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1600 Van Ness Avenue

Nob Hill · San Francisco, CA 94109

  • Built 1913
  • Store building
  • 3 stories
  • Zoned RC-4
  • District 3
  • Historic status: historic resource
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45,220 sq ftBuilding area
14,219 sq ftLot area
10Rooms · 2 baths
  1. 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
  2. Dec 1981

    Sign - erect.

    Complete Permit 8110698 $$$ $500
  3. Feb 1984

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

    Complete Permit 8401803 $$$ $10,050
  4. Jan 1990

    Parapet reinforcing per engineered drawings.

    Complete Permit 9001010 $$$ $40,000
  5. Mar 1992

    Renovation of ground floor retail.

    Complete Permit 9204216 $$$ $75,000
  6. Mar 1992

    Parapet reinforcing.

    Complete Permit 9204630 $$$ $20,000
  7. May 1992

    Work requested by district insp. on building. continuation.

    Complete Permit 9207703 $$$ $15,000
  8. Jan 1993

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

    Complete Permit 9222372 $$$ $25,000
  9. May 1993

    Erect an electric sign.

    Expired Permit 9307557 $$$ $26,000
  10. Nov 2002

    Dry rot repair.

    Expired Permit 200211252200 $$$ $25,000
  11. Dec 2004

    To erect electric wall sign single faced.

    Expired Permit 200412141432 $$$ $15,000
  12. Dec 2004

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

    Complete Permit 200412171710 $$$ $60,000
  13. Dec 2006

    Reroofing.

    Complete Permit 200612089505 $$$ $120,604
  14. Nov 2009

    Install ductless split air conditioning and condensator.

    Complete Permit 200911231971 $$$ $9,500
  15. 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
  16. Apr 2010

    Voluntary roof strengthening.

    Complete Permit 201004099971 $$$ $48,000
  17. Jun 2010

    Voluntary seismic upgrade.

    Complete Permit 201006023665 $$$ $396,000
  18. Jul 2013

    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.

    Complete Permit 201307121715 $$$ $152,000
  19. Nov 2013

    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.

    Complete Permit 201311252751 $$$ $1,200,000
  20. Mar 2014

    Electric sign.

    Complete Permit 201403140776 $$$ $10,000
  21. May 2014

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

    Complete Permit 201405125525 $$$ $400,000
  22. Sep 2014

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

    Complete Permit 201409106013 $$$ $47,000
  23. Feb 2015

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

    Complete Permit 201502198749 $$$ $25,000
  24. May 2015

    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.

    Complete Permit 201505136261 $$$ $41,000
  25. Aug 2015

    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.

    Complete Permit 201508214910 $$$ $22,000
  26. Oct 2021

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

    Issued Permit 202110261145 $$$ $167,620
  27. Jun 2022

    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.

    Withdrawn Permit 202206095934 $$$ $85,000

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.

Not yet documented: the architect and builder, the early tenants and the date of the last recorded sale. Submit an update