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Architect, San Francisco License C14060

Gary Gee Architects, Inc.

The city has issued 101 of the 113 San Francisco building permits that name Gary Gee Architects, Inc. since 2018. The work is a mix of residential and commercial, led by apartments and multifamily. Their median plan-review permit for apartments and multifamily took 30.9 months from filing to issue, 396% slower than the citywide median. Their busiest neighborhoods are Bayview Hunters Point, South of Market and Mission.

Also filed as
engineer, permit expediter
Median plan-review time, apartments and multifamily
30.9 mo city median 6.2 mo
Rank for apartments and multifamily
No. 50 of 659 by apartments and multifamily issued

What they work on

Every San Francisco building permit with Gary Gee Architects, Inc. on the record since 2018, by project type. Most filed: 29 apartments and multifamily, 26 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial, 16 retail and shops.

Residential and commercial, by permits filed

45% residential
55% commercial
Permits by project type, filed and issued
  1. Apartments and multifamily Residential 25 of 29 issued 26% of filings.
  2. Hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial Commercial 22 of 26 issued 23% of filings.
  3. Retail and shops Commercial 15 of 16 issued 14% of filings.
  4. Home remodels Residential 13 of 13 issued 12% of filings.
  5. Offices Commercial 10 of 10 issued 9% of filings.
  6. Restaurants and bars Commercial 10 of 10 issued 9% of filings.
  7. ADUs Residential 3 of 5 issued 4% of filings.
  8. Home additions Residential 2 of 3 issued 3% of filings.
  9. New homes Residential 1 of 1 issued 1% 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
2023
16 permits filed
Latest filing
Oct 2026
89% of 113 issued
Permits filed per year: 2018: 15, 2019: 12, 2020: 14, 2021: 9, 2022: 10, 2023: 16, 2024: 16, 2025: 11, 2026: 10. The 2026 figure runs through October 20, 2026.

One building per year, its height the permits filed. Each floor line marks 2 permits; the 2026 building is dashed because it counts permits filed through October 20, 2026.

Issued by the city: 101 of 113 permits filed

89%

All San Francisco project permits since 2018 in this data

93% issued

12 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. Gary Gee Architects, Inc. has 18 of those across all project types; the citywide comparison is for apartments and multifamily, their most filed type, where 3,633 of 59,927 permits went through plan review and the rest were approved over the counter.

Gary Gee Architects, Inc., apartments and multifamily

30.9months

That is 396% slower than the citywide median for apartments and multifamily.

