601 Van Ness Avenue

1. 1980

   San Francisco Business and Professional Women, incorporated as a nonprofit in 1980, had its offices on this site. The building is gone.

   African American Citywide Historic Context Statement, adopted 2024
2. Jan 1982

   Additions alterations or repairs.

   Complete Permit 8200150 $$$ $106,390
3. May 1982

   Building use: condos/offices.

   Complete Permit 8203825 $$$ $575,000
4. Jul 1982

   Building use: office.

   Complete Permit 8205685 $$$ $236,157
5. Jul 1982

   Building use: apts/restr/off.

   Complete Permit 8205891 $$$ $270,000
6. Aug 1982

   Building use: apts./com'l/rest.

   Complete Permit 8206353 $$$ $400,000
7. Aug 1982

   Building use: dwg/commer.

   Complete Permit 8206421 $$$ $780,510
8. Jan 1984

   Tenant improvement including acconstic walls electrical plg.

   Expired Permit 8401189 $$$ $478,255
9. Nov 1994

   Interior partitions, equipment installation, electrical.

   Complete Permit 9418907 $$$ $154,000
10. Aug 1995

    Cti-1 2/f el me sp.

    Complete Permit 9513066 $$$ $600,000
11. Aug 1995

    Cti-2 2/f el me sp.

    Complete Permit 9513067 $$$ $400,000
12. Apr 2001

    Oti-1 1st floor, el, me, ls, sp.

    Complete Permit 200104257659 $$$ $220,000
13. May 2006

    Remove amd replace existing cooling tower and 2 condenser water pumps with new on towner b of the complex.

    Issued Permit 200605262651 $$$ $300,000
14. Aug 2009

    Installation of swingstage equipment on three tower roofs. installation of fall prevention life lines on three townhouse roofs.

    Complete Permit 200908054161 $$$ $391,000
15. May 2010

    Reroofing.

    Issued Permit 201005192751 $$$ $393,845
16. Aug 2010

    Reroofing - roof overlay 1 layer bur with securock & 50 mil pvc. no structural changes, class a 332 sqs less than 2/12. low sloped high rise residential reroofing crrc executed.

    Issued Permit 201008269600 $$$ $476,493
17. May 2013

    Replacement of aluminum windows and related plaster removal/replacement for street elevation for town house building on turk and the building on franklin and golden gate. 146 window replacement in kind on 4th and 5th floors. windows to be in kind replacement -max u-factor=0.47.

    Complete Permit 201305086368 $$$ $530,000
18. Apr 2014

    Replacement of aluminum windows in like kind along with related plaster removal/replacement. extent of work relates to 92 total windows on sidewalk elevations of van ness and golden gate. max ufactor.47. compliance with ord no 155-13 not required.

    Complete Permit 201404233907 $$$ $498,200
19. Jun 2015

    #f- interior tenant improvement of +/- 6, 000 s.f. on g/f, scope of work to include new interior partitions and new door, no change to existing building exterior. mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire sprinkler shall be design build and filed under seperate permit. n/a ordinance #155-13.

    Complete Permit 201506179158 $$$ $150,000
20. Jun 2016

    Remove and replace seats in theater rooms and concession area in lobby. no exterior work. mep and life safety under seperate permits.

    Issued Permit 201606099590 $$$ $20,000
21. Dec 2016

    Final phase of town home unit window replacement @ opera plaza specifically includes replacment of 54 in like kind aluminum sliding windows for courtyard elevations. includes repair & cement plaster (not visible from street).

    Complete Permit 201612013846 $$$ $331,900
22. Sep 2018

    Suite #2090: office t.i. of 2nd floor. scope of work to include removal of existing inerior partitions and installation of new v.i.a. system wall partitions.

    Complete Permit 201809079446 $$$ $155,000
23. Jul 2020

    South elevation of (3) towers, levels 3-13: replace (73) existing aluminum windows in kind visible from street - u<0.58, rshgs<0.41, associated/required touch up work inside units due to window replacement; exterior elastomeric coating & all related caulking.

    Complete Permit 202007210561 $$$ $485,600
24. Nov 2020

    Ste 2058: t.i. of an existing commercial office within a multi-tenant floor. no increase in area or change of use. renovation to include new non-load bearing partitions, mechanical, plumbing, electrical, ceiling, lighting, floor finishes, and furnishings.

    Complete Permit 202011068381 $$$ $477,490
25. Dec 2020

    2nd fl, ste 2030 - ti of existing commercial office stapce within a multi tenant floor. no increase in area or change in use. renovation to include new non-load bearing partitions, mechanical, plumbing, elelctrical, ceiling & lighting, floor finishes & furnishings.

    Cancelled Permit 202012211445 $$$ $823,187
26. Jan 2022

    Window replacement work: 3 year program to replace aluminium windows in-kind/like with new elastomeric coating; ext.sealast and replace interior repairs. year 1 of june 2022: west elevation - all 3 towers (108 window); year 2: east elev- all 3 towers (115 window); year 3-june 2024: north elev. (100 window).

    Complete Permit 202201125820 $$$ $2,148,195

DBI holds 484 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 484. 32 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits.