Insurance Office Fit-Out — Richmond Hill | GTA Commercial Renovation Case Study

Project type

Full interior fit-out of an insurance office in a multi-tenant Richmond Hill office building.

Location

Richmond Hill, Ontario.

Approximate scope

Roughly 2,000 square feet delivered in four weeks — reception, a corridor of glazed private offices, and an open work area. Turnkey cost worked out to approximately $75 per square foot.

Reception of a completed 2,000 sf insurance office fit-out in Richmond Hill — marble-look porcelain feature panel in a walnut surround with custom white cabinetry — Reception — large-format marble-look porcelain slab set in a solid walnut surround, with custom white base cabinetry and a walnut counter.

Scope of work

Full-height black-framed glass partitions and glass office doors along the private-office corridor, including frameless glass sliders
Reception feature panel in large-format marble-look porcelain slab with a solid walnut surround
Custom millwork — white base cabinetry with walnut counter at reception, plus a full-height custom storage wall
Timber-plank feature wall in a corner private office
Luxury vinyl plank flooring throughout
New pot lights and LED panel lighting; existing T-bar ceiling grid patched and re-tiled around the new partition lines
Painting, roller shades, baseboard and final finishing

Private office with timber-plank feature wall and frameless glass sliding door in a Richmond Hill office fit-out — Corner private office — timber-plank feature wall behind a frameless glass slider, with roller shades on the window wall.

Custom full-height storage wall with walnut trim in a completed 2,000 sf Richmond Hill office fit-out — Custom storage wall — full-height cabinetry with walnut trim, built to the unit's dimensions rather than dropped in as stock casework.

During construction

Both trades below ran inside the same four-week window. Glass partition layout was set off the finished floor line, so flooring went down before the glass went up.

Luxury vinyl plank flooring installation in progress during a 2,000 sf office fit-out in Richmond Hill — Luxury vinyl plank going down across the open area and corridor.

Buildup Contracting crew installing a full-height glass office partition during a Richmond Hill office fit-out — Setting and sealing a full-height glass partition. Jambs masked, glass protected, ceiling grid cut back to the new partition line.

What an office fit-out costs relative to a restaurant

At roughly $75 per square foot, a professional office fit-out at this finish level lands well below restaurant build-out rates. A full-service restaurant of the same size typically runs $180–300 per square foot, because the cost sits in kitchen ventilation, make-up air, gas, grease interceptors, fire suppression and health-department approvals. An office tenant is paying for glass, millwork, lighting and finishes — not for that mechanical complexity. It is the same delivery system and the same trades; the scope is simply lighter.