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1900 Van Ness Avenue

Russian Hill · San Francisco, CA 94109

  • Built 1919
  • Store building
  • 3 stories
  • Zoned RC-4
  • District 3
  • Historic status: not a historical resource
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18,159 sq ftBuilding area
9,895.98 sq ftLot area
28Rooms · 6 baths
  1. 1919

    Recorded in the city's survey of the Van Ness Avenue automobile corridor as built for use as an auto showroom.

    Van Ness Auto Row Support Structures survey, adopted 2010
  2. Oct 1985

    Awnings to be installed over five existing windows.

    Complete Permit 8511711 $$$ $7,000
  3. Apr 1993

    Install new alum and glass entry.

    Expired Permit 9305985 $$$ $4,000
  4. Aug 1994

    Partial removal of the mezzanine floor, new storefronts.

    Complete Permit 9413537 $$$ $26,000
  5. Sep 1994

    Tenant improvement.

    Complete Permit 9415719 $$$ $38,000
  6. Feb 2000

    Abate n.o.v. #9901029 reduce and reinstall billboard sign.

    Expired Permit 20000202806 $$$ $1
  7. Jul 2000

    Remove sign.

    Expired Permit 200007205612 $$$ $2,500
  8. Feb 2003

    Umb ordinance seismic upgrade-concrete, rebar, structural steel & wood framing.

    Complete Permit 200302036488 $$$ $450,000
  9. Dec 2004

    Fire alarm system with 4 smoke detectors, 1 horn/strobe, 1 pull station. system for elevator recall.

    Issued Permit 200412060701 $$$ $6,800
  10. Sep 2005

    Sign permit - wall, single faced, non- electric.

    Complete Permit 200509294288 $$$ $1,500
  11. Dec 2005

    To erect electric wall sign.

    Issued Permit 200512281160 $$$ $5,000
  12. Jun 2007

    New accessible bathrooms at second floor remodel of two existing new aprtition walls for existing offices on second floor no exterior work.

    Complete Permit 200706063230 $$$ $30,000
  13. 2010

    Evaluated in the city's survey of the Van Ness Avenue automobile corridor and given California Register status code 6Z — not individually eligible for the California Register.

    Van Ness Auto Row Support Structures survey, adopted 2010
  14. Oct 2012

    To erect electric sign.

    Expired Permit 201210101768 $$$ $14,000
  15. Apr 2013

    Change copy to 2 existing single faced wall signs.

    Issued Permit 201304305741 $$$ $2,000
  16. Feb 2016

    Interior office ti new office layout. bath renovations, upgrades, lighting, power upgrades, mechanical reducting.

    Withdrawn Permit 201602290712 $$$ $180,000
  17. Jul 2016

    Reroofing.

    Issued Permit 201607293772 $$$ $60,000
  18. Aug 2016

    3rd floor only: interior office ti, bathroom upgrades, lighting/power upgrade, mechanical re-ducting, ada compliant entry; maher n/a.

    Complete Permit 201608094576 $$$ $290,000
  19. Sep 2016

    Copy change to existing signs - single faced.

    Issued Permit 201609087033 $$$ $2,000
  20. Aug 2017

    Tenant improvement on ground @ 4, 100 sq ft yoga studio. change of use from retail to fitness. assembly space, fire alarm under separate permits.

    Complete Permit 201708165009 $$$ $225,000
  21. Aug 2017

    Install two illuminated single-faced wall sign. maher na.

    Issued Permit 201708286034 $$$ $10,000
  22. Nov 2017

    2nd floor: add 3 office and conference room, new electrical, renovate restrooms & pantry. maher na.

    Complete Permit 201711295040 $$$ $100,000
  23. Oct 2018

    3/f: relocation of smoke detector, documentation of existing local fire alarm system maher not req, ref permit application 201608094576.

    Complete Permit 201810173395 $$$ $2,000
  24. Jul 2019

    To comply with nov 201921852 (dbi) remove three roll-up doors installed withuot permit.

    Complete Permit 201907035141 $$$ $1,500
  25. Jun 2020

    Base building improvement of existing exist and exist corridor. scope of work - remove portion of existing storage storefront, and construct new exit and exit vestibule. maher na.

    Issued Permit 202006309407 $$$ $15,000
  26. Sep 2022

    Install security gate.

    Cancelled Permit 202209061895 $$$ $15,000

DBI holds 47 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 47. 5 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits.

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