| CLIENT: | Banquet Kitchen LLC |
| LOCATION: | Los Angeles, California |
| PROJECT TYPE: | Shopping Center TI |
Permit Place recently managed permit expediting services for Banquet Kitchen LLC, a new restaurant in downtown Los Angeles, California.
The project involved a Shopping Center tenant improvement (TI) focused on securing a sign permit and health permit in coordination with the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety and the local health authority.
Permit Place supported the permitting process end-to-end. Aligning documentation, coordinating agency requirements, and keeping approvals moving despite unpredictable conditions in the field.
Challenges
This project required a site evaluation inspection as part of the health permit review. During the review window, multiple protest-related activity in Los Angeles caused repeated disruptions that impacted site access and inspection scheduling. These external factors created uncertainty around inspection timing and increased the risk of extended review steps that could have affected the planned opening timeline.
Solutions and Strategies
Leveraging our Due Diligence process, the Permit Place team mapped the most efficient approval path and identified that a Change of Ownership health approval could be pursued instead of a full, ground-up Health review.
- Tight coordination with inspectors
- Rapid rescheduling when riots impacted site access
- Continuous communication with the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety
- Strategic application planning to ensure complete and compliant submittals, minimizing back-and-forth during plan check approval
Project Wins
- Secured approval under a Change of Ownership pathway, reducing review time, documentation burden, and potential construction impacts
- Kept permitting progress on track despite repeated inspection disruptions
- Cleared permits in 2 months despite repeated inspection disruptions, allowing the client to maintain their launch timeline
This stand-alone project highlights how Permit Place’s permit expediting services, rigorous Due Diligence process, and proactive measures can overcome unpredictable field conditions and still deliver fast, reliable results for restaurant tenant improvements in busy urban markets.