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1946 Van Ness Av

San Francisco permit 202207289443 · Russian Hill

Commercial or tenant improvementFull plan reviewFiled
Street view · Oct 2025
Google Street View of 1946 Van Ness Av, Oct 2025
Scope of work
As written on the permit application.

Priority process - change of use from retail & light manufacturing (m,b) )into post-secondary education (b) for academy of art university. work includes: bike parking, accessibility upgrades (entry, elevator, restrooms), core & shell improvements. ref 2019-005609enf.

Timeline
Key dates from the city record.
Filed
Jul 28, 2022
Issued
Not issued yet
Completed
Not completed yet
City plan review
Each review stop the plans went through, from the city's routing record.
Review stops
9 stops across 5 departments
Comments issued
Not recorded for this permit

The city lists the review stops for this permit but not their results, so we can't tell whether reviewers asked for changes.

Review stopFinishedResult

Central Permit Bureau

Building Inspection · CPB

Sep 19, 2022—

Zoning review

Planning · CP-ZOC

In progress—

Permit Processing Center

Building Inspection · PPC

In progress—

Building plan review

Building Inspection · BLDG

In progress—

Mechanical and energy plan review

Building Inspection · MECH

In progress—

Fire prevention review

Fire Department · SFFD

In progress—

Public Utilities Commission review

Public Utilities · SFPUC

In progress—

Street use and mapping

Public Works · DPW-BSM

In progress—

Central Permit Bureau

Building Inspection · CPB

In progress—

Source: DataSF 87xy-gk8d (Building Permit Addenda with Routing), retrieved Nov 6, 2026. Reviewer names and notes are left out.

Permit details
Permit type
Additions alterations or repairs
Status
Filed
Estimated cost
$950,000
People named on this permit
Only people we matched to a California license are listed.
NameRoleLicense on permit
Paul I Cooper

Tef Design

ArchitectC28490
Sources
Everything on this page comes from public records. Check them yourself.
Permit 202207289443 on the city's permit tracking site

San Francisco Department of Building Inspection, the official record