Commercial service
Tenant Improvements & Build-Outs
Coordinate build-outs around code, landlord requirements and operational timing.
The scope
Landlord, code and opening date at once.
Tenant improvements combine a business program with landlord requirements, permitting and an occupied-building schedule. Blackstone organizes those constraints into a defined construction plan.
Discuss your tenant improvements projectWork may include
- Existing-space review
- Landlord and design coordination
- Permit planning
- Interior construction
- Closeout coordination
Bring these details
- Lease and landlord requirements
- Occupancy target
- Business operations
- Building access
- Finish and equipment scope
How these projects usually run
General points that apply to most projects of this kind. Confirm the specifics for your property when you request an estimate.
- How does the landlord fit in?
- On most commercial leases the work letter sets out which improvements the landlord delivers and which the tenant pays for, and the landlord's review of drawings runs alongside the city's plan check. Landlord approval is often the longer of the two, so it is worth starting early.
- Who supplies what?
- The contractor builds what the drawings show. The tenant typically supplies the furniture, fixtures and equipment specific to the business — racking, kitchen equipment, signage — and decides any items the lease leaves to the tenant. Utility and data providers work to their own schedules and are coordinated by the build-out rather than controlled by it.
- What affects the schedule?
- Three things move a build-out date more than anything else: how long landlord and city reviews take, lead times on long-lead items such as HVAC units, storefront glazing and specialty lighting, and whether the space is vacant or in use while the work happens.
Blackstone Contracting Group is based in Peoria and serves Greater Phoenix.