The work letter
Which items are landlord’s work, which are the tenant’s, and who owns base-building items such as mechanical, sprinklers and ceilings. We price to it line by line.
Tenant Improvements · Toronto & GTA
Tenant improvements in Toronto and the GTA
Landlord’s work, turnkey tenant build-outs, spec suites and model suites, priced to the work letter and built to the lease date.
A tenant improvement (TI) is the work that takes leased space from base-building condition to move-in ready. SquareInch delivers TI projects for landlords, property managers and tenants across the GTA. We price to the work letter, provide open-book line items for allowance draws, and build the schedule backwards from your lease commencement date.
TI work we deliver
- Landlord’s work to the work letter
- Turnkey tenant build-outs
- Spec suites and model suites that lease faster
- Demising and suite reconfiguration
- End-of-lease restorations and white-boxing
- Retail CRU build-outs and landlord’s work (see retail)
The parts of a TI that decide cost and schedule
The TI allowance
Open-book, line-item pricing makes allowance draws clean and auditable, for the landlord and the tenant.
Lease commencement
Possession, lease commencement and rent commencement can all differ. We build the schedule backwards from commencement and commit to it in writing.
Approvals
Landlord approval of drawings and the municipal permit usually run in parallel, on different timelines. We plan both from the start.
How a TI project runs
01
Assess
A principal walks the space: site walkthrough, scope definition and existing-conditions review.
03
Plan
A schedule built backwards from your lease date, around your tenants, permits and building rules.
04
Build
Clean sites, daily reporting and proactive communication.
05
Close
Zero-deficiency handover: O&M manuals, warranties and full documentation.
Working in an occupied building? See how we build around tenants. Planning an office specifically? See office build-outs.
Tenant improvement FAQs
What is a tenant improvement?
A tenant improvement, or TI, is the work that takes leased space from base-building condition to move-in ready. It usually happens under a lease and is often partly funded by a landlord’s TI allowance.
Do you work to landlord work letters and TI allowances?
Yes. We price to the work letter and provide open-book line items so allowance draws are clean and auditable.
Can you deliver a tenant improvement before our lease commencement date?
Yes. We build the schedule backwards from your lease commencement date and commit to it in writing. When the timeline is tight, we close the gap with after-hours, weekend and holiday work, never by cutting quality.
What is the difference between landlord’s work and tenant’s work?
The work letter in your lease sets out which items the landlord delivers and which are the tenant’s responsibility. We price directly to your work letter, line by line, so it is clear who pays for what before construction starts.
What happens to the price after we sign?
It holds. Unless the scope of work or plans change, your final price will not move by more than 10%. That is the SquareInch Guarantee.
Have a lease coming up?
Send us the work letter and we’ll walk the space with you.
Send your work letterContact us contact@squareinch.info · 647.394.6385