Commercial construction and tenant improvements
Ground-up commercial projects and tenant improvements, scheduled around your opening date.
Commercial work is a scheduling problem first
On a commercial job the construction is rarely the hard part. The hard part is that a date exists — a lease start, an opening, an inspection that has to pass before you can occupy — and every trade has to land in the right order to hit it. A tenant improvement in an occupied building adds a second constraint: the businesses on either side of you are still trying to operate.
Commercial permitting in San Antonio is a different review track than residential, with accessibility, egress, occupancy classification, and fire review all in play. Change of occupancy in particular catches people out. A space that was retail and is becoming a restaurant is not a finish-out, it is a code conversation, and it is much cheaper to have that conversation before the lease is signed.
How we work in an occupied building
Dust and noise control, protected paths, and work sequenced around business hours where the building requires it. We coordinate directly with property management on access, elevator use, and after-hours work so you are not the one relaying messages.
For build-outs we hold a single schedule that shows the inspection gates, because those are the dates that actually determine whether you open on time.
Recent work
Common questions
- Can you work after hours so we stay open?
- Yes, and in occupied buildings it is often the only workable answer. We sequence noisy and dusty work outside business hours and coordinate access with property management. It changes the schedule and the cost, so we price it explicitly rather than surprising you with it later.
- What is a change of occupancy and why does it matter?
- It is when a space is used for a materially different purpose than it was permitted for — retail becoming a restaurant, warehouse becoming an office. It triggers a different code review covering egress, occupancy load, accessibility, and often fire suppression. It is the single most common reason a finish-out budget doubles, and it is knowable before you sign a lease.
- Do you handle the permitting for commercial projects?
- Yes. Commercial review in San Antonio runs through Development Services with additional review for fire and accessibility depending on scope. We pull the permits, schedule inspections, and hold a schedule that shows the inspection gates so you can see what determines your opening date.