Last updated on July 31st, 2024 at 08:31 am
Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of Georgia. Although it is nationally known as a major center for television production, various industries thrive here, including the restaurant and retail sectors. If you are looking to build or remodel your business, we’ve compiled a list of the best commercial contractors in Atlanta, Georgia to help local business owners with their specific project needs. Our editorial team selected these builders for their background, their experience, and their extensive expertise in ground-up construction or remodeling a wide range of commercial projects.
Choate Construction
8200 Roberts Drive, Suite 600, Atlanta, GA 30350
Back in 1989, just as the economy was headed into recession, a business was born in the basement of one determined man’s home. That business would soon grow to become the Choate Construction of today, a nationally-recognized firm with a wide geographic reach across six offices in Atlanta, Charleston, Charlotte, Nashville, Raleigh, and Savannah.
The firm excels in commercial work, projects being concentrated in market sectors such as automotive, cold storage, food processing, corporate, entertainment, federal, healthcare, and hospitality. An example of the firm’s work is the Comcast Regional Headquarters in Atlanta. The 230,000-square-foot corporate space houses over 1,000 Comcast employees. As a technology development hub, the office provides a home for the company’s growing workforce of technologists, engineers, and software architects. All nine of its floors have an interior upfit: employees and visitors alike are welcomed into the grand lobby with sleek terrazzo floors, Fry Reglet forms, and surface finishes. NanoLumens screens are also mounted in the interior lobby walls, showcasing Comcast’s services. Other features include a cafe, open-office floor plans, and an indoor bar with outdoor seating.
Winter Construction
5616 Peachtree Road, Chamblee, GA 30341
Based in Atlanta, Winter Construction is a privately-owned and operated corporation that specializes in commercial construction. Thanks to a team of skilled professionals, the firm is able to offer new construction, large-scale renovation, historic restoration, interior build-outs, and a range of special projects. The firm is currently led by Brent Reid, a builder who joined Winter Construction in 1984, and who has experience handling multiple offices and companies under Winter before it split off to Construction and Environmental.
One example of the firm’s work in construction is the Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation and Aquatic Center. Winter built the new municipal recreation and aquatic facility in a joint venture with Winter Johnson Group and FS360. The culturally-significant building is a steel structure with glass curtain walls and metal paneling, featuring bright color accents. This iconic building, considered a new unifying pillar of the community, honors the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his family.
HITT Contracting
3200 Windy Hill Road SE, Suite 1100E, Atlanta, GA 30339
HITT Contracting is a national leader in commercial construction, with twelve offices nationwide. The firm was ranked as one of the 25 largest general contractors in the United States — a remarkable feat for the contractor, but all in a day’s work for its diligent employees. The firm’s Atlanta office is led by a duo of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professionals (LEED AP) Ed Miko and Craig Anderson. Under their leadership, the Atlanta office focuses on complex corporate interior projects of various sizes, from private institutions to Fortune 500 companies, throughout the Southeast region.
One example of the firm’s work is the NCR Global Headquarters, which the firm completed in collaboration with the architect Gensler. The new state-of-the-art NCR Global Headquarters campus is a LEED Platinum transformational workplace whose first phase included a 500,000-square-foot, 20-story tower. The tower delivers three main programs: offices, labs, and amenity spaces. Amenities include a full-service kitchen with six vendor stations, a fitness center, a conferencing center, a lecture room intended to host TED Talks, and an executive briefing center where NCR can demonstrate its technology solutions to prospective customers. Meanwhile, the second phase included 275,000 square feet of interior construction. It features office space, amenities such as food serving stations, and an engineering workspace for the development of device software and/or equipment.
Young Contracting
8215 Roswell Road, Building 400, Atlanta, GA 30350
Young Contracting is a privately-held, Atlanta-based general contractor specializing in retail, healthcare, hospitality, and special projects throughout the Southeast. The firm’s practice has been thriving since 1991, with Young Contracting having delivered fourteen million square feet of commercial space, and counting. The firm is led by Gary Young, a graduate of building construction from Northeast Louisiana University. Prior to founding Young Contracting, Gary served as vice president of Tribble & Stephens Company and president of J.M. Wilkerson Construction Company Inc.
