1415 Van Ness Avenue

1. 1906

   Recorded in the city's survey of the Van Ness Avenue automobile corridor as built for use as a retail; auto repair and sales 1. Built as a temporary clothing store for Roos Brothers while downtown was rebuilt after the earthquake and fire. It is the only one of Van Ness Avenue's temporary post-fire commercial buildings still standing.

   Van Ness Auto Row Support Structures survey, adopted 2010
2. 1910

   Given over to automobile uses from 1910: an auto repair shop 1910–1916, new car sales 1917–1922, and used-car salesrooms for 34 years between 1923 and 1964.

   Van Ness Auto Row Support Structures survey, adopted 2010
3. Aug 1983

   Demolish mezzanine only.

   Complete Permit 8307894 $$$ $1,000
4. Oct 1983

   Revisions to work for building to conform to requiremt sect 104f.

   Expired Permit 8310248 $$$ $50,000
5. Jan 1984

   New bathrooms, kitchen and bar.

   Complete Permit 8400340 $$$ $80,000
6. May 1984

   Install grease hood system.

   Complete Permit 8405750 $$$ $3,250
7. Feb 1985

   Install grease hoods.

   Cancelled Permit 8501487 $$$ $3,750
8. Dec 1990

   Conversion of parking/lounge to public lounge.

   Expired Permit 9025371S $$$ $50,000
9. Dec 1993

   Violation correction restaurant accessibility alterations.

   Complete Permit 9322814 $$$ $45,000
10. Jan 1997

    Partition two storage rooms.

    Expired Permit 9701657 $$$ $1,700
11. Apr 1999

    Demolition floor & remove debris.

    Complete Permit 9907796 $$$ $5,000
12. May 1999

    Install fl(provide lvel thru out)(all exterior under sep. permit.

    Complete Permit 9908846 $$$ $12,000
13. Jun 1999

    Reroofing.

    Complete Permit 9911056 $$$ $18,000
14. Jun 1999

    Removal of existing storefront and rebuilding of same.

    Complete Permit 9912426 $$$ $22,500
15. May 2000

    Provide accessble upgrades, construct accessbl bathrm, various maintenance, mechanical & electrical & plumbng to.

    Expired Permit 200005220624 $$$ $30,000
16. Jun 2000

    One-stop, mtjoe renovate parking garage into office space, replace access ramp with stairs & elevator.

    Complete Permit 200006203158 $$$ $132,000
17. Oct 2000

    Cosmetic renovation of existing cofee bar, includ replace of damag casework & broken fl tile, touchup (e.

    Expired Permit 200010032242 $$$ $5,500
18. Dec 2000

    Mechanical system ( air conditioning & head) for work performed under app#200006203158.

    Complete Permit 200012067299 $$$ $20,000
19. May 2007

    Tenant improvement for mattress dicounters store. t-bar ceiling. accessible comply per permits: 8400340, 9908846, 9910684, 9322814. mechanical under seperate permit.

    Complete Permit 200705080648 $$$ $50,000
20. May 2007

    Erect electric wall single faced new sign.

    Issued Permit 200705141198 $$$ $3,000
21. May 2007

    Install new t-bar light & ceiling mounted light fixtures. extend existing duck work to accomodate t-bar installation. add to appl#200705080648, install new electrical wall outlets.

    Complete Permit 200705151267 $$$ $30,000
22. May 2007

    To erect electrical sign.

    Issued Permit 200705292395 $$$ $2,000
23. Sep 2007

    Interior remodel existing coffee shop /replace cabinets, equipment. remove soffitt, new lighting.

    Complete Permit 200709132554 $$$ $35,000
24. 2010

    Evaluated in the city's survey of the Van Ness Avenue automobile corridor and given California Register status code 3CS — individually eligible for the California Register.

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

    Remove existing cuby's & install undercounter refrigerator & microwave & electrical outlets for both.

    Complete Permit 201006104265 $$$ $1,500
26. Jun 2015

    Erect (2) illuminated single faced wall sign.

    Issued Permit 201506048112 $$$ $9,500
27. Oct 2017

    Install 2 "mattress firm" illuminated single-faced wall sign. maher n/a.

    Issued Permit 201710191701 $$$ $6,500
28. May 2022

    Change of use from an office to a dance studio.

    Cancelled Permit 202205134241 $$$ $25,000

DBI holds 38 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 38. 3 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits.