26–50 Van Ness Avenue

1. 1908

   Recorded in the city's survey of the Van Ness Avenue automobile corridor as the White Garage and showroom; altered in 1964. Designed by MacDonald & Applegarth.

   Van Ness Auto Row Support Structures survey, adopted 2010
2. 1960

   A five-storey office building replaced a two-storey concrete commercial building here, part of the redevelopment moving up Market Street from the Civic Center.

   Market & Octavia Historic Context Statement, adopted 2007
3. Jul 1982

   Building use: offices.

   Expired Permit 8205357 $$$ $92,440
4. Mar 1984

   Demolition partitions and ceiling, build new partitions and ceilin.

   Expired Permit 8402428 $$$ $275,000
5. Aug 1987

   Install non-bearing partitions, finishes, plumbing & electri.

   Complete Permit 8711286 $$$ $225,000
6. Mar 1988

   Remodel elevator lobbies, corridors, toilet rms, re #8716880.

   Expired Permit 8802603 $$$ $400,000
7. Apr 1993

   Seismic retrofit of structural system.

   Expired Permit 9306847 $$$ $600,000
8. Jul 1994

   Cti 1 5th floor el me.

   Expired Permit 9411523 $$$ $304,203
9. Jul 1994

   Cti 1 4th floor el me.

   Expired Permit 9411520 $$$ $225,283
10. Oct 1994

    Cti-2 5th floor el me.

    Expired Permit 9416447 $$$ $257,167
11. Dec 1997

    New toilet, entries and all finishes, power & light.

    Expired Permit 9724998 $$$ $250,000
12. Mar 1999

    Oti-1 el, me, ls, 3rd floor.

    Expired Permit 9906132 $$$ $311,372
13. Jun 1999

    Oti-2 el. me. 3rd floor.

    Expired Permit 9913067 $$$ $338,189
14. Feb 2000

    Oti-1, el, me, ls, 3rd floor.

    Complete Permit 200002182269 $$$ $220,220
15. Apr 2000

    Oti-1 el me ls 2 floor.

    Complete Permit 200004076669 $$$ $384,100
16. Apr 2000

    Oti-2 3rd floor el & me.

    Expired Permit 200004207720 $$$ $248,000
17. Jun 2000

    Oti-2, el, me, 2nd floor.

    Complete Permit 200006273785 $$$ $348,300
18. Mar 2001

    Tenant improvement, new finishes, ceillings, partitions, doors, lights etc.

    Complete Permit 200103285454 $$$ $441,000
19. Dec 2003

    Reroofing.

    Complete Permit 200312091899 $$$ $384,600
20. Aug 2008

    Remove existing fire alarm system, install new addressable fire alarm system, incidental haz-mat work.

    Cancelled Permit 200808128964 $$$ $500,000
21. Apr 2009

    Life safty renovation which includes 335 smoke detectors, 25 addressable heat detectors, 19 duct detectors, 12 relays, 7 wall mounted speaker, 14 ceiling mounted speakers, 4 wall mount speake/strobes, 194 ceiling mounted speaker/strobes & 21 ceiling mounted strobes.

    Issued Permit 200904035496 $$$ $126,200
22. 2010

    Identified in the city's survey of the Van Ness Avenue automobile corridor but not formally evaluated on a state historic resource form.

    Van Ness Auto Row Support Structures survey, adopted 2010
23. Oct 2011

    Remove vestibule, existing entrance doros @ exterior to remain, new refrigerated cases for pre-packaged foods, new self service drinks counter, coffee & icee & 3-comp & hand sinks, replace pharmacy counters & rework soffit.

    Cancelled Permit 201110257605 $$$ $216,900
24. Jun 2014

    3rd floor, ste 3900: the scope of work includes the selective demolition of existing office space and the construction of new interior tenant improvements, the new tenant improvements include offices and a conference room; maher n/a.

    Issued Permit 201406269651 $$$ $259,000
25. Dec 2019

    Existing walls to remain - new high rise building with appoxi 853, 400 gsf/515'-4" tall with family/office mixed use type 1 construction. including a grd floor residential lobby, 5000 s.f. retail space, 2 below grade basement parking, 7 levels of office with terraces, residences from level 11-47. total 348 units.

    Issued Permit 201912139539 $$$ $230,000,000
26. Dec 2020

    Alteration to remove floors & walls per drawings. reference permit application 201912139539.

    Complete Permit 202012221577 $$$ $750,000
27. Mar 2021

    Temporary shoring + excavation consisting of an internally braced csm shoring wall. ref permit application 201912139539.

    Issued Permit 202103227002 $$$ $1
28. Aug 2022

    Rev 202103227002: supplemental level 3 bracing of existing support of excavation system for extended design live. nc 4.7.25.

    Issued Permit 202208100237 $$$ $1

DBI holds 208 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 208. 5 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits.