1625–1645 Van Ness Avenue

1. 1919

   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 1919–1920. Faced with a brick veneer — the only showroom on the avenue so clad — with an ell running back to the side street for vehicle entry.

   Van Ness Auto Row Support Structures survey, adopted 2010
2. 1920

   Several automobile dealers held the building in turn, each for a fairly short time, between 1920 and 1938.

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

   Additions alterations or repairs.

   Cancelled Permit 8104389 $$$ $5,000
4. Dec 1981

   Additions alterations or repairs.

   Complete Permit 8110611 $$$ $90,000
5. Nov 1983

   New office floor framing.

   Complete Permit 8312042 $$$ $60,000
6. Apr 1984

   Shoring of excavation of adjacent jproperts.

   Complete Permit 8403438 $$$ $200,000
7. Oct 1985

   Tenant improvement, 2nd floor.

   Cancelled Permit 8511463 $$$ $50,000
8. Jan 1989

   Tenant improvement, resubmitted for address correction only.

   Complete Permit 8900847 $$$ $62,000
9. Apr 1994

   Remodel 1st and 2nd retail space.

   Complete Permit 9405924 $$$ $900,000
10. Jun 1994

    Revision to application 9405924.

    Complete Permit 9409843 $$$ $1
11. Apr 1997

    Cti-1 (el me) 4th floor.

    Complete Permit 9706134 $$$ $240,000
12. Jul 1998

    Oti-1 3rd floor el, me, l/s, sp.

    Issued Permit 9814721 $$$ $121,000
13. Aug 1998

    Oti-ii tenant improvement ref.: 9814721.

    Complete Permit 9815109 $$$ $280,000
14. Jan 2000

    Oti-1, el, me, sp, 3rd fl.

    Expired Permit 20000118269 $$$ $105,000
15. Dec 2001

    Oti-1 1st floor el, me.

    Complete Permit 200112195560 $$$ $100,000
16. Apr 2004

    Minor demoition work to be done for new tenant improvemnet space existing shell building to remain as is.

    Complete Permit 200404161549 $$$ $300,000
17. May 2006

    Replace 30 ton ac unit with new 27.5 ton unit.

    Issued Permit 200605161689 $$$ $56,200
18. Jun 2006

    T.i. on 3rd floor. work includes new walls, ceiling & wall finishes, new michanical, lighting, electrical. no change of occupancy. no structural. fire protection under separate permit.

    Complete Permit 200606214668 $$$ $750,000
19. May 2007

    T.i. on 3rd floor, minor door & partition changes, changes to ceiling, lighting & mechanical, addition to power & data. no exterior work, fire protection under seperate permit.

    Complete Permit 200705151366 $$$ $83,000
20. Jul 2009

    Remodel existing office & remodel existing conference rm, new breakroom & new office partition wallas, all new finishes & hardware to match existing. re-locate existing light fixtures and add new. new power/ data. mep under separate permit. no structural work.

    Complete Permit 200907072122 $$$ $75,000
21. 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
22. Nov 2012

    Upgrade e data closets including installation of special purpose plugs on floors listed below with associated conduits and seismic restraints. hvac units on roof to supply chilled water to fan coil units within the closets for cooling.

    Complete Permit 201211073737 $$$ $125,000
23. Mar 2013

    Remodel & reconfiguration of existing office to create additoinal offices, new partitoins, glazing floor finishes supply & install power assisted entrance system inclusive of actuators, door controllers overhead mechanisms & push plates with all necessary power to both of existing door leaves @ the entrance.

    Issued Permit 201303121979 $$$ $125,000
24. Jun 2013

    Interior improvements of 1st fl suite. non rated, non structural partitons, suspended acoustical ceiling tile system, casework, plumbing fixtures, lighting, electrical utilities.

    Complete Permit 201306200084 $$$ $400,000
25. Mar 2014

    G/f & 2/f -remodel existing guitar center; separate structural submission for stock shelving, ceiling truss. ti includes new interior walls, flooring, wall finishes, drywall, acoustical ceilings, fixtures & displays; see mep for mep scope. compliance with maher ordinance no.155-13 not required.

    Complete Permit 201403281964 $$$ $800,000
26. May 2014

    Remove & replace two (2) existing 15-ton hvac split system heat pump/cooling units. units have failed permaturely. compliance with ordinance #155-13 not required.

    Complete Permit 201405085192 $$$ $200,000
27. Jun 2014

    Fire sprinkler permit: relocate 167, add 12 and delete 15 pendants, relocate 3, add 1 and delete 1 upright on the 1st and 2nd floor: t.i. #201403281964; ma not applicable.

    Complete Permit 201406128188 $$$ $94,576
28. Sep 2018

    Exchange out a hvac packaged unit on the roof for a like for like unit. maher n/a.

    Issued Permit 201809190721 $$$ $115,255

DBI holds 91 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 91. 4 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits.