1415 Van Ness Avenue

1. 1900

   Built.

2. 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
3. 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
4. Aug 1983

   Permit 8307894 $$$ $1,000

   Demolish mezzanine only.

5. Jan 1984

   Permit 8400340 $$$ $80,000

   New bathrooms, kitchen and bar.

6. May 1984

   Permit 8405750 $$$ $3,250

   Install grease hood system.

7. Dec 1993

   Permit 9322814 $$$ $45,000

   Violation correction restaurant accessibility alterations.

8. Apr 1999

   Permit 9907796 $$$ $5,000

   Demolition floor & remove debris.

9. May 1999

   Permit 9908846 $$$ $12,000

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

10. Jun 1999

    Permit 9911056 $$$ $18,000

    Reroofing.

11. Jun 1999

    Permit 9912426 $$$ $22,500

    Removal of existing storefront and rebuilding of same.

12. Jun 2000

    Permit 200006203158 $$$ $132,000

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

13. Dec 2000

    Permit 200012067299 $$$ $20,000

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

14. May 2007

    Permit 200705080648 $$$ $50,000

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

15. May 2007

    Issued Permit 200705141198 $$$ $3,000

    Erect electric wall single faced new sign.

16. May 2007

    Permit 200705151267 $$$ $30,000

    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.

17. May 2007

    Issued Permit 200705292395 $$$ $2,000

    To erect electrical sign.

18. Sep 2007

    Permit 200709132554 $$$ $35,000

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

19. 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
20. Jun 2010

    Permit 201006104265 $$$ $1,500

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

21. Jun 2015

    Issued Permit 201506048112 $$$ $9,500

    Erect (2) illuminated single faced wall sign.

22. Oct 2017

    Issued Permit 201710191701 $$$ $6,500

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

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. 7 expired or cancelled permits are not shown. The assessor's roll gives 1900; this address is recorded as built 1906. The survey dates this building to 1906; the assessor's 2025 roll gives the parcel a year built of 1900. Recorded, not reconciled.