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Architect License C12670

Lerner And Associates

The city has issued 6 of the 6 San Francisco building permits that name Lerner And Associates since 2018. The work is mostly commercial, led by retail and shops. Their busiest neighborhoods are Western Addition, Sunset/Parkside and Tenderloin.

Issued by the city
6 of 6 filed since 2018
Rank for retail and shops
No. 183 of 199 by retail and shops issued
Overall rank
No. 874 of 1,543 architects and designers
Commercial share
83% last filing Oct 2023

What they work on

Every San Francisco building permit with Lerner And Associates on the record since 2018, by project type. Most filed: 2 retail and shops, 2 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial, 1 apartments and multifamily.

Residential and commercial, by permits filed

17% residential
83% commercial
Permits by project type, filed and issued
  1. Retail and shops Commercial 2 of 2 issued 33% of filings.
  2. Hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial Commercial 2 of 2 issued 33% of filings.
  3. Apartments and multifamily Residential 1 of 1 issued 17% of filings.
  4. Offices Commercial 1 of 1 issued 17% 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
2 permits filed
Latest filing
Oct 2023
100% of 6 issued
Permits filed per year: 2018: 0, 2019: 2, 2020: 1, 2021: 0, 2022: 2, 2023: 1, 2024: 0, 2025: 0, 2026: 0. 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: 6 of 6 permits filed

100%

All San Francisco project permits since 2018 in this data

93% issued

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. Lerner And Associates has 0 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. 872 Joseph P. Dangaran 6
  2. 873 Kcda Inc 6
  3. 874 Lerner And Associates 6
  4. 875 Nsa 6
  5. 876 Pfm Architecture 6

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

  1. 181 Korth Sunseri Hagey Architects 2
  2. 182 Winnie W Chen 2
  3. 183 Lerner And Associates 2
  4. 184 Tom Michael Renjie 2
  5. 185 Tpg Architecture Llp 2

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

Where they work

The neighborhoods where Lerner And Associates files the most permits, and how many architects and designers count each one among their top 4 neighborhoods.

  1. 01 Western Addition 74 architects and designers count Western Addition among their busiest neighborhoods
  2. 02 Sunset/Parkside 280 architects and designers count Sunset/Parkside among their busiest neighborhoods
  3. 03 Tenderloin 112 architects and designers count Tenderloin among their busiest neighborhoods
  4. 04 Mission 381 architects and designers count Mission 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 Lerner And Associates by permits issued for retail and shops.

  1. 180 Hilliard Architects 2 retail and shops issued
  2. 181 Korth Sunseri Hagey Architects 2 retail and shops issued
  3. 182 Winnie W Chen 2 retail and shops issued
  4. 184 Tom Michael Renjie 2 retail and shops issued
  5. 185 Tpg Architecture Llp 2 retail and shops issued
  6. 186 Benedict Tranel 2 retail and shops issued

See all 199 architects and designers ranked for retail and shops

Sheet
A-874 No. 874 of 1,543
Drawing
Permit record, Lerner And Associates
Architect
License
C12670 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 Lerner And Associates has not paid to be listed. Project addresses are never shown.

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