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Food-Service Tenant Improvements
A signed lease starts the clock on rent you are paying for an empty space. Concept Craft delivers San Diego food-service tenant improvements that turn a shell or former restaurant into a compliant, open-for-business operation, fast.
The economics of a food-service tenant improvement are brutal once the lease is signed, so the goal is a compliant, operating space as fast as the work allows. Concept Craft scopes TIs to get you open, not to linger, turning a shell or former restaurant into a code-compliant, inspection-ready food business.
Every month closed is rent paid for nothing. The economics of a food-service tenant improvement are brutal once the lease is signed, so the goal is a compliant, operating space as fast as the work allows. We scope TIs to get you open, not to linger.
Shell or former restaurant, we make it compliant. A vanilla shell needs full kitchen and utility infrastructure built in. A former restaurant needs its existing systems assessed, what is reusable, what is outdated, what no longer meets code. Either way, we build to a compliant, inspection-ready result.
Permit-ready plans keep the timeline honest. Tenant improvements still go through plan check, and a clean, code-built plan set is what keeps approval from eating your timeline. We produce the set, coordinate the process, and build to the approved drawings.
Sequenced to minimize downtime. We plan the work to limit the gap between lease and opening, ordering long-lead items early and phasing the build so nothing stalls waiting on a step that could have started sooner.
What You Get
- A clear read on what your space needs to become a compliant food operation
- Construction to health, building, and accessibility code throughout
- Ventilation, gas, plumbing, grease, and power built in or upgraded
- A permit-ready submission package built to clear plan check efficiently
- Phasing and procurement planned to shorten the lease-to-open gap
- The space carried through final health and building sign-off
How We Work
Space & Lease Review
We assess the shell or former restaurant to scope what it needs to become a compliant, operating food business.
Compliant TI Design
We design the build-out to health, building, and accessibility code, then produce a permit-ready plan set.
Permit & Build
We coordinate the plan set through plan check and build to the approved drawings, sequencing work to limit downtime.
Open for Business
We carry the space through final health and building sign-off and hand you a ready-to-operate food business.
Proof of Work
Proof: The Farm to Smash Build
Built
The Farm to Smash Build
Concept Craft built the commercial kitchens for Farm to Smash at two locations, Escondido and Point Loma. Two kitchens, two jurisdictions, two health-department reviews, both built to code and brought into operation. That is the test of a food-service builder: not a single showroom kitchen, but repeatable, compliant builds that clear approvals and open for business.
- Licensed, Bonded & Insured
- Built to Health Code
- Permit-Ready Plans
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FAQ
Questions, Answered
A shell needs full food-service infrastructure built in, kitchen ventilation, gas, plumbing, grease management, floor drains, code finishes, ADA, and the supporting electrical. We design and build all of it to code and carry it through approval and inspection.
Often, partly. We assess the existing hood, gas, plumbing, grease, and finishes to determine what is reusable, what needs upgrading, and what no longer meets code, so you reuse what is sound and replace only what you must.
We sequence the work to shorten the lease-to-open gap, ordering long-lead equipment early and phasing construction so the project keeps moving rather than waiting on a single bottleneck.
Both. We produce the permit-ready plan set for the tenant improvement, coordinate it through plan check, and then build to the approved drawings so inspections go smoothly.
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Tell us about your project and we'll scope it, map the permitting path, and give you a clear way forward.