690 Van Ness Avenue

1. 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
2. Jun 1988

   Reinforce parapet & roof.

   Complete Permit 8808062 $$$ $35,000
3. Jul 1988

   Installation of resturant/seismic of building as per plans.

   Complete Permit 8809403 $$$ $165,000
4. May 1989

   3ea kitchen grease hoods type 1.

   Cancelled Permit 8908828 $$$ $10,000
5. May 1990

   3 ea kitchen grease hoods.

   Complete Permit 9010209 $$$ $10,000
6. Sep 1991

   Enlarge mezzanine floor.

   Complete Permit 9116098S $$$ $15,000
7. Nov 1991

   Additional mezzanine surface struct. interior relocate stair.

   Cancelled Permit 9121667 $$$ $10,000
8. Dec 1991

   Erect sign.

   Expired Permit 9124006 $$$ $6,700
9. Feb 1993

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

   Complete Permit 9303114 $$$ $102,000
10. Jul 1993

    Install canvas over steel tube frame awnings.

    Complete Permit 9312439 $$$ $3,000
11. Sep 1994

    New bakery and take out counter, relocation waiting station.

    Cancelled Permit 9414006 $$$ $20,000
12. Mar 1995

    Relocate entry to van ness/new storefront/ramp at entry.

    Expired Permit 9504268 $$$ $50,000
13. Sep 1995

    To erect electric sign.

    Complete Permit 9514863 $$$ $8,000
14. Dec 1996

    Shoring/underpinning.

    Expired Permit 9624741 $$$ $75,000
15. Dec 2002

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

    Complete Permit 200212183822 $$$ $12,000
16. Mar 2003

    To erect electrical sign.

    Expired Permit 200303119347 $$$ $6,600
17. 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
18. Aug 2010

    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.

    Issued Permit 201008027875 $$$ $10,000
19. Apr 2011

    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.

    Complete Permit 201104113848 $$$ $30,000
20. Sep 2011

    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.

    Issued Permit 201109164816 $$$ $300,000
21. Mar 2012

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

    Complete Permit 201203287044 $$$ $39,700
22. Jun 2012

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

    Complete Permit 201206223284 $$$ $180,000
23. Sep 2012

    Ansul hook up. ti under 201206223284.

    Complete Permit 201209058956 $$$ $2,000
24. Apr 2025

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

    Complete Permit 202504083907 $$$ $118,000
25. May 2025

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

    Complete Permit 202505096187 $$$ $7,500
26. Jun 2025

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

    Complete Permit 202506209162 $$$ $4,000

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.