Median months from filing to issue for plan-review permits. Gary Gee Architects, Inc., apartments and multifamily: 30.9 months. San Francisco, apartments and multifamily: 6.2 months. Middle half of city permits: 2.7 to 12.3 months.
30.9 months for apartments and multifamily, faster than 4 of 104 other architects and designers ranked for apartments and multifamily that have a median for it Each circle is a firm's median for its plan-review permits for apartments and multifamily. Dashed line: the median of all San Francisco plan-review permits for apartments and multifamily, 6.2 months. Shaded: the middle half of those permits, 2.7 to 12.3 months.
0 6 12 18 24 30 36+ months Halyard Construction Inc.: 6.2 months Hkit Architects: 9.4 months Shatara Architecture: 17.7 months Xie Associates: 9.0 months Thousand Architects: 8.9 months Syncopated Architecture: 8.6 months Openscope Studio: 5.4 months Hood Thomas Architects: 13.0 months Gelfand Partners Architects: 4.5 months Gensler: 5.1 months Architects Sf: 11.4 months Arcus Architecture & Planning: 4.8 months Ssdp: 5.2 months Levy Design Partners: 9.8 months Stanton Architecture: 11.2 months Topetcher Architectural: 12.6 months Kotas/Pantaleoni Architects: 13.2 months David Baker Architects: 9.3 months Ya Studio: 8.9 months Nathan Simpson Architect: 18.5 months Jason M.J.Chan Architect: 3.2 months Jorge Carbonell Architecture: 5.1 months Troy Kashanipour: 14.6 months Rg-Architecture: 9.8 months D-Scheme Studio: 8.6 months Schaub | Li | Architects: 19.3 months Houston / Tyner: 6.9 months Beaumont & Associates: 25.2 months Cm Architects: 14.3 months Kerman Morris Architects: 13.9 months Bde Architecture: 15.9 months Tecta Associates: 12.6 months Martinkovic Milford Architects: 9.8 months Mithun Architects: 3.9 months Leavitt Architecture: 5.0 months Bar Architects: 7.6 months Peter Petruzzi Architect: 6.2 months Ottolini Booth & Associates: 13.3 months Chris Sullivan: 11.0 months Ankrom Moisan: 6.1 months Paulett Taggart Architects: 6.2 months Dnm Architect: 9.9 months Knock Arch & Design: 12.4 months William Pashelinsky Arch.: 32.0 months Red Cloud Wireless: 5.1 months Huang Iboshi Architecture: 20.3 months Michael Harris Architecture: 9.9 months Aaron Lim Design: 9.1 months Rodgers Architecture: 11.5 months Mml Architect: 11.4 months Zachary Nathan Architect: 12.1 months Sutro Architects: 16.0 months Robles & Assocciates: 18.7 months Solomon Cordwell Buenz: 16.2 months Louis Felthouse: 24.1 months Handel Architects,Llp: 9.1 months Pacific Das: 4.6 months John Lum Architecture: 15.8 months Santos Prescott & Assoc.: 6.6 months Baukunst: 7.6 months Studio 12 Architecture: 24.2 months Harvey Hacker Architects: 15.6 months Plinth Architecture: 10.0 months Hks Architects: 7.7 months The John Stewart Company: 6.8 months Som: 9.2 months Mason Kirby Inc.: 12.0 months Rex Mclean Architects: 8.8 months Farrrell Architecture: 6.8 months Bunton Mousavi Architecture: 3.4 months Natoma Architects Inc.: 6.4 months Stan Teng Architecture Studio: 7.0 months Arquitectonica: 3.9 months Mark Cavagnero Associates: 8.8 months Page & Turnbull, Inc.: 12.7 months Perry Architectus, Inc.: 17.0 months L.A. Paul & Associates: 29.0 months Ccs Architecture: 8.3 months Field Paoli Architects: 3.0 months Dmarc Studio: 13.2 months Van Meter Williams Pollack Llp: 12.7 months Sternberg Benjamin Architects: 15.0 months Steinberg Hart: 6.4 months Sgpa Arch & Planning: 13.8 months Leddy Maytum Architects: 22.4 months Leddy May Tun Stacy Arch.: 2.3 months Winder Gibson Architects: 33.5 months Herman Coliver Locus Arch: 2.7 months Corbel Architects: 7.1 months Caroline Souza: 1.4 months Leddy Maytum Stacy Archi: 14.7 months Winder Gison Architects: 31.7 months Dumican Mosey Architects: 15.2 months Mavrik Studio: 6.7 months Leonardozylberberg Architect: 37.8 months Mbh: 10.2 months Interstice Architects: 9.4 months Nastaran Mousavi: 11.5 months Angela Matt Architect, Inc.: 1.4 months Century Electric: 11.7 months James Gates Architectural Corp: 5.6 months Page & Turnboll: 5.1 months Marx | Okubo Associates Inc: 4.4 months Tk Architect: 7.2 months Gary Gee Architects, Inc. 0 6 12 18 24 30 36+ months Halyard Construction Inc.: 6.2 months Hkit Architects: 9.4 months Shatara Architecture: 17.7 months Xie Associates: 9.0 months Thousand Architects: 8.9 months Syncopated Architecture: 8.6 months Openscope Studio: 5.4 months Hood Thomas Architects: 13.0 months Gelfand Partners Architects: 4.5 months Gensler: 5.1 months Architects Sf: 11.4 months Arcus Architecture & Planning: 4.8 months Ssdp: 5.2 months Levy Design Partners: 9.8 months Stanton Architecture: 11.2 months Topetcher Architectural: 12.6 months Kotas/Pantaleoni Architects: 13.2 months David Baker Architects: 9.3 months Ya Studio: 8.9 months Nathan Simpson Architect: 18.5 months Jason M.J.Chan Architect: 3.2 months Jorge Carbonell Architecture: 5.1 months Troy Kashanipour: 14.6 months Rg-Architecture: 9.8 months D-Scheme Studio: 8.6 months Schaub | Li | Architects: 19.3 months Houston / Tyner: 6.9 months Beaumont & Associates: 25.2 months Cm Architects: 14.3 months Kerman Morris Architects: 13.9 months Bde Architecture: 15.9 months Tecta Associates: 12.6 months Martinkovic Milford Architects: 9.8 months Mithun Architects: 3.9 months Leavitt Architecture: 5.0 months Bar Architects: 7.6 months Peter Petruzzi Architect: 6.2 months Ottolini Booth & Associates: 13.3 months Chris Sullivan: 11.0 months Ankrom Moisan: 6.1 months Paulett Taggart Architects: 6.2 months Dnm Architect: 9.9 months Knock Arch & Design: 12.4 months William Pashelinsky Arch.: 32.0 months Red Cloud Wireless: 5.1 months Huang Iboshi Architecture: 20.3 months Michael Harris Architecture: 9.9 months Aaron Lim Design: 9.1 months Rodgers Architecture: 11.5 months Mml Architect: 11.4 months Zachary Nathan Architect: 12.1 months Sutro Architects: 16.0 months Robles & Assocciates: 18.7 months Solomon Cordwell Buenz: 16.2 months Louis Felthouse: 24.1 months Handel Architects,Llp: 9.1 months Pacific Das: 4.6 months John Lum Architecture: 15.8 months Santos Prescott & Assoc.: 6.6 months Baukunst: 7.6 months Studio 12 Architecture: 24.2 months Harvey Hacker Architects: 15.6 months Plinth Architecture: 10.0 months Hks Architects: 7.7 months The John Stewart Company: 6.8 months Som: 9.2 months Mason Kirby Inc.: 12.0 months Rex Mclean Architects: 8.8 months Farrrell Architecture: 6.8 months Bunton Mousavi Architecture: 3.4 months Natoma Architects Inc.: 6.4 months Stan Teng Architecture Studio: 7.0 months Arquitectonica: 3.9 months Mark Cavagnero Associates: 8.8 months Page & Turnbull, Inc.: 12.7 months Perry Architectus, Inc.: 17.0 months L.A. Paul & Associates: 29.0 months Ccs Architecture: 8.3 months Field Paoli Architects: 3.0 months Dmarc Studio: 13.2 months Van Meter Williams Pollack Llp: 12.7 months Sternberg Benjamin Architects: 15.0 months Steinberg Hart: 6.4 months Sgpa Arch & Planning: 13.8 months Leddy Maytum Architects: 22.4 months Leddy May Tun Stacy Arch.: 2.3 months Winder Gibson Architects: 33.5 months Herman Coliver Locus Arch: 2.7 months Corbel Architects: 7.1 months Caroline Souza: 1.4 months Leddy Maytum Stacy Archi: 14.7 months Winder Gison Architects: 31.7 months Dumican Mosey Architects: 15.2 months Mavrik Studio: 6.7 months Leonardozylberberg Architect: 37.8 months Mbh: 10.2 months Interstice Architects: 9.4 months Nastaran Mousavi: 11.5 months Angela Matt Architect, Inc.: 1.4 months Century Electric: 11.7 months James Gates Architectural Corp: 5.6 months Page & Turnboll: 5.1 months Marx | Okubo Associates Inc: 4.4 months Tk Architect: 7.2 months Gary Gee Architects, Inc.

