SK Houston Construction builds out retail stores and restaurants in Houston TX, from grey shell to open doors. These jobs live and die on the opening date, so we plan the schedule backwards from yours and hold the trades to it.
Every week the doors stay shut costs you money. We deal with the permits and the inspectors, and we coordinate with your landlord and your equipment suppliers so nothing sits waiting on someone else.
Restaurant Build Outs and Commercial Kitchens
Restaurant build outs carry more moving parts than almost any other commercial job. Hood systems, grease interceptors, gas, floor drains, walk-ins, and a health inspector who will not pass anything that is close enough.
We coordinate the kitchen equipment package with your supplier so the rough-ins land where the equipment actually goes, not where a drawing guessed six months ago. Dining rooms, bars, restrooms and front of house finishes come as part of the same scope, along with the health department submittals and inspection scheduling.
Retail Build Outs, Storefronts and Fixtures
Retail build outs are about getting a sellable floor open on time and on brand. We work from your fixture plan and brand standards, and we deal with the landlord criteria that come attached to most centre leases.
Storefronts, flooring, lighting, fitting rooms, stockrooms and point of sale rough-ins all come as one scope with one manager running it. For larger projects see our commercial general contracting and commercial construction services.
FAQ
Common Questions
How long does a restaurant build out take in Houston?
A second generation space that already has a kitchen can move quickly. A grey shell restaurant build out takes considerably longer, because everything from grease interceptor to hood system goes in from scratch and each stage needs its own inspection. Permitting and health department review are usually the longest poles. We give you a realistic date at scoping, not an optimistic one.
Do you handle health department and grease trap requirements?
Yes, all of it. Grease interceptor sizing and installation, floor drains, hood and make up air systems, hand sinks, finishes that meet code, and the submittals and inspections that go with them. This is the part that catches out contractors who mostly do retail, and it is the part that stops you opening.
What is the difference between grey shell and second generation space?
Grey shell is a bare space: concrete floor, exterior walls, utilities stubbed to the unit and nothing else. Everything gets built from zero. Second generation space was previously occupied, so some infrastructure is already there. Second generation is cheaper and faster when the previous use is close to yours, and occasionally more expensive when it is not and demolition costs more than starting clean.