Time is money and margins are razor-thin in today’s ultra-competitive convenience store marketplace. An experienced permitting partner with local knowledge can streamline the review and approval process to help get your store open on time.
Our professionals are highly proficient at coordinating documents across multiple departments and preparing location-specific applications. Whether building a new location or upgrading an existing store, we routinely give convenience stores the greatest chance for an expedited permit approval.
Improving a series of existing locations? Our local knowledge and experience with C-Store construction make us the ideal partner.
The top C-Store chains in the country rely on Permit Place for their regional and national expansions and rollouts.
Zoning issues, entitlement requirements, and controlled-substance sales can all create headaches and long, costly delays.
Before investing too heavily in a property, get a thorough analysis of timelines, costs, and hurdles you’ll face when opening your convenience or grocery store. A single report can end up saving a lot of time and money.
If you’re planning to sell food, alcohol, or tobacco products, you will be required to obtain entitlements before any building permits can be issued.
Our team can guide you through the entire process, including identifying the types of entitlements you’ll need, building your application, and even appearing on your behalf at public hearings.
Whether upfitting a newly acquired space or fitting out an existing store, properly preparing your permit application for the type of construction projects C-Stores require will be crucial to an expedited review.
Work with a permit expediter well versed in the needs of convenience stores. We can help you align with local building codes and streamline the application process to help keep you on schedule.
Delis, coffee bars, and bakeries will require approval from the local health department. They closely review your equipment, surface materials, process, ventilation, and more.
Our team understands the specific needs of convenience and grocery store food services. Let us help prepare and submit a complete application so you can offer the services customers expect.
If updates to a location change floor layouts, sprinkler systems, fire alarms, or exit routes, the fire department will need to sign off on the construction plans before permits are approved.
Let us package the required documents and present everything the fire department needs for a quick review and sign off.
Every state offers a variety of alcohol permits, each specific to the type of alcohol and where it’s consumed. As a convenience store, you’ll need some form of off-site consumption license.
Permit Place can help you identify the proper liquor license for your store, streamline your application process, and even appear on your behalf for any public hearings.
Size, placement and proximity to the street are all factors a planning committee may consider prior to approving your new C-Store signage. If you’re moving into an existing neighborhood center, you’ll also likely need to comply with a master sign program.
Permit Place can assess all the local regulations with which you’ll need to comply, and where necessary, manage the process of obtaining any required entitlements.
Every retail location that sells tobacco and/or marijuana products will be required to get a license.
Depending on the jurisdiction, concentration of vendors, local and state laws, and much more, these licenses can be challenging to secure. Let Permit Place help manage the process, from site investigation research to application and any required public hearings.
