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Contractor, Walnut Creek License 460854

Terra Nova Industries

The city has issued 63 of the 69 San Francisco building permits that name Terra Nova Industries since 2018. The work is mostly commercial, led by restaurants and bars. Their median plan-review permit for restaurants and bars took 3.8 months from filing to issue, 48% faster than the citywide median. Their busiest neighborhoods are Financial District/South Beach, Lakeshore and Marina.

Issued by the city
63 of 69 filed since 2018
Median plan-review time, restaurants and bars
3.8 mo city median 7.4 mo
Rank for restaurants and bars
No. 2 of 74 by restaurants and bars issued
Overall rank
No. 181 of 226 contractors

What they work on

Every San Francisco building permit with Terra Nova Industries on the record since 2018, by project type. Most filed: 32 restaurants and bars, 23 apartments and multifamily, 7 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial.

Residential and commercial, by permits filed

33% residential
67% commercial
Permits by project type, filed and issued
  1. Restaurants and bars Commercial 28 of 32 issued 46% of filings.
  2. Apartments and multifamily Residential 23 of 23 issued 33% of filings.
  3. Hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial Commercial 6 of 7 issued 10% of filings.
  4. Retail and shops Commercial 4 of 5 issued 7% of filings.
  5. Offices Commercial 2 of 2 issued 3% 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
14 permits filed
Latest filing
Apr 2026
91% of 69 issued
Permits filed per year: 2018: 10, 2019: 14, 2020: 5, 2021: 7, 2022: 11, 2023: 6, 2024: 5, 2025: 9, 2026: 2. 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: 63 of 69 permits filed

91%

All San Francisco project permits since 2018 in this data

93% issued

6 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. Terra Nova Industries has 11 of those across all project types; the citywide comparison is for restaurants and bars, their most filed type, where 260 of 3,793 permits went through plan review and the rest were approved over the counter.

Terra Nova Industries, restaurants and bars

3.8months

That is 48% faster than the citywide median for restaurants and bars.

Median months from filing to issue for plan-review permits. Terra Nova Industries, restaurants and bars: 3.8 months. San Francisco, restaurants and bars: 7.4 months. Middle half of city permits: 3.7 to 12.5 months.
3.8 months for restaurants and bars, faster than 2 of 2 other contractors ranked for restaurants and bars that have a median for it Each circle is a firm's median for its plan-review permits for restaurants and bars. Dashed line: the median of all San Francisco plan-review permits for restaurants and bars, 7.4 months. Shaded: the middle half of those permits, 3.7 to 12.5 months.
0 3 6 9 12 15 months Gci, Inc: 6.4 months Mastec Network Solutions Inc: 5.3 months Terra Nova Industries 0 3 6 9 12 15 months Gci, Inc: 6.4 months Mastec Network Solutions Inc: 5.3 months Terra Nova Industries

Where they rank

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

  1. 179 Hong Shink Construction 65
  2. 180 Curran & Associates General Contractors 64
  3. 181 Terra Nova Industries 63
  4. 182 Golden One Construction Inc 63
  5. 183 Larkspur Builders Inc. 63

All permits issued, 226 contractors Full ranking

  1. 1 Cookline Construction Inc 53
  2. 2 Terra Nova Industries 28
  3. 3 Hasz Construction Inc 26
  4. 4 Hathaway Dinwiddie Co. 23
  5. 5 Magnum Construction Group Inc 22

Restaurants and bars issued, 74 contractors

Where they work

The neighborhoods where Terra Nova Industries files the most permits, and how many contractors count each one among their top 4 neighborhoods.

  1. 01 Financial District/South Beach 49 contractors count Financial District/South Beach among their busiest neighborhoods
  2. 02 Lakeshore 2 contractors count Lakeshore among their busiest neighborhoods
  3. 03 Marina 42 contractors count Marina among their busiest neighborhoods
  4. 04 Mission Bay 24 contractors count Mission Bay 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 contractors for restaurants and bars

Firms ranked near Terra Nova Industries by permits issued for restaurants and bars.

  1. 1 Cookline Construction Inc 53 restaurants and bars issued
  2. 3 Hasz Construction Inc 26 restaurants and bars issued
  3. 4 Hathaway Dinwiddie Co. 23 restaurants and bars issued
  4. 5 Magnum Construction Group Inc 22 restaurants and bars issued
  5. 6 Gci, Inc 20 restaurants and bars issued · 6.4 mo median for restaurants and bars
  6. 7 Dome Construction Corp 19 restaurants and bars issued
Sheet
C-181 No. 181 of 226
Drawing
Permit record, Terra Nova Industries
Contractor, Walnut Creek
License
460854 check with CSLB
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 Terra Nova Industries has not paid to be listed. Project addresses are never shown.

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