690 Van Ness Avenue

1. 1910

   Built by Lillie P. Dana.

2. 1910

   Recorded in the city's survey of the Van Ness Avenue automobile corridor as built for use as an auto showroom. A small showroom decorated with brick ornament, in the manner of 550 Van Ness Avenue two years earlier. It sold new cars for only a few years.

   Van Ness Auto Row Support Structures survey, adopted 2010
3. Jun 1988

   Permit 8808062 $$$ $35,000

   Reinforce parapet & roof.

4. Jul 1988

   Permit 8809403 $$$ $165,000

   Installation of resturant/seismic of building as per plans.

5. May 1990

   Permit 9010209 $$$ $10,000

   3 ea kitchen grease hoods.

6. Sep 1991

   Permit 9116098S $$$ $15,000

   Enlarge mezzanine floor.

7. Feb 1993

   Permit 9303114 $$$ $102,000

   Int.tenant improv. not structural. electrical/plumbing/partitions.

8. Jul 1993

   Permit 9312439 $$$ $3,000

   Install canvas over steel tube frame awnings.

9. Sep 1995

   Permit 9514863 $$$ $8,000

   To erect electric sign.

10. Dec 2002

    Permit 200212183822 $$$ $12,000

    Replace kitchen equipment add a 3 compartment sink to comply with health code & modify a room in the.

11. 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
12. Aug 2010

    Issued Permit 201008027875 $$$ $10,000

    Obtain a building permit for sign located at 690 van ness ave as required by sign i.d number "orig 240" per n.o.r. dated may 5, 2010, block and lot number #0763/012.

13. Apr 2011

    Permit 201104113848 $$$ $30,000

    Fire damage demolition permit only. remove drywall on different area of wall & ceiling.remove lights. remove metal studs. remove 3/4 sheating. remove carpet. remove doors jombs and baseboard. remove glass countertops. remove tile floors. remove insulation. no construction under this permit.ab017.

14. Sep 2011

    Issued Permit 201109164816 $$$ $300,000

    Fire repair. rebuild to pre-fire condition (shell only). install 3 complete toilet rooms. fire sprinklers, fire alarm (monitoring) and fire suppression system on separate permits. t. i. demolition completed under permit application 2011 0411 3848. revised to core-shell condition. tenant build back sep permit.

15. Mar 2012

    Permit 201203287044 $$$ $39,700

    Install new sprinkler system through-out building per nfpa 13 with new 2" fire service off of turk st.

16. Jun 2012

    Permit 201206223284 $$$ $180,000

    Interior tenant improvement to finish fire repair under 201109164816. new partitions, equipment, mechanical, plumbing and electric work.

17. Sep 2012

    Permit 201209058956 $$$ $2,000

    Ansul hook up. ti under 201206223284.

18. Apr 2025

    Permit 202504083907 $$$ $118,000

    Tenant improvement limited to upgrading existing toilet facility to full ada compliance. no structural or exterior work. deferred mechanical, electrical, plumbing and alarm.

19. May 2025

    Permit 202505096187 $$$ $7,500

    Perform ordinary maintenance to general advertising sign as specified in attached engineering plans, in accordance with planning section 604.

20. Jun 2025

    Permit 202506209162 $$$ $4,000

    Modification of an existing fire sprinkler system for tenant improvements. add (4) new fire sprinkler heads to restroom stalls. ref permit application 202504083907.

DBI holds 45 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 45. 7 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.