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

Commercial Build-Outs & Tenant Improvement in McKinney, 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 McKinney?

i30 Builders, a general contractor based in Royse City, TX, builds out and renovates leased commercial space in McKinney: 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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McKinney Commercial Mix

Who we quote most in McKinney

McKinney runs two commercial markets at once: the historic downtown square and the newer corridor inventory along US-75 and around Stonebridge Ranch. They price very differently, and which one you are signing matters more than the square footage. Written scope before any deposit.

  • Professional and medical office suites
  • Downtown boutique retail and storefronts
  • Restaurants and café concepts
  • Salon suites and med-spas
  • Dental and specialty practices
  • Real estate and professional services

Commercial tenant improvements in McKinney permit through the City of McKinney, plus mechanical, electrical, and plumbing permits depending on scope. Design to permit approval averages three to four weeks, and we pre-file so review runs in parallel with finalizing your scope rather than after it. Historic downtown McKinney space carries review requirements and building-age conditions that corridor space does not. We confirm which one you are signing before you budget, because the difference is routinely larger than the finish package.

Three Price Bands

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

Bands reflect 2026 McKinney-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

1,150 SF McKinney office refresh: ~$27,000

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

700 SF McKinney office build-out: ~$55,000

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

1,250 SF McKinney restaurant front-of-house: ~$81,500

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

950 SF McKinney clinic fit-out: ~$123,500

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

800 SF McKinney restaurant build-out: ~$212,000

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

McKinney Pricing Detail

What a commercial remodel actually costs in McKinney

The published rate card, three worked McKinney 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 McKinney job that a large general contractor cannot sell you

McKinney runs from historic downtown stock to new shell on the north side, and the two could not be less alike to build in. Knowing which you have can decide whether you are paying for a white box layer before your own work even starts. A large general contractor assigns that question to an estimator. We answer it on the walk.

The Answer Before The Deposit

Second-generation or raw shell, what the downtown stock hides, what the review path costs in weeks. In writing, before you pay anything.

Lean By Design

No McKinney office, no regional supervision layer, no sales team. The money goes into the trades and the finishes rather than the org chart.

Principal-Run

Founder-led and owner-run. One person is accountable for the schedule, and that person is the one who gave you the date.

Why McKinney 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 McKinney 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

Medical Office Refresh, McKinney

This one is in McKinney. A medical office refreshed without the practice closing, which is the constraint that governs almost every occupied clinic job in this market.

Read the case study

Common McKinney Questions

Commercial build-out questions in McKinney

Is downtown McKinney different from the US-75 corridor?

Substantially. Downtown square buildings carry design review requirements and building-age conditions, older electrical service and accessibility work in particular, that newer corridor space does not. The corridor is more predictable to price; downtown needs a walk before any number is meaningful. We tell you which one you are looking at before you sign.

How long does permitting take in McKinney?

Design to permit approval averages three to four weeks across our markets. McKinney commercial tenant improvements permit through the City of McKinney, with separate mechanical, electrical, and plumbing permits depending on scope. Downtown scopes can add a design review step, which we run in parallel rather than in sequence.

Can you keep my McKinney practice or shop open during the work?

Yes. We phase after hours, contain dust, clean up and reset nightly, and hand the space back ready for the next business day. That protection carries a multiplier, and it appears as its own line in the scope.

Is historic downtown McKinney harder to build in than the north side?

Yes, and it is worth knowing before you sign. Older downtown stock can carry undersized electrical service, restrooms that are not accessible, and mechanical at the end of its life. North-side shell has no head start but no surprises. The difference runs as much as the white box layer itself ($55 to $85/SF) and we confirm which you have on the walk.

Do you handle permits and inspections in McKinney?

Yes. Permits and standard city inspections are part of the job and part of the price. Where a project crosses $50,000 in construction cost, the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation registration and accessibility review are handled too, and that registration goes in before the permit application rather than alongside it.

How do payments work on a McKinney build-out?

A deposit against a written scope that already carries the price and the completion date, then draws tied to completed work. Nothing bills ahead of the work. Payment is by ACH, credit or debit card, check or cash.

Project Proof

Nearest delivered work to McKinney

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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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Recent commercial build-outs.

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