Commercial Contractor in Fairfax, VA
Signed a lease in Fairfax and need the space built out? We do tenant build-outs, retail fit-outs and office renovations here, and you have one person to call for the framing, drywall, paint and finishes.
Fairfax Is Two Places With One Name
Fairfax is two places with one name. The City of Fairfax is an independent city, and Fairfax County wraps all the way around it.
That matters the moment you build out a suite. Which side of the line your space sits on decides which permit office reviews your drawings and which inspector signs off your ceiling.
The local concept
The City Line
The city line is the border between the City of Fairfax and Fairfax County. A storefront on Main Street in Old Town answers to the City of Fairfax. An office suite in Fair Lakes or Fair Oaks, a few miles west on I-66, answers to Fairfax County Land Development Services.
Both carry a Fairfax mailing address. Check which one covers your building before you lock a move-in date, because the review and the inspections run on that office's calendar.
Why Fairfax Businesses Call a Commercial Contractor
Office suites between leases
The office parks around Fair Lakes, Fair Oaks, the Fairfax County Parkway and the Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Metro station change tenants between leases. The old walls come out, new offices go in, the ceiling grid gets patched and the suite gets paint and carpet before the next tenant arrives.
Retail on Fairfax Boulevard
Fairfax Boulevard is where US 50 and US 29 run together through the city, lined with shopping centers and pad sites. When a new tenant takes a space, the layout and the finishes change with them.
Old Town storefronts
The commercial buildings around Main Street and Chain Bridge Road are older than the office parks out west. Walls get opened and checked before the finish schedule is set, and exterior changes in the historic district go through the city's Board of Architectural Review.
Medical and dental suites
Medical and dental tenants take space in office buildings on both sides of the city line. Their build-outs add plumbing at exam rooms and tighter finish standards, and those trades are coordinated inside the one project.
Work in a building that stays open
Most Fairfax suites sit in buildings where the neighbors keep working. Loud work can be booked after hours or on weekends, quoted for your job, so the rest of the floor is not disturbed.
Space near George Mason
George Mason University sits just south of the city line. Shops and restaurants that serve the campus change hands, and the refit has to fit in the gap between one lease and the next.
What a Fairfax Build-Out Covers
- Demolition of the last tenant's walls and finishes
- Metal stud framing for new offices and demising walls
- Drywall hung and finished to the landlord's standard
- Ceiling grid repairs and new tile
- Interior paint and commercial flooring
- Electrical, plumbing and HVAC coordinated inside the project
From Our Shop to Fairfax
Our shop is in Bryans Road, Maryland, about 19 miles from the City of Fairfax in a straight line. Fairfax sits well inside our 30-mile service area.
The drive runs north on MD 210, across the Potomac on the Woodrow Wilson Bridge, and around the Beltway to I-66 or the Fairfax County Parkway.
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Fairfax Questions
- Is my suite in the City of Fairfax or in Fairfax County?
- Check your lease or the property tax record. Main Street and Old Town sit inside the city. Fair Lakes, Fair Oaks and the George Mason campus sit in the county, even with a Fairfax mailing address.
- Can the work happen after hours in an occupied building?
- Yes. After-hours and weekend work for commercial clients is scheduled ahead and quoted for the job.
- Do you work in Fair Lakes, Fair Oaks and Chantilly?
- Yes. They sit west of the city along I-66 and the Fairfax County Parkway, inside our 30-mile service area.
- Who handles the electrical, plumbing and HVAC in a build-out?
- We coordinate those trades inside the project, so you deal with one contractor and one schedule.
What to know about commercial space in Fairfax
Fairfax's commercial buildings span decades. The storefronts around Old Town and Fairfax Circle are older and smaller, while the Fair Lakes and Fair Oaks office buildings date from the 1980s on, with suspended ceilings and sprinklered floors. How old the building is decides how much of the previous tenant's work can stay.
Owners here typically hand an incoming tenant a work letter listing the standard finishes and the dollar allowance. Our proposal follows that list and puts every upgrade on its own line, so the landlord's share and yours never blur together.
Fairfax Neighborhoods We Serve
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