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Architect, San Francisco License C19521

Mark Cavagnero Associates

The city has issued 38 of the 49 San Francisco building permits that name Mark Cavagnero Associates since 2018. The work is mostly commercial, led by hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial. Their median plan-review permit for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial took 12.4 months from filing to issue, 111% slower than the citywide median. Their busiest neighborhoods are Financial District/South Beach, Tenderloin and Inner Richmond.

Also filed as
engineer
Issued by the city
38 of 49 filed since 2018
Median plan-review time, hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial
12.4 mo city median 5.9 mo
Rank for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial
No. 20 of 334 by hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued
Overall rank
No. 184 of 1,543 architects and designers

What they work on

Every San Francisco building permit with Mark Cavagnero Associates on the record since 2018, by project type. Most filed: 24 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial, 11 apartments and multifamily, 9 offices.

Residential and commercial, by permits filed

29% residential
71% commercial
Permits by project type, filed and issued
  1. Hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial Commercial 17 of 24 issued 49% of filings.
  2. Apartments and multifamily Residential 10 of 11 issued 22% of filings.
  3. Offices Commercial 8 of 9 issued 18% of filings.
  4. Home remodels Residential 1 of 2 issued 4% of filings.
  5. Restaurants and bars Commercial 2 of 2 issued 4% of filings.
  6. ADUs Residential 0 of 1 issued 2% 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
8 permits filed
Latest filing
Oct 2026
78% of 49 issued
Permits filed per year: 2018: 4, 2019: 6, 2020: 6, 2021: 7, 2022: 5, 2023: 8, 2024: 2, 2025: 6, 2026: 5. 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: 38 of 49 permits filed

78%

All San Francisco project permits since 2018 in this data

93% issued

11 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. Mark Cavagnero Associates has 22 of those across all project types; the citywide comparison is for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial, their most filed type, where 1,155 of 8,497 permits went through plan review and the rest were approved over the counter.

Mark Cavagnero Associates, hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial

12.4months

That is 111% slower than the citywide median for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial.

