National Retail Construction
Retail Space Built to Open On Time and Perform for Years
From new construction to tenant build-outs and remodels, Westwind delivers retail locations that meet brand standards, hold up to daily use, and protect your timeline.
Our Approach
We help national and regional brands build retail space that opens on schedule and on brand.
Retail construction comes with its own pressures — franchise standards, fixed opening dates, and the need to fit a brand's prototype plan onto a real site with real constraints. There is little room for surprises once a lease is signed and a calendar is set.
Westwind has built and remodeled retail locations across West Michigan for nearly 50 years, working from site selection through tenant build-out. We bring the site experience, franchise familiarity, and value engineering that keep a project on schedule and within budget — without losing what makes the brand recognizable.
Featured Projects
National Retail
Jimmy John’s
We understand choosing the right site location is critical to the success of your business. Our team has a proven track record of identifying locations which best suit your needs based on demographics, traffic studies, and zoning requirements. We deliver move-in ready spaces for national account clients by applying our customized project delivery method – Design-Build/Build-to-Suit. This approach allows us to lead every step of design development to ensure our client’s national brand standards are upheld perfectly, creating a seamless and efficient construction process to meet any budget.
Hungry Howie’s
We understand that as times change, your space will need updates. With Westwind’s proven process, we can make those improvements while minimizing disruptions to your business during construction. We accomplish this with a great deal of pre-planning as well as leveraging our relationships with trade contractors to perform the necessary work outside of business hours. This process helps to ensure that your business revenue streams are not negatively impacted.
Dollar General
In working with Dollar General for almost 20 years, Westwind has constructed stores that are aesthetically appealing on the outside and customer-friendly on the inside. The relationship blends Dollar General’s well-known brand with Westwind’s industry expertise to create reliable and recognizable storefronts. This Holland Dollar General on Adams Street is no different, except for a few unique features that give it a custom look and feel.
What We Deliver for National Retail Brands
Whether you are opening your first location or your fiftieth, the work falls into a few consistent categories — each with its own risks if the wrong questions get asked too late.
New Construction
Site selection grounded in demographics, traffic studies, and zoning — delivered design-build or build-to-suit while upholding your brand’s national standards.
Tenant Build-Out
Customizing franchise-provided plans to fit the realities of your space, your budget, and your timeline — with value engineering built into the process.
Rebranding & Remodeling
Refreshing existing locations with pre-planning and after-hours trade work that keeps stores open and minimizes disruption to daily business.
Site Inspections
Evaluating current or prospective locations for preventative maintenance and liability, so you can negotiate pricing and plan expenses with confidence.
How We Work With You
Before you build, we help you think it through.
Most costly surprises in retail construction happen because the right questions were not asked early enough — especially when brand standards and a fixed opening date are on the line. Westwind builds the discipline into the process so you have a clear plan before that date is set.
Understand Your Brand and Site Requirements
We start by learning your brand standards, prototype plans, and the specific requirements of the site — whether it is new construction, a tenant build-out, or a remodel of an existing location.
Evaluate the Site, Scope, and Risk
Before you commit capital, we help evaluate the practical realities: site conditions, zoning, permitting, traffic patterns, and how the build fits the timeline you need to open.
Build a Clear Plan
With direction confirmed, we develop a buildable plan — coordinating scope, design, budget alignment, scheduling, and subcontractor planning before construction begins.
Manage the Build and Stand Behind It
We manage the moving parts during construction — including keeping disruption to operating locations to a minimum — and stay accountable through closeout and beyond.
Start the Conversation
Opening, remodeling, or expanding your retail footprint? Let's talk before the risk gets expensive.
The earlier Westwind is involved, the more we can help you see what is ahead, avoid costly delays, and build a plan that fits your brand standards and your timeline.