Dallas · $7.5K to $150K+ Niche · Written Scope First

Commercial Build-Outs & Tenant Improvement in Dallas, TX

$7.5K to $150K+ small-business remodels. Written scope before any deposit.

Permits + inspections handled · Written scope before deposit

Free site visit · written scope · lump-sum price

Rated 5.0 on Google$1M GL + $1M Umbrella1-year workmanship warranty

Finished office reception: an L-shaped gray quartz desk on a walnut base in front of a horizontal walnut slat wall, on a gray stone-look tile floor.

Delivered work · Office reception · DFW

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Who builds out and renovates commercial space in Dallas?

i30 Builders, a general contractor based in Royse City, TX, builds out and renovates leased commercial space in Dallas: offices, retail bays, medical and dental suites, salons and med-spas, and restaurants and cafes. Each job is scoped and priced per project after a site walk, lump sum from a written scope before any deposit, with no published starting price, and we pull the permits and schedule the inspections.

Pricing
Per project after a site walk, lump sum. No published starting price
Permits
Permits and standard city inspections included
Insurance
$1M GL + $1M Umbrella, certificate on request
Warranty
One-year workmanship warranty, in writing

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Dallas Commercial Mix

Who we quote most in Dallas

Dallas commercial work splits between second-generation suites in older stock and finish-outs in newer shell space, and the two price differently by as much as the white box layer itself ($55 to $85/SF). Deep Ellum and the Design District run heavy on second-generation. Lower Greenville, Bishop Arts and Oak Lawn run service retail and restaurants. Uptown and Far North Dallas run professional and medical office. The suite sizes we take are the ones larger general contractors decline. Written scope before any deposit.

  • Professional and medical office suites
  • Creative, studio and showroom space
  • Salon suites, barbershops and med-spas
  • Restaurants, cafes and bar concepts
  • Dental, specialty and outpatient clinics
  • Coworking, flex and shared office

Commercial tenant improvements in Dallas permit through the City of Dallas, with separate mechanical, electrical and plumbing permits depending on scope. Dallas review is slower than the suburbs around it, and the honest version is that the schedule risk on a Dallas job sits in the review queue rather than in the field. We pre-file so review runs in parallel with finalizing your scope instead of starting after it, and the written scope carries a real completion date with that queue already priced in. A project over $50,000 in construction cost also has to be registered with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation and reviewed against the Texas Accessibility Standards, and that registration goes in before the permit application, not alongside it.

Three Price Bands

$7.5K to $150K+ remodel pricing in Dallas

Bands reflect 2026 Dallas-area pricing for labor, materials, permits, inspections, and project management. Brand signage, FF&E, and IT/AV cabling are separate line items called out in the written scope.

Tier 01

Light Refresh

$7.5K to $40K

Paint, flooring swap, fixture updates, minor reconfiguration. No MEP rerouting.

Best fit

Lease renewal refresh, brand update, post-tenant cleanup.

Example

1,400 SF Dallas office refresh: ~$33,000

Tier 02

Standard Small-Business TI

$40K to $65K

Full TI with finishes, light MEP rerouting, permits, inspections.

Best fit

New tenant, layout reconfiguration, single-room medical update.

Example

800 SF Dallas office build-out: ~$63,000

Tier 03

Specialty Niche Build-Out

$65K to $100K

Med-spa, dental, café, or specialty retail with brand finishes.

Best fit

Brand-finish retail, multi-room medical updates, full restaurant refresh.

Example

650 SF Dallas med-spa build-out: ~$91,000

Tier 04

Full-Suite Build-Out

$100K to $150K

Whole-suite scope: full MEP, multiple rooms, ceiling and lighting packages, and code upgrades triggered by the change of use.

Best fit

Full clinic fit-out, second-generation restaurant remodel, multi-suite office consolidation.

Example

1,000 SF Dallas clinic fit-out: ~$120,000

Tier 05

Heavy MEP & Full Interior

$150K+

Kitchen-driven restaurants, heavy medical, and shell-to-turnkey interiors carrying the full mechanical scope.

Best fit

Restaurant with Type I hood and grease interceptor, heavy medical TI, white box to finished suite.

Example

1,000 SF Dallas restaurant build-out: ~$300,000

Final number depends on the specifics of your Dallas space. Get a written quote sized for your exact scope below.

Dallas Pricing Detail

What a commercial remodel actually costs in Dallas

The published rate card, three worked Dallas scopes with the arithmetic shown, what moves a number here, and what the price does and does not cover.

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Why A Smaller GC

What you get on a Dallas job that a large general contractor cannot sell you

Dallas is where the gap is widest. The general contractors with downtown offices are bidding ground-up and full-floor work, and a 1,200 square foot suite is a rounding error on their board. They will still take it, and then it goes to whoever on staff has room that month. You get the firm's name and the firm's third-string attention.

One Phone Number

The person who walks your Dallas suite writes the scope and runs the job. No account manager, no handoff to a PM you meet after the deposit clears. If something moves on site you hear it that day, from the person who decided it.

No Tower Overhead

A Dallas office, a regional VP and a layer of assistant PMs get paid out of your job. We do not carry them. On a $60,000 suite that difference is not a rounding error, it is finish level.

You Are Not Job 40

A large general contractor running forty Dallas jobs sequences yours around the big ones. We run few jobs on purpose. Your lease date is the date the schedule is built backward from, not the date we hope to reach.

Why Dallas Owners Choose i30

Built for the size of work most GCs won’t quote.

Written scope before deposit

Itemized line items, locked price. No surprise change orders absorbed into the invoice.

Start in 2 to 4 weeks

We don't queue your $7.5K to $150K+ project behind a $5M build. Mobilize fast, finish fast.

Permits + inspections handled

We file with the Dallas building department, schedule inspections, and chase final sign-off.

One accountable contact

Same PM from site visit to punch list. No coordination overhead on your end.

Real Project Nearby

Office Reception Build-Out, DFW

Bare shell to finished lobby: quartz desk, full-height slat feature wall, lit tenant signage. The closest thing on this site to what a Dallas professional suite asks for when the lobby is the first thing a client sees.

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Common Dallas Questions

Commercial build-out questions in Dallas

How long does permitting take in Dallas?

Design to permit approval averages three to four weeks across our markets, and Dallas runs at the long end of that or past it. Commercial TI permits through the City of Dallas, with separate mechanical, electrical and plumbing permits depending on scope. We pre-file so review overlaps scope finalization instead of following it, and we quote the schedule with the queue in it rather than quoting a field duration and blaming the city later.

What triggers a TDLR accessibility review?

Construction cost over $50,000. At that point the project has to be registered with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation and reviewed against the Texas Accessibility Standards by a registered accessibility specialist. The registration goes in before the permit application. It is a common reason a Dallas build-out that was quoted at four weeks of field work takes three months start to finish, and it is in the written scope when it applies.

Is the suite second-generation or raw shell?

It changes the number by as much as the white box layer itself ($55 to $85/SF), so it is the first thing we confirm on the walk. Second-generation space in Deep Ellum or the Design District can carry usable MEP, or it can carry a ceiling grid and ductwork that has to come out before anything goes in. A raw shell has no surprises in it but no head start either. You get the answer in writing before you pay a deposit, not after demolition.

What does a Dallas landlord's work letter usually leave me paying for?

More than owners expect. A Dallas work letter commonly covers building-standard ceiling, lighting and HVAC distribution, then stops. Flooring upgrades, millwork, glass, branded finishes, supplemental cooling for a server closet and anything your specific use requires beyond base building are yours. We read the work letter before quoting, so the scope separates what the allowance covers from what you are funding.

Can you work in an occupied Dallas suite without shutting us down?

Yes, and in a multi-tenant Dallas building it is usually the only way it works. Loud demolition and anything with odor runs after hours, dust walls go up before the first cut, and freight elevator and loading dock windows are booked with building management before the schedule is published. The phasing plan is part of the written scope.

What makes a Dallas number move after the walk?

Three things, in order. Existing conditions above the ceiling that nobody could see at the walk. A change of use that triggers code upgrades the prior tenant never had to meet. A city comment that forces a drawing revision. The first is why we look before quoting, the second is in the scope from the start, and the third is why we pre-file.

Project Proof

Nearest delivered work to Dallas

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Pediatric Clinic Build-Out, Mansfield, TX

Mansfield, TX

Pediatric Clinic Build-Out

Full interior build-out of a pediatric clinic in Mansfield, taken back to bare structure with the ceiling opened up, then rebuilt. Partition walls were framed to the taped floor layout, and MEP was coordinated and inspected overhead before anything closed up. Exam rooms and the corridor were finished in plank flooring with stained trim and doors, plus casework, lighting and interior signage.

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Doctors' Office Reception & Check-In Rebuild, Mansfield, TX

Mansfield, TX

Doctors' Office Reception & Check-In Rebuild

Front-of-house rebuild in a doctors' office in Mansfield, across two counters. At the front desk, the glass-enclosed check-in window came out and the counter under the soffit was rebuilt in full-height quartz waterfall panels, mitered at the corners, with a raised transaction ledge. A second counter run was rebuilt with a dark wood slat front under a light quartz top, its service openings reframed with painted mullions, and a lower counter section at the end of the run beside a pass-through to the adjoining room.

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