1 firms with medians over 36 months are drawn at the right edge.

Where they rank

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

  1. 45 Studios Architecture 105
  2. 46 Ottolini Booth & Associates 101
  3. 47 Gary Gee Architects, Inc. 101
  4. 48 Smith Group 101
  5. 49 Dnm Architect 98

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

  1. 48 Five Design 25
  2. 49 Ottolini Booth & Associates 25
  3. 50 Gary Gee Architects, Inc. 25
  4. 51 Chris Sullivan 24
  5. 52 Ankrom Moisan 24

Apartments and multifamily issued, 659 architects and designers Apartments and multifamily ranking

Where they work

The neighborhoods where Gary Gee Architects, Inc. files the most permits, and how many architects and designers count each one among their top 4 neighborhoods.

  1. 01 Bayview Hunters Point 133 architects and designers count Bayview Hunters Point among their busiest neighborhoods
  2. 02 South of Market 216 architects and designers count South of Market among their busiest neighborhoods
  3. 03 Mission 381 architects and designers count Mission among their busiest neighborhoods
  4. 04 Castro/Upper Market 206 architects and designers count Castro/Upper Market 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?
Sheet
A-047 No. 47 of 1,543
Drawing
Permit record, Gary Gee Architects, Inc.
Architect, San Francisco
License
C14060 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 Gary Gee Architects, Inc. has not paid to be listed. Project addresses are never shown.

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