Design & documentation · Nationwide
Office, Retail and Customer-Service Spaces
The space should support how the business actually operates. True North coordinates design and permits for offices, stores, showrooms and service businesses, including changes within an existing property.
For property owners, operators, developers and their project teams throughout the United States. Start with your actual use, location and the records you have.
Request a project reviewWhat the scope can include
Select the work and handoff your project needs. The agreement identifies the included deliverables and responsibilities.
Office and workplace settings
Coordinate work areas, meeting rooms, customer access, restrooms, support rooms and technology interfaces. Identify the building-system and occupancy implications of the intended activities.
Retail and showrooms
Plan sales areas, displays, storage, deliveries, signage and customer circulation. Equipment, racking and changes in storage or merchandise can create additional technical requirements.
Financial and personal-service businesses
Define public/customer areas, secure functions, equipment and staff support for the specific operation. Distinguish ordinary office use from specialized services needing further professional or operating review.
Prepare for the assignment
You can start with incomplete records. Tell us what is available and what still needs to be established.
Information to bring
Business description, layout needs, equipment and storage information, lease/landlord criteria, prior approvals and existing building plans.
The agreed handoff
A business-specific layout and coordinated plan/approval package with retained-system and landlord interfaces identified.
Decisions, fees and timing
Scope and dependencies determine the proposal. No universal price or approval date is assumed.
Confirm the basis and responsibility
Review the available records, intended endpoint and authority to use the information. Assign missing inputs, technical decisions and the parties who can authorize changes.
Coordinate and review the work
Prepare the included documents from agreed inputs, resolve interfaces with responsible specialists and track revisions. Record external decisions and conditions separately from work prepared for review.
Account for project-specific dependencies
Change of use, equipment loads, accessibility, landlord conditions, signage and revisions to the business layout.
Deliver the defined milestone
Provide the controlling documents and remaining-action record. Identify what is accepted, what still requires a decision and what belongs to a separately contracted next stage.
Before you begin
Common questions
Is every service business treated as an office?
No. Describe the real activities, customer use, equipment and storage so the appropriate review basis can be established.
Can I keep the previous layout?
Potentially, after comparing it with the proposed use, records and relevant requirements. Retained conditions still need to be suitable for the new operation.
Your next step
A project in mind?
Let’s give it direction.
Start with what you know. We’ll help define the path ahead.