Tenant Improvements
Custom commercial build-outs that turn empty shells and existing spaces into finished spaces for your business.
Spaces That Work From Day One
Whether you're building out a raw shell or retrofitting an existing space, Drake Contracting handles every phase of your tenant improvement. From demolition and framing through finishes, fixtures, and furniture coordination.
Built for Your Business
Every TI project starts with understanding how your space needs to function. We work with your architects, designers, and vendors to deliver a space that fits your brand, workflow, and budget.
Minimal Disruption
For occupied buildings, we plan phased work to keep neighboring tenants and businesses operational. We keep communication clear, job sites clean, and your building's other tenants in mind.
Industries We Build Out
Tenant improvements across retail, office, medical, restaurant, and specialty commercial spaces throughout the Central Valley.
Retail & Showrooms
Storefronts, custom displays, accessible layouts, and back-of-house infrastructure.
Office & Professional
Open-plan workspaces, private offices, conference rooms, server rooms, and break areas, wired and finished.
Medical & Veterinary
Exam rooms, procedure suites, waiting areas, and coordinated MEP systems built to healthcare facility standards.
Restaurant & Food Service
Commercial kitchens, dining rooms, bars, patios, and hood/ventilation systems. From fast-casual to fine dining.
Financial & Government
Secure lobbies, teller lines, vault areas, and public-facing spaces built to institutional standards with ADA compliance throughout.
Religious & Community
Sanctuaries, fellowship halls, classrooms, and multi-use spaces designed for gathering.
What a Typical TI Includes
From permitting through punch list, we manage every trade and every detail. Here's what a typical tenant improvement scope looks like.
Construction
Management
America's Tire, Clovis, CA
Build-out for America's Tire in Clovis: a retail and service facility with customer lobby, reception counters, retail display areas, and waiting area.
TI Projects Often Include
Many tenant improvements involve overlapping services. If your project needs a ground-up component or a full remodel, we handle that too.
Common Questions
A tenant improvement (TI) is any modification made to a commercial rental space to customize it for the tenant's business needs. This can include interior demolition, new walls and partitions, flooring, electrical and plumbing upgrades, HVAC modifications, ADA compliance work, and finish-out details like paint, fixtures, and signage. Drake Contracting manages the full TI process from design through final inspection.
Tenant improvement schedules depend on the scope, permitting requirements, and complexity of the build-out. Drake Contracting provides a detailed timeline during the estimating phase so you can plan your move-in accordingly.
It depends on the lease agreement. Many commercial leases include a tenant improvement allowance (TIA) where the landlord contributes a set dollar amount per square foot toward the build-out. The tenant typically covers costs above that allowance. Drake Contracting can help you maximize your TI allowance by providing accurate budgets and value-engineering options.