay, upgrade existing repair maintenance bay. 550 sq ft space will include 1-hr wall, 60 min doors, new dedicated ventilation & fire suppression for hydrogen detection. adding roof exhaust unit. fire suppression system (high pressure and monitoring system under separate appl.

23. Aug 2015

    Permit 201508214910 $$$ $22,000

    Instl new fike cheetah xi50 ctrl panel with dact with 24-hr btry backup.instl esp uv/ir detector inside rm&vesda vlp-500 air sampling detector.altronix al1024ulm pwr supply for detector.instl monitor modules&dectors, marrioff hi-fog mau wtr sys.instl relay module to close rollupdr.instl solenoid disconnect.

24. Oct 2021

    Issued Permit 202110261145 $$$ $167,620

    Non structural renovation in existing mattress firm tenant suite. scope includes minor electrical modifications.

25. Jun 2022

    Withdrawn Permit 202206095934 $$$ $85,000

    At&t installation of a new microwts facility consisiting of: install (2) panel antennas; (10) rru's painted to match existing building; (1) spd box; (2) dc9 surge suppressors; (1) spac: power trunks + conduit; equip in basement drpp cab with (12) cab with.

DBI holds 51 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 51. 2 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 3 expired permits are not shown.