1000 Van Ness Avenue

1. 1920

   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 1920–1921. Designed by Weeks and Day for the Cadillac dealership of Don Lee. It was monumental in scale and luxurious in detail, and pulled the centre of the showroom trade several blocks south.

   Van Ness Auto Row Support Structures survey, adopted 2010
2. 1921

   Cadillac dealerships occupied the building into the 1960s. Its integrity survived its conversion into a cinema.

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

   Additions alterations or repairs.

   Complete Permit 8104249 $$$ $11,000
4. Apr 1996

   Restore and remodel exist. building.

   Issued Permit 9605632S $$$ $20,000,000
5. Oct 1997

   Install lead in from property line to fire pumproom.

   Expired Permit 9720250 $$$ $125,000
6. Mar 1998

   Alteration 1-4 floors.

   Expired Permit 9805451 $$$ $2,800,000
7. Aug 1998

   New partitions kitchen at restaurant on 1st floor, me, el, pl.

   Expired Permit 9815648 $$$ $900,000
8. Dec 1998

   Interior tenant improvement.

   Expired Permit 9824971 $$$ $178,500
9. Mar 1999

   Residential remodel, lighting % finish trim.

   Expired Permit 9906074 $$$ $125,000
10. Oct 1999

    1st phase (venture frogs project), construct office space.

    Complete Permit 9922553 $$$ $222,000
11. Jan 2000

    T/i const. of 2752 sq ft.

    Complete Permit 20000126245 $$$ $150,000
12. May 2000

    Oti-1 2nd floor el, me, l/s/sp.

    Complete Permit 200005038887 $$$ $125,000
13. May 2000

    Oti-2 2nd floor el, me.

    Complete Permit 200005038883 $$$ $85,000
14. Aug 2001

    Street space.

    Expired Permit M16780 $$$ $210,000
15. Feb 2003

    Install a newself serve restaurant; work incl newpartitions, lighting, ducting & casework.

    Complete Permit 200302218017 $$$ $71,250
16. Dec 2008

    Accessibility upgrade work, additional strobes, door way push/pull clearances, handrail adjustments, correction for protruding objects, ramp running and cross slope corrections, no mep. life safety (fire alarm/sprinkler) under seperate permit.

    Complete Permit 200812158446 $$$ $400,000
17. Nov 2009

    Holly's restaurant. reinstall commercial kitchen equipments, new dumb waiter, ticket booth, new entry, bar, stage, single rest room.

    Complete Permit 200911121095 $$$ $350,000
18. 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, 2 and 3.

    Van Ness Auto Row Support Structures survey, adopted 2010
19. Sep 2011

    Remodel existing health club, including dividing existing large exercise room to 4 smaller exercise rooms. replace plumbing fixtures and tiles - 3rd and floor.

    Complete Permit 201109215206 $$$ $164,000
20. Jul 2017

    Theater auditorium #3 interior remodel. provide nw electrical. & mechanical. for nw project system in booth & nw speakers in the auditorium. nw projector/view port windows. nw row platforms, stair & knee walls for new recliner seating and new finishes in the audiorium. nw interior auditorium entry & signage.

    Withdrawn Permit 201707030949 $$$ $580,000
21. Aug 2018

    Installing 12 electrical vehicle charging stations.

    Cancelled Permit 201808086819 $$$ $275,000
22. Aug 2018

    Installation of 12 new ev chargers, 1200a 480v, 4w main switchboard, (12) sae level 3 electric vehicle charger.

    Filed Permit 201808157420 $$$ $285,000
23. Dec 2018

    Remodel of 14 screen cinema. remodel includes auditoriums, lobby, box office services, lounge, concession, facility rooms, storages and restrooms as reqd per code.

    Complete Permit 201812198776 $$$ $5,222,600
24. Mar 2020

    Install (9) level 3 evs e chargers and (1) level 2 charger & require electrical equipment.

    Complete Permit 202003056279 $$$ $150,000
25. Apr 2024

    Pinning terra cotta on exterior of building as identified location by civil engineer. all three sides of building.

    Issued Permit 202404049304 $$$ $948,000
26. Jul 2025

    Reroofing with hot works: tear off existing roofing and insulation system. intall poly iso, install a tapered insulation system and a new cool roof modified bitumen. using certain feed flintlatic coolstar. sr=.70, te=.85. 44, 400 sq ft.

    Complete Permit 202507100541 $$$ $1,250,000
27. Dec 2025

    Apple cinemas: existing 14 screen reseat including new finishes and decorative lighting. new concessions on level 2. new bar on level 4.

    Issued Permit 202512040950 $$$ $1,000,000
28. Jun 2026

    Replacement of existing garage exhaust and supply air fans with new of same flow. add variable frequency drives to fan motors and replace existing monitoring system.

    Issued Permit 202606163270 $$$ $140,000

DBI holds 153 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 153. 11 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits.