Vaughan · Commercial construction
Restaurants, retail units and offices across Vaughan — Woodbridge, Concord, Maple, the Vaughan Metropolitan Centre and the Highway 7, Jane and Keele corridors. We built a national brand's take-out kitchen into a Vaughan gas station that never closed for a day.
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Vaughan is the part of York Region where commercial space is still being created rather than recycled. New plazas along Highway 7 and Rutherford, the towers going up around the Vaughan Metropolitan Centre, the retail around Vaughan Mills, and a very deep stock of employment-land units through Concord and Woodbridge. Shell units, conversions and operating-store work all show up here in roughly equal measure.
| Space type | What a Vaughan project usually involves |
|---|---|
| Restaurants and quick service | New plaza and pad units along Highway 7, Rutherford and Major Mackenzie — often shell space, which means exhaust, make-up air, gas and under-slab drainage are all built from nothing. |
| Retail and showroom units | Vaughan Mills and plaza retail — storefronts, fixtures, lighting, signage and landlord coordination, plus the fit-out criteria that come with a managed centre. |
| Office, flex and employment lands | Concord and Woodbridge units — office builds inside industrial envelopes, demising, HVAC distribution, washroom compliance and accessible entrances. |
| Operating-store work | Kitchens and service areas built into businesses that stay open — phasing, dust and noise control, and after-hours windows so trade keeps running. |
Restaurant constructionRetail fit-outsOffice and commercial TIFranchise and multi-unit
Approvals
Vaughan is in York Region, so health approvals go through York Region Public Health while building, fire and signage stay with the City of Vaughan. On new plaza units there is usually a fourth party as well — the developer or landlord, whose fit-out criteria have to be satisfied before the city set is even final.
| Approval | Who reviews it | When to start |
|---|---|---|
| Building permit | City of Vaughan, Building Standards | At drawing sign-off — it gates demolition |
| Zoning confirmation and business licensing | City of Vaughan | Before you commit to the space |
| Food premises plan review and pre-opening inspection | York Region Public Health | Plan review with the permit set; book the pre-opening walk about three weeks out |
| Fire and life safety review | Vaughan Fire and Rescue Service | Once suppression is installed and equipment is set |
| Sign permit | City of Vaughan | At lease signing — plus landlord or developer sign-off in new plazas |
| Gas connections | TSSA | With the mechanical package |
| Liquor licence | AGCO | In parallel with construction |
Working in Vaughan
A lot of Vaughan's newest restaurant space is genuinely bare — a slab, a demising wall and a stubbed service. That is a good thing for layout and a hard thing for budget, because exhaust, tempered make-up air, the gas line and under-slab drainage all have to be built rather than inherited. It is the single largest swing in a Vaughan quote, and it is knowable on the first site walk.
The other Vaughan job we get asked about constantly is building into a business that cannot close. Our Vaughan gas station project is exactly that: a take-out quick-service kitchen built into the back of a convenience store that stayed open the whole time, with under-slab drainage, an exhaust hood and make-up air, a walk-in cooler, a service window and a drive-thru menu board delivered in four weeks. Phasing work like that is a scheduling discipline, not a special service.
Every project carries WSIB coverage, five million dollars in commercial general liability, and a one-year workmanship warranty from the day you open.
Questions
Yes, and we have. Our Vaughan gas station project put a full take-out kitchen into the back of a convenience store that never closed — four weeks, with under-slab drainage, exhaust, a walk-in and a drive-thru menu board. Phasing, dust control and after-hours windows are part of the normal plan.
Meaningfully more than a former restaurant, because exhaust, make-up air, gas and drainage are new work rather than reused. That gap is the biggest single line in most Vaughan quotes, and we can size it for you on the first site walk before the lease is signed.
York Region Public Health handles food premises plan review and the pre-opening inspection. Building permits, fire and life safety, and signage stay with the City of Vaughan.
Yes. Brand-standard fit-outs, franchisor drawing packages, opening-date schedules and multi-unit rollouts are a regular part of our work, and our team's experience includes national food-service brands.
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“BuildUp handled the full build-out of our restaurant and I honestly couldn't have asked for a smoother process. Lev understood from day one how important it was to open on schedule, and he kept everything moving — permits, inspections, the kitchen, the dining area — without me having to chase anyone.”
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Who you'll actually be dealing with
Lev walks the unit himself and writes the scope you get back — the same person stays on the job through to handover.
A written scope and a first read on budget within one business day of the walk.
Nothing is booked or billed until you say so. The site walk is free anywhere in the GTA.
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