We signed the lease in March and were serving customers in June. LNB walked the space with our drawings before we committed and told us exactly what the landlord's work letter did not cover.
Marisol Vega
Owner · Independent Cafe
Austin
Austin Tenant Improvement Contractor
An Austin tenant improvement contractor earns their fee at the permit counter. This is the most demanding review environment in Texas, and an incomplete first submittal is paid for in months of rent.
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Austin has the most demanding permitting environment in Texas and some of the most competitive commercial rents. Both of those make the contractor choice matter more here than almost anywhere else we work: the difference between a complete first submittal and an incomplete one is measured in months of rent.
LNB Construction handles tenant improvements, build-outs and finish-outs across Austin and Central Texas.
What We Build In Austin
- Tenant improvements
- Office build-outs
- Retail
- Restaurant and bar finish-outs
- Hospitality and hotel interiors
- Medical and dental
- Franchise locations
- Commercial finish-outs
Tenant Improvements
The landlord gave you a shell and an allowance. We turn it into your space.
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Franchise Build-Outs
Your brand standard, built to spec, location after location.
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Restaurant Build-Outs
Hoods, grease traps, health department, front of house. Open on schedule.
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Retail Build-Outs
Storefront, fixtures, lighting, POS rough-in. Merchandise-ready.
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Office Build-Outs
Class A finishes, demising walls, data, and a floor plan that actually works.
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Medical & Med Spa Build-Outs
Treatment rooms, med gas, ventilation, ADA. Built to pass inspection first time.
In AustinWhat's Specific About Building In Austin
Permitting is the project.
Austin's development review process is thorough and it is not fast. Site plan exemptions, change-of-use determinations and commercial plan review each have their own queue. The way to protect your schedule is a complete, coordinated, code-compliant first submittal, because resubmittals go to the back of a line.
Change of use is a real risk.
Converting a retail suite to a restaurant, or an office suite to a medical use, can trigger parking, accessibility, egress and mechanical requirements well beyond what your build budget assumed. Determine occupancy classification and use before you sign the lease, not after.
Watershed and impervious cover.
Austin's watershed regulations can catch projects that touch the site: parking, drainage, patios, grease interceptor installation. Interior-only work usually avoids it. Usually is doing a lot of work in that sentence, which is why we check.
Central Texas is not Austin.
Round Rock, Cedar Park, Georgetown, Pflugerville, Leander, Kyle, Buda, San Marcos and Bee Cave all run their own review, and most of them are faster than the city. If your business can work in a suburban submarket, the build timeline is a genuine argument for it.
Restaurant and bar density.
Austin has one of the country's densest restaurant markets, so there is second-generation inventory. It also means an experienced eye on the hood, grease and drainage saves real money, or steers you away from a space that would eat your budget.
From Empty Shell To Open Doors
Drag any handle. On the left, a space in the condition a landlord hands it over in. On the right, an interior a business can trade out of. These are the kinds of build-out Austin buys most.
ShellFinished
ShellFinished
ShellFinishedAreas We Work
If yours isn't on the list, that isn't a no. Call us.
- Downtown Austin
- East Austin
- South Congress
- South Lamar
- Rainey Street
- The Domain
- North Austin
- Northwest Hills
- Westlake
- Bee Cave
- Lakeway
- Cedar Park
- Leander
- Round Rock
- Georgetown
- Pflugerville
- Buda
- Kyle
- San Marcos
- New Braunfels
What Owners Say Afterwards
The part that matters is not the bid. It is whether the space opened when they said it would.
Our lender wanted G702s and a schedule of values, not a lump sum. LNB billed the way the bank expected from the first draw, so nothing stalled in underwriting.
Dev Ramaswamy
Franchisee · Fitness Franchise
Four units in three states and every one of them looks like the prototype. That is the part I could never get from hiring a different contractor in each market.
Alicia Brenner
Director of Development · Multi-Site Retail Brand
One superintendent, one number to call, weekly progress against the schedule. We were paying rent on a dark store and they knew it.
Tomasz Kowal
Managing Partner · Retail Group
The permit run in our jurisdiction is where these projects usually die. They tracked it and told us where it sat every week instead of going quiet.
Renée Okafor
Practice Manager · Dental Practice
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Austin FAQ
How long does commercial permitting take in Austin?
Longer than most Texas jurisdictions, and it depends heavily on scope and submittal quality. Plan the schedule around review, and submit complete the first time.
Do you work in Central Texas outside Austin?
Yes. Round Rock, Cedar Park, Georgetown, San Marcos, New Braunfels and the surrounding jurisdictions, several of which move faster than the city.
Can you do hospitality and hotel interiors?
Yes. Guest floors, lobbies, food and beverage spaces and amenity areas.
Do you handle change-of-use projects?
Yes, and it is a conversation to have before you sign. Change of use is where Austin build budgets most often break.
Next step
You Signed The Lease. Let's Get It Open.
Send us the space and the brand standards. You'll get a walkthrough scheduled inside 48 hours and a real number. Not a range, not a “starting at.”
No obligation. No pressure. If we're not the right builder for your project, we'll tell you on the call.
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