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Architect, Dallas License C25519

Cortland Morgan Arch.

The city has issued 14 of the 16 San Francisco building permits that name Cortland Morgan Arch. since 2018. The work is mostly commercial, led by retail and shops. Their busiest neighborhoods are Financial District/South Beach, Marina and Tenderloin.

Also filed as
permit expediter
Issued by the city
14 of 16 filed since 2018
Rank for retail and shops
No. 27 of 199 by retail and shops issued
Overall rank
No. 456 of 1,543 architects and designers
Commercial share
75% last filing Jul 2026

What they work on

Every San Francisco building permit with Cortland Morgan Arch. on the record since 2018, by project type. Most filed: 9 retail and shops, 4 apartments and multifamily, 3 offices.

Residential and commercial, by permits filed

25% residential
75% commercial
Permits by project type, filed and issued
  1. Retail and shops Commercial 9 of 9 issued 56% of filings.
  2. Apartments and multifamily Residential 2 of 4 issued 25% of filings.
  3. Offices Commercial 3 of 3 issued 19% of filings.

Permits over time

Permits filed each year, drawn as a street with one building per year, and how many of all their permits the city has issued.

Busiest year
2019
4 permits filed
Latest filing
Jul 2026
88% of 16 issued
Permits filed per year: 2018: 2, 2019: 4, 2020: 1, 2021: 3, 2022: 0, 2023: 3, 2024: 1, 2025: 0, 2026: 2. The 2026 figure runs through October 20, 2026.

One building per year, its height the permits filed. Each floor line marks 1 permit; the 2026 building is dashed because it counts permits filed through October 20, 2026.

Issued by the city: 14 of 16 permits filed

88%

All San Francisco project permits since 2018 in this data

93% issued

2 not issued as of October 20, 2026. Source: SF Department of Building Inspection permits via DataSF.

How fast their permits come through

Filing to issue for permits that went through plan review. Cortland Morgan Arch. has 2 of those across all project types; the citywide comparison is for retail and shops, their most filed type, where 366 of 4,253 permits went through plan review and the rest were approved over the counter.

No median yet: fewer than 3 issued plan-review permits with usable dates.

Median months from filing to issue for plan-review permits. San Francisco, retail and shops: 5.7 months. Middle half of city permits: 3.1 to 10.2 months.
8 other architects and designers ranked for retail and shops have a median for it Each circle is a firm's median for its plan-review permits for retail and shops. Dashed line: the median of all San Francisco plan-review permits for retail and shops, 5.7 months. Shaded: the middle half of those permits, 3.1 to 10.2 months.
0 3 6 9 12 15 months Mbh Architects: 6.7 months D-Scheme Studio: 7.4 months Gensler Architect: 6.1 months Eugene Yun: 5.3 months Greenbergfarrow: 9.9 months Harvey Hacker Architects: 13.6 months Otj Architects: 5.2 months David A. Udkow Architect: 2.9 months 0 3 6 9 12 15 months Mbh Architects: 6.7 months D-Scheme Studio: 7.4 months Gensler Architect: 6.1 months Eugene Yun: 5.3 months Greenbergfarrow: 9.9 months Harvey Hacker Architects: 13.6 months Otj Architects: 5.2 months David A. Udkow Architect: 2.9 months

Where they rank

Ranked by permits the city has issued since 2018, first across every project type, then for retail and shops alone.

  1. 454 07 Studios 14
  2. 455 360 Architecture 14
  3. 456 Cortland Morgan Arch. 14
  4. 457 James Stavoy, Aia 14
  5. 458 Jerry Brown Design 14

All permits issued, 1,543 architects and designers Full ranking

  1. 25 Mrh Architecture 9
  2. 26 Chipman Design Architecture 9
  3. 27 Cortland Morgan Arch. 9
  4. 28 Michael R. Black, Aia 9
  5. 29 Dtmarchitect 9

Retail and shops issued, 199 architects and designers Retail and shops ranking

Where they work

The neighborhoods where Cortland Morgan Arch. files the most permits, and how many architects and designers count each one among their top 4 neighborhoods.

  1. 01 Financial District/South Beach 386 architects and designers count Financial District/South Beach among their busiest neighborhoods
  2. 02 Marina 211 architects and designers count Marina among their busiest neighborhoods
  3. 03 Tenderloin 112 architects and designers count Tenderloin among their busiest neighborhoods
  4. 04 Pacific Heights 221 architects and designers count Pacific Heights among their busiest neighborhoods

Questions for the first call

  1. Which of your recent San Francisco permits are closest to my project in type, size and neighborhood, and can I see the permit numbers?
  2. How long did those permits take from filing to issue, and what did plan check send back?
  3. Who on your team draws the set, who stamps it, and who answers the city's comments?

Other architects and designers for retail and shops

Firms ranked near Cortland Morgan Arch. by permits issued for retail and shops.

  1. 23 Peter Petruzzi Architect 9 retail and shops issued
  2. 24 Drsa 9 retail and shops issued
  3. 26 Chipman Design Architecture 9 retail and shops issued
  4. 28 Michael R. Black, Aia 9 retail and shops issued
  5. 29 Dtmarchitect 9 retail and shops issued
  6. 30 Greenbergfarrow 9 retail and shops issued · 9.9 mo median for retail and shops

See all 199 architects and designers ranked for retail and shops

Sheet
A-456 No. 456 of 1,543
Drawing
Permit record, Cortland Morgan Arch.
Architect, Dallas
License
C25519 check with CAB
Data as of
Oct 2026
Scale
Not to scale

Built only from public San Francisco Department of Building Inspection records (permits, permit contacts), updated 2026-10-20. It is not a review or an endorsement, and Cortland Morgan Arch. has not paid to be listed. Project addresses are never shown.

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