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Restaurant & Commercial Build-Outs in Chicago
Construction and renovation services for restaurants, including interior build-outs, upgrades, and full project coordination — plus interior construction for offices, retail spaces, and tenant build-outs across Chicago.
Scope
What a build-out with us covers
Restaurant and commercial interiors carry the tightest schedules of anything we build: a delayed opening costs rent and payroll with no revenue against it. The work is sequenced around that.
- Project types
- Restaurants, bars, cafés, offices, retail
- Typical scope
- Full interior build-out or upgrade
- Coordination
- Permits, trades, inspections
- Service area
- Chicago & suburbs
- Demolition and interior prep of the existing tenant space
- Metal and wood framing, drywall, and partition layout
- Suspended and acoustical ceiling systems
- Coordination of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing trades
- Kitchen and back-of-house rough-in coordination with equipment suppliers
- Storefront, millwork, and specialty interior finishes
- Flooring, wall finishes, and final paint
- Permit documentation and inspection scheduling
- Punch list, final walkthrough, and closeout
How the work runs
Sequenced so the opening date holds
Full coordination of construction projects, including scheduling, subcontractor management, and execution.
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Scope and site walk
We walk the space with you, review plans or existing drawings, and identify what the landlord’s work letter covers versus what falls to the tenant.
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Permits and documentation
Permit sets are assembled and filed, and the construction schedule is built backwards from your target opening date.
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Trades sequenced without gaps
Framing, MEP rough-in, ceilings, and finishes are booked against a single schedule so no trade waits on another to clear the space.
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Inspections and closeout
Inspections are scheduled as each phase completes, then a punch list and final walkthrough before handover.
Project plates
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Common questions
Before you request an estimate
Do you work from an architect’s drawings, or can you help develop the scope?
Both. If you already have a permit set we build to it. If you have a lease and a rough concept, we can walk the space, define the scope of work, and coordinate the drawings you need to file.
Can you work around a landlord’s work letter?
Yes. Splitting landlord work from tenant work is part of the initial scope review, so the estimate reflects only what actually falls to you.
Do you handle permits and inspections?
Yes. Permit documentation and inspection scheduling are part of the project management scope on commercial work.
Free Estimate
Get a build-out estimate
Send the space, the concept, and your target opening date. Include plans or drawings if you have them.
- Service area
- Chicago & surrounding suburbs
- Hours
- Mon–Fri 09:00–17:00
- Phone
- 773-969-7777
- Typical response
- One business day