850 Van Ness Avenue

1. 1919

   Recorded in the city's survey of the Van Ness Avenue automobile corridor as built for use as an used car salesroom. Used-car salesrooms occupied the building from its completion through at least 1964 — the only building in the corridor so used from the very beginning. It has lost its pent roof and its original window sash on the Van Ness side, keeping both on the Ellis Street side.

   Van Ness Auto Row Support Structures survey, adopted 2010
2. Feb 1989

   Parapet.

   Complete Permit 8903099 $$$ $15,000
3. Aug 1991

   Voluntary seismic upgrade of u.m.b. as per 104(f).

   Complete Permit 9114398 $$$ $200,000
4. Oct 1991

   Remove floor covering underlayment and plywood in sales rm.

   Complete Permit 9120605 $$$ $2,500
5. Jan 1992

   Fire sprinkler piping installation.

   Expired Permit 9200794 $$$ $24,120
6. Jun 1992

   Rebuild exit stairway.

   Expired Permit 9210765 $$$ $4,200
7. Aug 1992

   Constr partition walls & door to create supply storage room.

   Expired Permit 9214671 $$$ $250
8. Oct 1992

   Reroofing.

   Expired Permit 9217637 $$$ $29,700
9. Apr 1993

   Install handicap ramp/new suspended ceiling syst/replace ven.

   Expired Permit 9306711 $$$ $6,000
10. Apr 1993

    Drywall existing ceiling, tape texture paint small n/b walls.

    Cancelled Permit 9306844 $$$ $15,000
11. May 1993

    Erect an electric sign.

    Withdrawn Permit 9307218 $$$ $4,100
12. Jul 1999

    Interior demolition only - non structural partitions.

    Complete Permit 9913656 $$$ $10,000
13. Sep 1999

    Relocate & add hds per tenant improvements.

    Expired Permit 9919199 $$$ $9,800
14. Oct 1999

    Interior remodel of existing upper and lower levels.

    Complete Permit 9921270 $$$ $500,000
15. Dec 1999

    Installation of new fire alarm system upgrad fire sprnkl sym.

    Expired Permit 9925325 $$$ $20,000
16. Apr 2000

    Install fire system in kitchen.

    Expired Permit 200004147285 $$$ $800
17. May 2002

    Install int window, new doors, new counter, revision to#9306711.

    Cancelled Permit 9516553 $$$ $6,000
18. Jul 2005

    Remove existing mezzanine.

    Complete Permit 200507137500 $$$ $11,000
19. 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
20. Jul 2011

    Rehab existing mezzanine floor and stair handrails. remove wall around stairway. upgrade accessibility to restroom.

    Complete Permit 201107271194 $$$ $10,000
21. Jan 2012

    Remodel existing guardrails and mezzanine. upgrade accessibility.

    Issued Permit 201201112094 $$$ $4,000
22. Apr 2012

    Install a wall sign with no illumination.

    Complete Permit 201204027314 $$$ $2,500
23. Apr 2012

    Install two blade signs doubld faced on existing standard with existing illuminaton.

    Complete Permit 201204027371 $$$ $1,000
24. Jan 2016

    Alterations to existing bathrooms and laundry room including showers and tubs.

    Complete Permit 201601267982 $$$ $16,000
25. Oct 2021

    T.i. of existing space to accomondate office fro the non-profit including restrooms, new plumbing & electrical & ceilings.

    Withdrawn Permit 202110180644 $$$ $150,000
26. Aug 2023

    T.i. change from retail to office. 3 new restrooms, new door actuator for entry door, mep defered.

    Issued Permit 202308295484 $$$ $50,000

DBI holds 39 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 39. 3 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits.