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What you would do instead
Six comparisons against the alternatives owners genuinely consider — including doing nothing. Each one names at least one thing the alternative wins on, because a rigged table reads as a rigged table.
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Design-Build vs. Design-Bid-Build
Design-bid-build finishes the drawings, then puts them out to competitive bid. Design-build brings the contractor in during design. Both are legitimate. They fail in different ways, and the right choice depends on how firm your scope already is.
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Us vs. the Landlord’s Preferred Contractor
Most South Florida landlords have a contractor they suggest, and some leases require one for specific scopes. That is not a scam — it exists for real reasons — but it is worth understanding whose interests the arrangement is built around.
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Local GC vs. a National Rollout Contractor
If you are a brand opening locations in several states, a national rollout firm is a reasonable answer. If your locations are in Florida, the calculation changes — because the thing that actually delays a build-out here is jurisdictional, and jurisdictions are local.
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Hiring a GC vs. Managing the Subs Yourself
Contracting the trades directly removes the general contractor’s fee, and on a small, simple job that can be the right decision. What it does not remove is the work the general contractor was doing — it transfers that work, and the risk attached to it, to you.
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A Licensed GC vs. an Unlicensed Crew
There is always a crew that will do it cheaper and start on Monday. On residential handyman work that is often fine. On permitted commercial work in a leased building, the exposure sits with you, not with them — and that is the part worth being clear about.
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Renovating vs. Renewing the Lease As-Is
The alternative most owners actually choose is to do nothing — renew the lease, keep the space as it is, and spend the money elsewhere. Sometimes that is exactly right. It is worth being honest about when it is not.
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