Retail — Build-Outs & Ground-Up
Our lead specialty. White-box delivery, second-generation conversions, and full store build-outs for inline centers — plus ground-up retail construction for pad sites and single-tenant buildings.
Now bidding — Retail build-outs & ground-up
Retail construction built like a developer thinks.
10X Builders is a Houston commercial general contractor specializing in retail: tenant build-outs and ground-up retail construction, delivered on time and on budget — from your plans, or design-build from a blank page under one contract. Restaurant, office, and medical build-outs round out the practice. Led by a developer and CCIM — so your TI allowance, lease deadline, and pro forma are understood before the first wall goes up.
20 yrsHouston construction experience behind the team
RetailOur specialty — build-outs & ground-up construction
1Point of accountability — principal-led on every job
Houston-based. Houston-built.Greater Houston · Katy · Sugar Land · Richmond
See what we build
Retail Build-outs & ground-up — our specialty Restaurants Fast-casual & full-service Office Medical & dental Design-Build One contract, design through construction Precon & estimating
What we build
Retail specialists —
build-outs & ground-up
Retail is the specialty: tenant build-outs and ground-up retail construction for shopping centers, pad sites, and single-tenant buildings. Restaurant, office, and medical build-outs round out the practice. Build from your permit set, or run it design-build with us: one contract and one point of responsibility from first sketch to turnover.
Restaurant Build-Outs
Kitchen, grease, hood, and health-department coordination — the details that decide whether you open on your date.
Office Build-Outs
Professional, medical-office, and flex office interiors — glass, conference, and open-plan work delivered clean.
Medical & Dental
Exam rooms, operatories, med-gas and imaging rough-in, and infection-control-aware phasing for occupied buildings.
Photos on this page are representative images of the types of build-out work described — retail, restaurant, office, and medical interiors in progress — shown to illustrate scope and finish stages.
Delivery method — Design-Build
One contract.
Design through construction.
No plans yet? With design-build, 10X Builders takes single-point responsibility for your commercial project — coordinating design, engineering, permitting, and construction under one contract. The budget is developed while the drawings are, so price and design never drift apart, and there’s one call to make when anything changes.
Start a design-build project →Design coordinationTest-fit, architect, and engineer coordination — managed by 10X, not by you.
Budget from day onePricing develops alongside the design, with the TI / landlord / tenant split kept visible throughout.
Permits & long-lead, sequencedOne team sequences drawings, approvals, and long-lead items against your opening date.
One point of responsibilityNo finger-pointing between designer and builder — 10X owns the outcome end to end.
Full GC scope
- Preconstruction, budgeting & value engineering
- Ground-up retail construction — shell, storefront & site coordination
- Permitting coordination — City of Houston, Katy, Fort Bend
- Framing, drywall, ceilings, flooring, millwork & finishes
- MEP coordination: electrical, plumbing, HVAC, fire sprinkler / alarm
- Punch, commissioning & certificate-of-occupancy turnover
Built for brokers, landlords & tenants
- TI vs. landlord-work-letter pricing, broken out clearly
- Budget answers early — before the lease is signed
- Schedule tied to your rent-commencement date
- Weekly photo updates and one principal contact
- Qualification packet available on request for bid lists
Why 10X
A GC who sits on
your side of the table
01
Developer-led, not just contractor-led
Most GCs price drawings. We price the deal — TI allowance, lease terms, opening date, and what a delay actually costs you.
02
Estimating is the product
Clear, line-item budgets you can take to a landlord, lender, or partner. No vague allowances hiding the real number.
03
One accountable principal
You talk to the owner, not a handoff chain. Decisions happen on the job, not in a voicemail queue.
04
Houston permitting, handled
We plan around inspections and long-lead items from day one — especially restaurant and medical work where approvals drive the schedule.
How it works
From site walk
to opening day
No surprises is a process, not a promise. Here’s the sequence every 10X job follows.
STEP 01
Walk & Listen
We walk the space with you, your broker, or your landlord rep and flag cost drivers on the spot.
STEP 02
Price It Straight
Line-item estimate with TI / landlord / tenant splits, alternates, and long-lead warnings.
STEP 03
Permit & Plan
Drawings coordination, permit submission, and a schedule built backwards from your opening date.
STEP 04
Build & Report
Daily field supervision, weekly photo updates, and change orders priced before work proceeds — never after.
STEP 05
Turnover
Punch, inspections, C of O support, warranties and close-out docs — keys handed over clean.
Current development focus
Porter Vitality Center — Katy, TX
Christian is developing Porter Vitality Center on Porter Road in Katy — a mixed commercial and residential project now in annexation and planning with Harris County MUD No. 495. 10X Builders’ role is the commercial tenant build-out work as the retail center takes shape.
55–60 acPorter Road tract, Katy, TX 77493
~120,000 SFPlanned retail in 10–12 buildings
122 homesResidential component with landowner partner
MUD 495Annexation approved for feasibility study, Mar 2026
Leasing, build-out, or partnership inquiry on Porter? Start with a call — we’ll tell you honestly where the project stands.
Ask about Porter →
Ballpark estimator
What will your
build-out cost?
A planning range, not a bid. Use it to test a TI allowance or size a budget before you sign a lease — then send us the space for a real number.
Ranges reflect typical Greater Houston tenant-improvement pricing. Restaurants and medical run higher due to plumbing, grease, gas, and inspection requirements.
Your planning range
$0 — $0
$0 per SF · Retail · Standard finish
Base construction—
Permits, design coordination & GC fee allowance—
Contingency (10%)—
This estimator is for early planning only and is not a quote, bid, or guarantee of price. Final pricing requires a site walk, drawings, landlord work letter, and current trade pricing.
Request a bid
Send the space.
Get a straight number.
Fastest path is a call. Prefer to write it down? Fill this in — it formats everything we need to start pricing into one clean bid request you can copy and send.
Direct line
832-219-8888
Christian Albert, CCIM
10X Builders
12060 Bellaire Blvd, Ste G
Houston, TX 77072
- For tenants: send your address, square footage, and target opening date — even without drawings, we can start a budget.
- For landlords & brokers: send the work letter and shell condition; we’ll return TI pricing in a format you can put in the deal.
- For bid lists: qualification packet, references, and insurance info available on request.
- Have plans? Mention the link or that plans are ready — we’ll tell you exactly where to send the set.
Service area
Houston · Katy · Richmond · Sugar Land · Cypress · Pearland · Pasadena · The Woodlands corridor. Ask about projects elsewhere in Southeast Texas.
Common questions
Before you ask
Do you bid from plans, or can you price from a walk-through?
Both. A walk-through gets you a budget range and the cost drivers. A permit or pricing set gets you a firm, line-item bid. We’ll tell you which one you’re getting — and what it would take to firm it up.
How do TI allowances and landlord work letters work with your pricing?
We split the estimate the way the deal is split: landlord work, TI-funded work, and tenant-paid work as separate sections. That way brokers, landlords, and tenants are all looking at the same numbers with no double-counting.
What size projects do you take?
Our focus is retail construction — build-outs and ground-up — plus single-tenant commercial interiors. Roughly 1,000 to 20,000 SF is the sweet spot for build-outs; ground-up retail is scoped project by project. Smaller or larger? Call and ask; if we’re not the right fit, we’ll say so quickly.
Can you work in an occupied building or after hours?
Yes — phased and after-hours work is common for office and medical projects. Tell us the building’s rules up front and we’ll build the schedule and budget around them.
Are you taking new bid-list invitations?
Yes. Send the project details through the form above or call 832-219-8888. A qualification packet — company info, references, and insurance documentation — is available on request.