Multi-Tenant Building

This design-build project, developed in partnership with the owner and retail partner, was designed to meet the specific needs of three committed tenants. The building, a 6,176 sq ft shell, was constructed to accommodate the requirements of Starbucks, Jersey Mike’s, and Five Guys, all of which operate in the food service industry. The project design was guided by Starbucks’ design standards, with L.R. Costanzo (LRC) hiring architects, MEP, and structural engineers. LRC constructed the building shell and demising walls, allowing each tenant to customize their space for their own operations.

• Filtering and compiling the three sets of tenant requirements to understand how the building will be used and determine the building code needs, including the maximum number of occupants to decide if a sprinkler system is required
• Routing the utilities with separate water, sewer, electrical, gas, and data connections for each space, and accurately sizing the necessary equipment
• Coordinating the sub-contractor work without holding all contracts (owner self-performed some work)

• Communicated with the tenants during the design process. Since the tenant fit-out designs were incomplete, exact space and utility requirements were unknown when the building design was finalized and bid for construction
• Worked through the tenant designs to adapt to the specifics of each tenant
• Advanced the project by openly communicating with the client and their construction management and craft teams throughout the construction process