Kim Grant Design Inc in downtown San Diego's Little Italy neighborhood holds California architect license C28978 and has permitted over 140 projects from its Kettner Boulevard studio since 2002. Historic residential rehabilitation is the firm's core practice — existing-condition assessments, adaptive designs that preserve period character, and code-path navigation for structures predating current seismic and energy standards — work that pairs naturally with whole-house remodeling contractors including Sheiner Construction. The practice also designs new accessory dwelling units, managing California's evolving ADU regulations from schematic design through building department approval. Coastal Development Permit projects along San Diego's shoreline require compliance with California Coastal Commission setback, height, and view-corridor rules, adding a regulatory layer that general architectural practices rarely handle. Site analysis on those coastal and historic lots involves grading, drainage, and buildable-area calculations coordinated with land planners including Estrada Land Planning. The most complex commissions combine all three specialties — a pre-1930s structure on a coastal bluff requiring seismic retrofit, historic-designation compliance, and Coastal Commission approval in a single entitlement package.