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District 5 · Block 0739, Lot 010 · ZIP 94109

850 Van Ness Avenue

Store building

  • 1 story
  • 13,830 ft2
  • 6,764 ft2 lot area
  • 5 rooms
  • 2 bathrooms
  • Zoned RC-4
  • Not a historic resource
  • Sold October 12, 2012
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  1. 1919

    Built by Paul K. Jones.

  2. 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
  3. Feb 1989
    Permit 8903099 $$$ $15,000

    Parapet.

  4. Aug 1991
    Permit 9114398 $$$ $200,000

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

  5. Oct 1991
    Permit 9120605 $$$ $2,500

    Remove floor covering underlayment and plywood in sales rm.

  6. May 1993
    Withdrawn Permit 9307218 $$$ $4,100

    Erect an electric sign.

  7. Jul 1999
    Permit 9913656 $$$ $10,000

    Interior demolition only - non structural partitions.

  8. Oct 1999
    Permit 9921270 $$$ $500,000

    Interior remodel of existing upper and lower levels.

  9. Jul 2005
    Permit 200507137500 $$$ $11,000

    Remove existing mezzanine.

  10. 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
  11. Jul 2011
    Permit 201107271194 $$$ $10,000

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

  12. Jan 2012
    Issued Permit 201201112094 $$$ $4,000

    Remodel existing guardrails and mezzanine. upgrade accessibility.

  13. Apr 2012
    Permit 201204027314 $$$ $2,500

    Install a wall sign with no illumination.

  14. Apr 2012
    Permit 201204027371 $$$ $1,000

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

  15. Jan 2016
    Permit 201601267982 $$$ $16,000

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

  16. Oct 2021
    Withdrawn Permit 202110180644 $$$ $150,000

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

  17. Aug 2023
    Issued Permit 202308295484 $$$ $50,000

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

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. 10 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.

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