Tenant Improvement and Capital Renovation Design in Los Angeles

The hard part of a renovation is deciding what not to touch. Owners rarely have the budget to renew everything, so we separate the items renters notice and weigh most from the ones that can wait.

• Renew: worn lobby and leasing finishes, dated amenity furniture and lighting that makes a good room look tired
• Replace: soft seating, flooring and fixtures that no longer clean up or hold their shape
• Leave alone: sound finishes, good bones and anything that new product would not noticeably beat
• Reconsider: underused amenity rooms that could earn their space back as co-working, fitness or package areas

Many Los Angeles buildings pair apartments with ground-floor retail or other shared areas, and the interior of that space shapes how the whole property reads from the sidewalk. Tenant improvement design covers the finishes and furnishings of those shared and commercial spaces so they match the standard of the residential lobby above.

Owners in this market usually come to us when an older building faces newer neighbors and needs its common areas to hold up beside them. In Los Angeles, our completed multi family projects include Apex The One, Coro and Kara. What you provide is access, existing plans and your priorities, and what you receive is a phased scope with finish and furniture selections ready for pricing.

Conversion is a related kind of work. In April 2026 the mayor's office pointed to a downtown World Trade Center office building being converted into 512 units of 100% affordable housing under the expanded Adaptive Reuse Ordinance, which sets a faster by-right approval process for buildings at least 15 years old. Converted buildings arrive with high ceilings and exposed structure, and their lobbies and amenity floors need the same renewal thinking as any older property.