Today, Gary and the Young team’s practice is flourishing, with the firm being active in various market sectors, including retail, healthcare, and hospitality. The firm has completed a remarkable 31 Whole Foods Market locations across the Southeast. The firm’s relationship with Whole Foods began in 2010, when the company hired Young Contracting to build their new state-of-the-art green and sustainable grocery store in Raleigh, NC. Upon completion of this project, the store was awarded the U.S. Green Building Councils’ LEED Gold Certification and was named a Zero Waste Facility by the EPA. The firm’s work marked the first time in Whole Foods’ history that one of its stores was recognized as a Zero Waste Facility. Despite the fact the firm has built 31 locations, no two stores are the same: each project is unique to the community in which it is built.
Structor Group
3200 Cobb Galleria Parkway, Suite 250, Atlanta, GA 30339
Structor Group is a commercial construction company that offers construction and renovation services to the commercial office, education, healthcare, retail, restaurant, and specialty markets. Jeff Straton, the firm’s president, leads the team as it delivers on its promises to build or renovate within budget and with superior quality.
A notable example of the firm’s work is the 2,561-square-foot renovation of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) office in Atlanta. For the project, the firm went for an open, transformative, and flexible office space. One of the office’s most striking attributes is the custom-designed bi-fold lift-strap acoustic doors from Schweiss Doors with 1/16th inch tolerance. Thanks to these doors, the office looks open and welcoming to everyone who steps into the office.
Macallan Construction
1642 Powers Ferry Road SE, Suite 250, Marietta, GA 30067
Based in Atlanta, Macallan Construction is a versatile general contractor with the ability to tailor custom solutions to meet the challenging and diverse needs of Atlanta clients. The firm is a division of The Macallan Group LLC, a portfolio of construction and real estate companies. Founded by James Rhoden III and Michael Minutelli, LEED AP and led by Christian Jacobsen, LEED AP, the firm’s practice is flourishing, especially in the fields of retail and hospitality, senior living, interiors, historic restoration, higher education, community, medical office, municipal, religious, and non-profit.
An example of the firm’s work is the renovation of a 100-year-old historic train depot known as “Dooley’s Den at The Depot” on the Emory University campus. The restaurant was operating as a deli and now houses a Kaldi’s Coffee Roasting Co. branded dining establishment. This 2,000-square-foot renovation, completed in collaboration with Square Feet Studio, included a new kitchen layout, the addition of front-of-house coffee shop millwork and equipment, and the general modernization of the interior finishes.
Chandlee and Sons Construction
8181 Industrial Place, Suite A, Alpharetta, GA 30004
The formation of Chandlee and Sons Construction heralded the coming together of generations of construction experience under a single roof. Chandlee and Sons represents the union of father and son Jim and Seth Chandlee, both seasoned general contractors and grounded in demolition, ground-up, retail, commercial and industrial construction. Currently, the firm builds for commercial markets and caters to a lot of local businesses, as well as known franchises.
One great example of the firm’s work is the Taffer’s Tavern in Alpharetta owned by Jon Taffer, a well-known entrepreneur, hospitality expert, and executive producer of reality television series Bar Rescue, a show which transforms struggling bars into successful and profitable businesses. Taffer’s Tavern, one of Jon’s ventures into the bar business, is known widely as the bar to be, with signature drinks, delicious food, and an Old-World style that transports customers into the taverns of old, and keeps them coming back. Chandlee and Sons Construction worked on the construction of the bar/restaurant chain, building and designing in line with the Old World theme. The firm used rich wood colors and textures, as well as brick for the interior to achieve that rustic, warm look that invites customers in. And it is the design of the space, not to mention its drinks and food, that truly draws the customers in to stay.
