Hades Construction builds commercial projects across Los Angeles and Southern California — restaurants, retail, medical, fitness, office and multifamily — under general contracting, construction management and design-build agreements. We are a licensed California general contractor, CSLB #1047035, based in Northridge.
Send us drawings at any stage. If the set is early, we will tell you what it will cost to build and what is missing before you spend more on design.
Who we work with
Owners and operators
Restaurant groups, franchisees, fitness operators, clinics and retailers opening or rebuilding a location, usually against a lease commencement date that will not move.
Developers and landlords
Ground-up and repositioning work, landlord improvement allowances, warm shell delivery and coordination with an in-place property management team.
Architects and designers
Constructability and budget input during design, so the drawings that go out to bid are buildable at the number the client has been told.
Institutions and public agencies
Work delivered for the County of Los Angeles Arts Dept. and WMATA, where inspection regimes and documentation requirements drive the schedule.
What a general contracting engagement covers
Preconstruction
Design document review, constructability review, budget estimates, value engineering studies, life cycle cost analysis, phasing and scheduling, and regulatory approvals.
Buyout and procurement
Trade bid packages, subcontractor prequalification, competitive bidding, subcontract drafting, and early release of the long-lead items that usually decide whether a schedule holds.
Construction
Full responsibility for the work of every trade, site supervision, cost and schedule tracking, RFI and submittal management, and coordinated inspections.
Closeout
Punch list, final inspections and sign-offs, as-builts, O&M manuals, warranties and the handover package your operations or property team actually needs.
What makes commercial work in Los Angeles difficult
Permitting is the schedule
On most commercial projects here, plan check and inspection sequencing — LADBS or the relevant city, plus fire, health and public works where they apply — controls the critical path far more than the field work does. We plan the permit route before the contract is signed and build the schedule around it, not the other way round.
Landlord criteria
Tenant work letters, landlord design criteria, insurance and hours-of-work restrictions, base building tie-ins and the landlord’s own approval loop all sit between you and a start date. Reading those documents early is part of preconstruction, not an afterthought.
MEP coordination
Most cost surprises on commercial fit-outs come from mechanical, electrical and plumbing meeting an existing building. Available power, panel capacity, roof structural capacity for new units, grease waste and gas sizing are checked against the real building, not the record drawings.
Building next to a live operation
Occupied buildings, trading neighbours and open common areas mean phasing, temporary protection, off-hours work and dust and noise control are part of the plan and the price from the beginning.
Constructability before bid
Reviewing the set for conflicts, missing information and details that cannot be built as drawn is cheaper than resolving them as change orders. It is a standing part of our preconstruction scope.
Cost certainty
Where an owner needs a number they can commit to, we work open book toward a Guaranteed Maximum Price rather than presenting a lump sum that hides the assumptions behind it.
Sectors we build
Restaurant
Full build-outs and tenant improvements for restaurant, bar and fast-casual operators, including health department and grease-waste coordination.
Restaurant constructionRetail
Storefronts, flagship and specialty retail delivered around centre management rules and trading-hours restrictions.
Retail constructionTenant improvement
Commercial TI in occupied and multi-tenant buildings, built to landlord criteria and work-letter terms.
Tenant improvementMedical office
Clinic and medical office build-outs where infection control, gas, power and inspection sequencing govern the programme.
Medical office constructionFitness
Studios and gyms with heavy acoustic, structural and mechanical demands. Delivered for Barry’s Bootcamp, Spenga, Club Lagree and Krav Maga.
Gym constructionOffice
Office fit-outs and renovations, including work delivered for WMATA and our own Northridge headquarters.
Office constructionHow a project runs
- DiscoveryWe look at the site, the lease or the entitlement position, the drawings you have, and the date you actually need to open or occupy.
- PreconstructionConstructability and document review, budget estimates, value engineering, phasing, and the permit strategy.
- ContractDelivery method agreed, trade packages bid, subcontracts drafted and the price fixed on the basis you chose.
- ConstructionSite supervision, procurement, coordinated inspections and cost and schedule reporting you can hand to a lender or a board.
- CloseoutPunch, final sign-offs, as-builts, warranties and the documentation your operations team will rely on.
In our clients’ words
“My primary focus over the past ten years has been in Los Angeles on tenant improvement and ground up retail, restaurant, and residential projects. Over the past two years I’ve had the chance to work closely with Beshoy on several projects…”
David Freeland — architect and developer
“From the open and ease of communication to the expertise recommendations, Hades Construction is a one stop shop for competitive quotes, advice, and construction services.”
Edward Leu
Common questions
What do you need to give us a budget?
Whatever you have. A complete permit set gives the tightest number, but we can produce a budget estimate from a schematic set, a lease exhibit or even a test fit — we will tell you which parts of the number are firm and which are still allowances.
Do you take on projects that are already designed?
Yes. Design-bid-build is one of the delivery methods we work under. We will still run a constructability review before pricing, because it is the cheapest point at which to find a conflict.
Can you work in an occupied or trading building?
Yes. Phasing, temporary protection, off-hours work and dust and noise control are planned and priced as part of the scope rather than added later.
Do you handle permits?
We manage regulatory approvals as part of preconstruction and coordinate plan check and inspections through construction. The design professional of record still stamps and submits the drawings.
How do you handle changes once we are on site?
Changes are priced and issued before the work is done, not discovered at the end. On open-book and GMP contracts you see the subcontractor pricing behind them.
Where do you work?
Los Angeles County and the surrounding Southern California markets, including Ventura and Orange counties. We have also delivered work outside California for WMATA in Washington DC and Alexandria, Virginia.
Selected completed projects
Rock & Reilly’s
Bar and restaurant construction at USC Village, completed October 2018.
View projectIF&CO Custom Jewelry
Luxury retail space designed and built with Curious Minds LA, completed August 2020.
View projectMark Ridley-Thomas Behavioral Health Center
Fabrication and installation with FreelandBuck for the County of Los Angeles Arts Dept., completed October 2020.
View projectDiscuss scope, budget and schedule
Send us your plans, a lease exhibit or a description of what you are trying to open. We will come back with what it takes to build it and what stands between you and a start date.
Or call (213) 652 2500 · Monday–Friday, 8:00–17:30 PST