Restaurant · Retail · Showroom · Clinic · Office · Supermarket
Greater Toronto Area

We designCommercial Spacesand get themPermitted

Site measurement, space planning, permits, design, tender and construction. One team, from empty shell to opening day.

20+

Years in the GTA

4

Languages
English · 日本語 · 廣東話 · 普通話

10+

International brands brought to Canada

100+

Commercial projects completed

Ju Raku Japanese restaurant dining room

01 / How we work

The fastest route from lease signed to doors open

Built around your business

The design starts from how you actually operate.

Drawn to code

Ontario Building Code and municipal requirements, from the first sketch.

Documented properly

The right drawings, in the right format, for the right desk.

Approved sooner

Fewer review comments means fewer weeks waiting.

02 / What we do

Three kinds of space, one process

The three building types we are asked for most, and the permit each one turns on.

03 / How we work

We measure our success by your opening day.

We know that rent doesn’t pause while you wait for drawings. Our proven six-step process is structured to eliminate downtime, keeping your project moving forward smoothly so you can start doing business sooner.

01

Site measurement & space planning

We measure the unit ourselves.

02

Permit application

Filed early, not at the end.

03

Interior design & 3D rendering

Approved before it’s built.

04

Tender package

Three contractors, one scope.

05

Construction

Site coordination and inspections.

06

Inspection & handover

Deficiencies closed, opening support.

04 / Construction

We manage the build — or help you find someone who can

If you don’t have a builder, we tender the work, review the bids with you and manage the contractor to handover. If you already have one, we help you vet them and hold them to the drawings you approved.

Either way, the person reading the invoices isn’t the person writing them.

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05 / Entering the Canadian market

Bringing an overseas brand to Canada

Ten or more international brands have opened their first Canadian location with us. Head office knows exactly how the store should look. What they don’t have is a permit, a contractor they can watch, or a local supplier who meets their specification.

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Permits

Your drawings brought to Ontario Building Code and filed with the municipality.

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Site supervision

Someone on site every week while you're twelve time zones away.

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Local sourcing

Canadian materials that meet your existing specification, found and approved here.

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Your language

Head office in Japanese or Chinese, trades in English.

Presotea
ZenQ
OSIM
Mr. Brown Coffee
Pablo

06 / Selected projects

Work across every building type

Leisure club, restaurant, supermarket, self-storage, retail and medical — work across every building type.

Office design

Claye Vision and Surgery reception desk and signage

Ophthalmology clinic

Claye Vision & Surgery

Leisure club & spa

Asian buffet

Japanese fine dining

Kiu

Retail

Supermarket

Skin & body spa

07 / Also under one roof

Opening usually means hiring five different companies

Twenty years as a graphic design studio before we were an interior design firm. That side of the business never went away.

Brand & logo

A mark that still works on a sign, a cup and a phone screen.

Print & menu design

Layout, photography and production, in house.

Signage & storefront

Design, permit and fabricator coordination.

Packaging

Cups, bags, boxes and labels that match the room.

Website

Fast, mobile, and visible in local search.

Digital marketing

Google Ads, social and local search, running before opening day.

08 / FAQ

Questions we get asked

If yours isn’t here, call us — the answer usually takes two minutes.

Yes. Interior design and 3D rendering are key steps in our process, so you know exactly how your space will look before anything is built.

Yes. Permit drawings and applications are part of every project, prepared in-house alongside the design.

The GTA is home base, and we travel across Canada for the right project — recent work has taken us as far as Ottawa and Thunder Bay.

We manage construction on your behalf — tendering the work, reviewing bids, and overseeing the site through to handover.

English, Japanese, Cantonese and Mandarin.

Send us your address and a bit about your business. We’ll set up a free consultation to walk through next steps.

Everything we do, in one place

Restaurants, cafés & bubble tea

Stores, showrooms & offices

Clinics, med spas & dental