Venture Construction Company
5660 Peachtree Industrial Boulevard, Norcross, GA 30071
Venture Construction Company has been specializing in restaurant and retail construction since 1969. The firm has a substantial work history in the Norcross area, is licensed in 47 states, and has accomplished the incredible feat of completing 18,071 projects in 46 states. The firm’s restaurant projects comprise everything from fast food to upscale dining. Meanwhile, other project types include office, institutional, and retail.
The firm’s client list for restaurants is particularly extensive, with Venture completing projects for restaurant chains such as Arby’s, Chick-fil-A, Panera Bread, Applebee’s, Elephant Bar, and Flemings, among others. Another example of the firm’s work in upscale dining is the Maggiano’s Little Italy restaurant, for which Venture completed eight new builds and remodels. The collaboration between the firm and the brand was productive, and Maggiano’s continues to enjoy nationwide success sharing Italian-American cuisine with customers across the nation.
Pellicano Construction
990 Hammond Drive NE, Building One, Suite 825, Atlanta, GA 30328
With headquarters in Albany and offices in Athens, Atlanta, and Macon, Pellicano Construction is a regional company offering construction management, program management, and small projects/facility management to clients across the Southeastern United States. The firm currently serves the markets of retail, hospitality, healthcare, industrial, corporate commercial, restaurant, entertainment, assisted living, and faith-based market segments. For the quality of its projects and its comprehensive services, the firm has gained over 75% repeat or referred client business.
One of the firm’s most iconic projects was the $10 million dollar Miller-Murphy-Howard Convention Center. Another example of Pellicano’s commercial work is the Sandy Springs Ice Arena. The arena is Atlanta’s newest state-of-the-art multi-purpose ice facility. It includes a 17,000-square-foot rink, locker rooms, concessions, mezzanine-bleacher seating, and full site work.
Fulcrum Construction, LLC
1945 The Exchange, Suite 400, Atlanta, GA 30339
Fulcrum Construction is a nationwide retail and commercial construction company led by president Mike Arasin, who has over 30 years of experience in retail commercial construction. The firm has several offices extending its reach across Atlanta to San Antonio to the Pacific Coast in Long Beach. Through these offices, the firm performs ground-up store construction, tenant improvements, and open store remodels.
Since 2003, Fulcrum has completed over 1,500 successful commercial projects. One example of its work is the Rogers Electric Corporate Office in Alpharetta. The firm completed an interior renovation and exterior refresh on the 63,000-square-foot structure. The tenant improvement was completed in collaboration with the architect Fowler Design Associates.
Merit Construction Company
2400 Pleasantdale Road, Atlanta, GA 30340
Merit Construction Company is a general contractor that specializes in all aspects of commercial construction, including design-build, new construction, and renovations. The firm was incorporated in 1991 by owners Bill Kizer and Mark Schilling, principals who lead the firm’s dedicated and experienced workforce. Today, the business follows a philosophy based on two essential elements: providing a high level of customer service and a quality product.
A great example of the firm’s work is the Druid Hills High School Addition. The addition involved a ground-up construction project. The result was a sleek exterior of complementary and mixed materials. The brick adds texture to the otherwise smooth, mirror-like material, which reflects the nearby school building. The pergola leading to the entrance adds a grand touch to the tall and stately addition.
Glazer Design & Construction
4167 Roswell Road NE, Suite B, Atlanta, GA 30342
Based in Atlanta, Glazer Design & Construction is a construction company that has been serving Atlanta’s new construction and remodeling needs since 1995. Although chiefly a residential general contractor, the firm has completed a number of commercial builds for local businesses and companies. Glazer is led by its namesake, Randy Glazer, who has a degree in design-build and is an active member of a number of industry associations including the National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI), the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), and the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association (GAHBA).
The firm’s background in commercial construction is extensive, spanning 20 years of service. These commercial services include office renovations, tenant build-outs, retail spaces, restaurant remodeling, and shopping center remodeling. A characteristic example of the firm’s work is the Varuni Napoli buildout in Atlanta. The food chain is widely known for its offerings of authentic Italian cuisine and Neapolitan pizzas. Its interior reflects this authenticity thanks to its brick walls and wooden panels. The restaurant is well-lit, with both counter and wall seating available for customers to choose from.
