Commercial interior fit-out contractor.
Sofisa fits out commercial interiors across Toronto, Mississauga and the GTA — offices, retail units, restaurants and clinics taken from bare shell or stripped space through to an opening date.
Fit-outs are won and lost on coordination: landlord rules, design intent, long-lead items, inspections and a date that does not move. We self-perform the framing, drywall and finishing, and run the rest under one project manager, so the critical path sits with us rather than between subcontractors.
What a commercial fit-out covers
A fit-out turns an empty or stripped space into somewhere a business can operate. Partitions and ceilings go in, services get distributed to where the layout needs them, finishes and millwork land, and the space gets through inspection and handover.
- Steel stud framing, drywall and finishing
- T-bar and drywall ceilings
- Flooring, painting and wall finishes
- Millwork, casework and reception areas
- Doors, frames, hardware and interior glazing
- Washrooms, kitchens and back-of-house
- Coordination of mechanical, electrical, plumbing and sprinkler trades
- Fixtures, fittings and final equipment installs
- Deficiency work and handover
01Spaces we fit out
Office fit-outs
Open floor, closed offices, boardrooms, kitchens and washrooms — built to the space plan, coordinated with the landlord's rules and the building's trades, and phased when the floor has to keep working around it.
Retail fit-outs
Storefronts, sales floors, back-of-house and stockrooms, built to a brand standard where one exists. Retail programs usually have a fixed opening date and a landlord with strict access hours, so the sequencing matters more than the labour.
Restaurant and hospitality fit-outs
Front of house, bar, kitchen and service areas. Restaurant fit-outs carry the most coordination of any interior job — kitchen equipment, exhaust and make-up air, grease interceptors, plumbing, fire suppression and finishes all landing in the right order, with inspections between several of them. Getting that sequence wrong is what pushes an opening date.
Medical and dental clinics
Treatment rooms, reception and sterilisation areas, with the servicing and finishes those rooms require and the coordination that comes with equipment suppliers.
Warehouse and industrial offices
Office and amenity space built inside an industrial envelope — mezzanine offices, lunchrooms, washrooms and meeting space, often while the operation around it keeps running.
Tenant improvements and landlord work
Much of this is tenant improvement work: a landlord turning a unit over, a tenant taking possession of a shell, or an allowance that has to be spent to a defined scope. We work both sides of that — building the landlord's base scope, or the tenant's improvements on top of it — and we can price to the allowance so the split between landlord and tenant work is clear before anything starts.
Landlord coordination and building constraints
Almost every commercial fit-out runs inside somebody else's rules. Approved contractor lists, insurance and documentation requirements, restricted work hours, elevator and dock bookings, noise limits, hot work permits, shutdown windows for tie-ins.
Those constraints shape the schedule more than the scope does. We work them out at quote stage — with the property manager where that helps — rather than discovering them in week two.
What we self-perform
Framing, drywall, ceilings and finishing are our own crews. That is the bulk of the critical path on most fit-outs, and keeping it in-house is why we can commit to a sequence rather than relay one between trades.
Mechanical, electrical, plumbing, sprinkler and specialist equipment run under our coordination with the trades the job requires. One project manager holds the schedule, the inspections and the deficiency list.
Working back from the opening date
On most fit-outs the date is fixed before the drawings are finished — a lease start, a franchise opening, a move-in. We build the schedule backwards from it and identify what actually threatens it: long-lead millwork and equipment, permit and inspection windows, landlord approvals, and any tie-in that needs a building shutdown.
Where the date is genuinely at risk, you hear it early enough to do something about it.
Where fit-out sits in the rest of the job
If the space needs clearing first, that is interior demolition, or commercial demolition where the structure itself changes. Where hazardous materials are present, abatement comes first — we self-perform it.
The walls and ceilings are drywall and framing. For a larger scope that starts at the shell rather than an existing space, see interior build-out.
How a fit-out runs
Drawings and walk-through
we review the drawings and specification, walk the space, and confirm the landlord's rules and the building's constraints.
Quote and schedule
a written scope and price, with a schedule built backwards from your date and the long-lead items identified.
Approvals and pre-start
landlord approvals, permits where required, contractor documentation, access and delivery bookings, long-lead orders placed.
Build
framing, services, ceilings, finishes and millwork sequenced so trades are not working over each other, with inspections booked into the schedule rather than around it.
Deficiencies and handover
punch list cleared, equipment in, space cleaned and handed over ready to open.
Commercial fit-out questions
What is included in a commercial fit-out?
Framing, drywall, ceilings, flooring, paint, millwork, doors and hardware, washrooms and back-of-house, plus coordination of the mechanical, electrical, plumbing and sprinkler trades through to inspection and handover.
Do you do restaurant fit-outs?
Yes. Front of house, bar, kitchen and service areas, including the coordination between kitchen equipment, exhaust and make-up air, plumbing, fire suppression and finishes that restaurant projects need.
Can you work from a bare shell?
Yes. From bare shell or from a space that has just been stripped out. If it still needs clearing, we handle that too, so the demolition and the fit-out sit on one contract.
Do you handle the landlord approvals?
We work to the landlord's requirements and provide the documentation their process asks for. We will deal with the property manager directly where that keeps things moving.
What do you self-perform, and what do you subcontract?
Framing, drywall, ceilings and finishing are our own crews. Mechanical, electrical, plumbing, sprinkler and specialist equipment run under our coordination with the appropriate trades, with one project manager holding the schedule.
Can you work around an operating business?
Yes. Work gets phased and contained so the rest of the floor or the neighbouring units keep running, with noisy work moved to the hours the building allows.
Can you price to a landlord allowance?
Yes. We can price to a defined allowance and set out clearly which parts of the scope sit on the landlord's side and which sit on the tenant's.
How do you protect the opening date?
By building the schedule backwards from it, identifying long-lead items and inspection windows at quote stage, and flagging risks to the date early rather than at the end.
What do you need to give us a price?
Drawings and a specification if you have them, the landlord's rules and access hours, your target date, and a site walk. If the drawings are not issued yet, tell us the space and the scope and we will walk it.
What areas do you cover?
Toronto, Mississauga, Brampton, Vaughan, Etobicoke, Oakville, Markham and the surrounding GTA.
Send the drawings. We'll price the fit-out.
- (647) 963-4310
- info@sofisa.ca
- Sofisa Group Inc. · 600 Matheson Blvd W, Unit 5, Mississauga