AZ Commercial General Contractor WDS COMMERCIAL
AZ Commercial General Contractor WDS COMMERCIAL
"This Construction Company was created after listening to our clients and responding to their needs. We realized (as WDS Architecture) that Businesses continue to need our help long after we gained their Permit. So, we established WDS Commercial General Contractor, where we specialize in Tenant Improvements & New Construction! At WDS we have solved the gap between Building Permit Drawings and Certificate of Occupancy! And now we are being pursued by businesses to help take them from A to Z!"
A Commercial Architect led General Contractor for Tenant Improvements and Build-outs; A Contractor for sitework, property repairs and land improvements; An Arizona Commercial General Contractor specializing in Ground-up Buildings; WDS Commercial LLC is trusted by Business Owners to assist with Interior Modifications, Exterior Work and New Construction in Metro Phoenix including approximately 20 surrounding jurisdictions.
It is said that spending 10,000 hours at something makes a person an expert. You are an Expert at your Business! As a Business Owner, your product or service is your main focus. You are likely not skilled at reading blueprints, experienced with building permits, or understand construction. You have limited time and resources. You need someone you can trust to manage the day to day tasks involved with building out your space. We help you solve that missing step between Building Permit Drawings and Certificate of Occupancy, that too many times unsolved... leaves Businesses failing before they even get started!
After the lengthy process of choosing Lease Space and then hiring an Architect to obtain Building Permits, finding a General Contractor they can trust to complete the Buildout can easily be the final nail in the coffin. This new and unfamiliar territory can be overwhelming. Furthermore, being misinformed about cost and timeline can compound this problem, causing a Business to fail before its doors are even open. The answer is to choose WDS Commercial, General Contractor as the solution between Building Permit Drawings and Certificate of Occupancy to allow your Businesses to succeed!
Projects always seem to take twice as much time and three times the cost as most first time Tenants account for when signing a commercial lease. We were tired of seeing Entrepreneurs fail before their doors were even open for Business, because they did not have a partner that they could trust like WDS Commercial, General Contractor. That’s when we decided to put several decades of knowledge and experience into a system for success. The WDS Brand of services follows a PLAN + DESIGN + BUILD + OPEN solution.
We like to say it simply as, "We started in 2002 as Western Design Studio and now we Build!" But the reality is that the first few years we were only assisting with simple house remodel drawings. A short time later in 2004 we became registered to work on Commercial Buildings. Then in 2008 began offering sealed Architectural and Engineered Plans along with obtaining permits. By 2010 we adopted the acronym WDS and by 2015 decided to focus on dedicating our efforts to only Business Owners opening the doors to their physical locations. Then in 2020 we really went big by listening to our Clients and taking steps to be granted our General Contractor's License. This has allowed us to offer a faster approach to our Customers through Design-Build. With our KB-1 level credential we are not limited to the size we can construct.
If you are discussing the price to buildout your project with Licensed Commercial General Contractors, be aware there are two parts to their Estimate: "In-Place Work" & "GC Fees".
Of those, Supervision & Duration are the biggest drivers impacting one GC's cost compared to another: Do you want your project "Supervised" daily or is a drive-by acceptable?
Are you accounting for the correct amount of time in the "Schedule" to build the project, have it Inspected & then Serviced during turnover?
~ Mike Marden - Architect, Contractor & Founder
Sonoran Serenity Spa | 3,000sf | Tempe AZ
Spectrum Psychology & Wellness | Mesa AZ
Nest Scientific | 50,000sf | Phoenix, AZ
Outcast Doughnuts | 1,800sf | Mesa, AZ
Orange Tommy Grocery | 6kSF | Chandler, AZ
Molly's House of Little Feet - Preschool
4kSF TI + 6kSF Addition | Maricopa, AZ
Tobacco Beer & More | 1,200sf | Mesa, AZ
In Negotiation | 5k-6kSF Multiple Cities, AZ
Nest Scientific | 50,000sf | Phoenix, AZ
Nest Scientific | 50,000sf | Phoenix, AZ
Empire Club CoWork | 9,000sf | Scottsdale, AZ
"In 2023 the fastest way to get a project completed will be the Design-Build approach. One contact for Drawings, Permits & Construction will allow flexibility and pivoting as we face unexpected challenges. WDS Commercial - General Contractor starts your Construction during building permit drawings and therefore, certificate of occupancy is gained sooner. With this method, pricing can occur while designing, and the design can change during construction... without going to separate parties." ~WDS
~ Mike Marden - Architect, Contractor & Founder
Watch as WDS helps Macee and TJ Tillman take their "Incomparably Dope" Doughnut startup from "Great Idea to Grand Opening!"
The entire WDS Team celebrates with Brian Thompson as we recap the design-build process, which expanded his existing 2,800sf "high performance" health & wellness studio to a total of 4,200sf.
WDS assists Karan Singh and investors by transitioning an online-only business to a brick and mortar Desi (Indian) Grocery in a Retail Center.
Meet Amalia Clark of Molly's House of Little Feet and watch how WDS has helped her take her "Great Idea to Grand Opening".... twice!
Watch as WDS together with VC and visionary Ed Wu set out on a journey to create a one-of-a-kind Social Venue... that offers Co-work space, conference center, game room, podcast zone and a first of its kind liquor-licensed bar... for bringing together business creatives and community socialites in the heart of Old Town Scottsdale!
Interior Tenant Improvement or Ground-up New Construction... We are an AZ Licensed, Bonded & Insured Commercial General Contractor qualified to assist you in building your dream Business location!
~ Mike Marden - Architect, Contractor & Founder
We review all inquiries promptly. Once received, we will reply to let you know if further information is required by us to properly qualify your project!
PO Box 32704, Phoenix, Arizona 85064
For assistance, call our office at (602) 319-5282 to select the appropriate team member's extension and be connected!
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If you would like to learn the meaning behind the name WDS and more about our organization, listen to a recent interview with Mike Marden, our Founder... Architect, Contractor and 3rd generation Arizonan.