Median months from filing to issue for plan-review permits. Mark Cavagnero Associates, hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial: 12.4 months. San Francisco, hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial: 5.9 months. Middle half of city permits: 3.0 to 10.8 months.
12.4 months for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial, faster than 12 of 43 other architects and designers ranked for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial that have a median for it Each circle is a firm's median for its plan-review permits for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial. Dashed line: the median of all San Francisco plan-review permits for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial, 5.9 months. Shaded: the middle half of those permits, 3.0 to 10.8 months.
0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21+ months D-Scheme Studio: 15.9 months Jackson Liles Architecture: 9.0 months Shatara Architecture: 20.3 months Costa Brown Architecture: 5.3 months Harvey Hacker Architects: 11.2 months Gary Gee Architects, Inc.: 12.2 months Hga: 4.5 months Mei Architects: 13.4 months C A Architects: 2.8 months Dnm Architect: 7.4 months Jensen Architects: 5.1 months Studio Bondy Architecture: 8.6 months Rmw: 21.9 months Arcus Architecture & Planning: 39.6 months San Francisco Public Works: 16.8 months Dorman Assoc: 12.1 months Martinkovic Milford Architects: 5.2 months Tef Design: 4.1 months Cody Anderson Wasney Arch.: 4.7 months Leddy Maytum Stacy Archi: 2.6 months Page & Turnbull, Inc.: 3.6 months Tanner Hecht Architecture: 10.0 months Starkweatherbondy Arch Llp: 7.8 months Mbh Architects: 7.1 months Charles Hemminger Assoc.: 9.4 months Boulder Associates Architect: 3.0 months Treanorhl: 36.8 months Wong Logan Architects: 5.1 months Gelfand Partners Architects: 19.7 months Eaton Hall Architecture: 4.7 months M I Architects, Inc.: 14.9 months Locus Architecture Studio: 8.9 months Oculus: 12.3 months Sfmta: 4.8 months Ed2 International: 2.5 months Bureau Of Architecture: 5.1 months Brett Desmarais: 16.9 months Pfau Long Architecture: 6.5 months Kwan Design Architects: 3.5 months Michael Harris Architecture: 32.1 months Yao Chen Architecture Studio: 16.2 months Baukunst: 3.7 months Cac Architects: 11.2 months Mark Cavagnero Associates 0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21+ months D-Scheme Studio: 15.9 months Jackson Liles Architecture: 9.0 months Shatara Architecture: 20.3 months Costa Brown Architecture: 5.3 months Harvey Hacker Architects: 11.2 months Gary Gee Architects, Inc.: 12.2 months Hga: 4.5 months Mei Architects: 13.4 months C A Architects: 2.8 months Dnm Architect: 7.4 months Jensen Architects: 5.1 months Studio Bondy Architecture: 8.6 months Rmw: 21.9 months Arcus Architecture & Planning: 39.6 months San Francisco Public Works: 16.8 months Dorman Assoc: 12.1 months Martinkovic Milford Architects: 5.2 months Tef Design: 4.1 months Cody Anderson Wasney Arch.: 4.7 months Leddy Maytum Stacy Archi: 2.6 months Page & Turnbull, Inc.: 3.6 months Tanner Hecht Architecture: 10.0 months Starkweatherbondy Arch Llp: 7.8 months Mbh Architects: 7.1 months Charles Hemminger Assoc.: 9.4 months Boulder Associates Architect: 3.0 months Treanorhl: 36.8 months Wong Logan Architects: 5.1 months Gelfand Partners Architects: 19.7 months Eaton Hall Architecture: 4.7 months M I Architects, Inc.: 14.9 months Locus Architecture Studio: 8.9 months Oculus: 12.3 months Sfmta: 4.8 months Ed2 International: 2.5 months Bureau Of Architecture: 5.1 months Brett Desmarais: 16.9 months Pfau Long Architecture: 6.5 months Kwan Design Architects: 3.5 months Michael Harris Architecture: 32.1 months Yao Chen Architecture Studio: 16.2 months Baukunst: 3.7 months Cac Architects: 11.2 months Mark Cavagnero Associates

4 firms with medians over 21 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 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial alone.

  1. 182 John Maniscalco Architecture 39
  2. 183 Craig O'connell, Architect 38
  3. 184 Mark Cavagnero Associates 38
  4. 185 Stantec 38
  5. 186 Mei Architects 38

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

  1. 18 Rmw 18
  2. 19 Arcus Architecture & Planning 17
  3. 20 Mark Cavagnero Associates 17
  4. 21 San Francisco Public Works 17
  5. 22 Gensler Architect 16

Hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued, 334 architects and designers Hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial ranking

Where they work

The neighborhoods where Mark Cavagnero Associates 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 Tenderloin 112 architects and designers count Tenderloin among their busiest neighborhoods
  3. 03 Inner Richmond 120 architects and designers count Inner Richmond among their busiest neighborhoods
  4. 04 Bayview Hunters Point 133 architects and designers count Bayview Hunters Point 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 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial

Firms ranked near Mark Cavagnero Associates by permits issued for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial.

  1. 17 Xie Associates 18 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued
  2. 18 Rmw 18 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued · 21.9 mo median for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial
  3. 19 Arcus Architecture & Planning 17 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued · 39.6 mo median for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial
  4. 21 San Francisco Public Works 17 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued · 16.8 mo median for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial
  5. 22 Gensler Architect 16 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued
  6. 24 Martinkovic Milford Architects 15 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued · 5.2 mo median for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial

See all 334 architects and designers ranked for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial

Sheet
A-184 No. 184 of 1,543
Drawing
Permit record, Mark Cavagnero Associates
Architect, San Francisco
License
C19521 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 Mark Cavagnero Associates has not paid to be listed. Project addresses are never shown.

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