Hades Construction builds retail across Los Angeles — storefronts, in-line stores, specialty retail and salon and wellness spaces. Work delivered for IF&CO Custom Jewelry, The Vivid Salon, The Now and clients including Lucky Brand, Fashion Nova and The Runyon Group.
Retail programmes are governed by centre management, trading hours and a fixed opening date. We build the schedule around all three.
Who this is for
Retail brands and operators
Opening a new store or refitting an existing one, working to a brand standard and a launch date.
Franchisees
Building to a franchisor specification inside a landlord’s criteria, where both have to be satisfied.
Landlords and centre owners
Shell and turnkey delivery, repositioning vacant units, and completing work on a tenant’s behalf.
Retail designers and architects
Pricing and constructability input during design, and a contractor who can execute a demanding finish package.
What retail construction turns on
Centre criteria and the work letter
Design criteria manuals, storefront and signage approval, delivery condition, permitted work hours, barricade and hoarding standards, loading access and insurance limits. On a managed centre these determine the sequence before a single trade is booked.
Storefront and signage lead times
Glazing, entry systems and illuminated signage are typically the longest leads and the most heavily reviewed items — by the centre, and often by the city as a separate sign permit. Both routes get started early.
Finish quality is the product
On retail, the millwork, lighting, joinery tolerances and floor transitions are what the customer reads as the brand. That work is protected in the programme rather than compressed at the end when the schedule tightens.
Building beside trading neighbours
Noise, dust, odour and access restrictions around adjacent stores that stay open. Off-hours work, sealed barricades and controlled deliveries are scope items with real cost, priced up front.
Base building capacity
Power for lighting and displays, HVAC tonnage for the fit-out load, structural capacity for feature ceilings and hanging displays. Verified against the building rather than the record drawings.
Accessibility and compliance
Entry, path of travel, restrooms and counter heights are among the most common causes of a failed final inspection on retail. They are checked during design review, not at inspection.
Selected retail and specialty projects
IF&CO Custom Jewelry
Luxury retail space designed and built with Curious Minds LA, completed August 2020.
View projectVivid Salon, Tarzana
Second Vivid Salon location, delivered as design-build in January 2021.
View projectScope we cover
Preconstruction
Existing-conditions survey, criteria and work-letter review, constructability review, budget estimates and value engineering. Preconstruction services
Build-out
Demolition, partitions, MEP, ceilings and lighting, flooring, millwork and fixtures, storefront and signage coordination.
Design-build
Design and construction under one contract where the concept is still developing. How design-build works
Opening support
Coordinated final inspections, punch list, and handover in time for merchandising and staff training.
Common questions
Can you work to a brand or franchisor standard?
Yes. Where a brand specification and a landlord’s criteria manual conflict, we identify it during preconstruction and get it resolved before it becomes a stop-work.
Who handles the signage permit?
Signage frequently needs both centre approval and a separate city sign permit. We coordinate both routes and the sign contractor, running them alongside the building permit rather than after it.
Can you build overnight in a trading centre?
Yes. Off-hours work with sealed barricades and controlled deliveries is standard on centre retail; it is planned and priced into the programme up front.
How early should we bring you in?
Before the lease is signed if possible. What the unit can support and what the delivery condition actually includes both affect the real cost of the space while it is still negotiable.
Do you do multi-site rollouts?
Yes. We have delivered repeat work for the same operators across multiple locations.
Is this different from a tenant improvement?
Most retail work is a tenant improvement. See how we handle TI projects.
Discuss your store
Send drawings, a criteria manual or the unit address. We will tell you what the space can support and what it takes to open on your date.
Or call (213) 652 2500 · Monday–Friday, 8:00–17:30 PST