Restaurant Construction Requires a Different Kind of Contractor
Building a restaurant in South Florida isn't the same as building an office or a retail space. It requires deep knowledge of health codes, hood systems, grease interceptors, fire suppression, and the coordination of multiple inspecting agencies — all on a tight timeline driven by your opening date.
Pajaziti & Associates has built restaurants, QSRs, ghost kitchens, and food service facilities across Palm Beach, Broward, and Martin Counties. We know what the Florida DBPR requires, how to sequence MEP with equipment submittals, and how to keep your project on schedule when equipment lead times shift.
Types of Restaurant Projects We Build
- Quick Service & Fast Casual (QSR): Drive-thrus, counter-service, franchise buildouts — fast-paced projects where meeting the opening date is everything.
- Full-Service Restaurants: Sit-down dining with full kitchens, custom millwork, bar buildouts, and front-of-house finishes that match the concept.
- Ghost Kitchens & Commissary Kitchens: Delivery-only and shared kitchen facilities with all the MEP, health code compliance, and DBPR approvals required.
- Food Halls & Multi-Tenant Food Concepts: Complex multi-operator layouts with shared infrastructure and individual stall buildouts.
- Restaurant Renovations: Kitchen reconfigurations, dining room renovations, bar upgrades, and ADA compliance updates in occupied or recently vacated spaces.
What's Included in a Restaurant Build-Out
A complete restaurant construction project typically includes:
- Demolition and structural framing
- Plumbing: floor drains, grease trap/interceptor, three-compartment sink, hand wash sinks, ice machine drain, mop sink
- Electrical: panel upgrades, dedicated equipment circuits, lighting design
- HVAC: exhaust, makeup air, dining area conditioning
- Commercial kitchen hood (Type I or II) and fire suppression system
- Tile, flooring, drywall, paint, and all finishes
- Restrooms (ADA compliant)
- Front-of-house millwork, bar construction, and seating area
- All permits, inspections, and Certificate of Occupancy
- DBPR coordination and final health inspection
Our Approach: Sequence First, Build Second
Restaurant projects fail when the sequence is wrong — grease traps poured over before rough plumbing is inspected, equipment arriving before the slab is ready, hood submittals delayed because duct routing wasn't coordinated early. We prevent these problems by doing the planning work upfront: equipment submittals reviewed before permitting, MEP coordinated with kitchen layout, and a realistic schedule tied to actual lead times.
We serve as the single point of accountability from permit submission through your DBPR final inspection and Certificate of Occupancy.
Service Area
We build restaurants throughout South Florida including West Palm Beach, North Palm Beach, Palm Beach Gardens, Boca Raton, Delray Beach, Boynton Beach, Jupiter, Fort Lauderdale, Pompano Beach, and surrounding areas in Palm Beach, Broward, and Martin Counties.