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Commercial Retail
A Leading A/E Firm Supporting Projects Throughout The United States.
Commercial retail clients include both publicly traded companies and privately-owned corporations. Experience consists of both new build-to-suit (NBTS) and existing build-to-suit (EBTS) in the commercial retail sector.
Project Types in Commercial Retail:
- Entitlement: Site Planning and Site Design
- New Store Construction | Core and Shell Design
- Truck Route Analysis
- Fixture Planning | Store Layout
- Site Adapt | Tenant Improvement | Remodels
- Prototype Management
- Signage and Decor Coordination
- Gray Shell | Vanilla Shell
- Vendor Coordination
- As-Built Field Verification and Site Survey
- BIM (Building Information Modeling)
- Marketing and Lease Exhibits
Inspired and out-of-the-box processes to test current (and proposed) prototype design structurally, aesthetically, and technically.
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