The team has been helpful not only in design but also during construction. The response and communications have been good and prompt. We appreciate Tamara and Bassam being very quick in responding to RFIs, especially during construction when things are moving very rapidly.
Project Type
Office Building
Location
Los Angeles, California
Project Size
3,000 square feet
Date of Completion
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Architect/Client
Maker Kitchens
4007 West Pico Commissary
Mr. Poan Chen
Owner / Founder,
CSM Partners
Project Overview
Converting a small commercial building into a multi-tenant commissary demands careful infrastructure planning. When multiple food tenants share power, exhaust, gas, and grease systems, architects need an MEP consultant who understands load diversity, health department coordination, and the realities of compact back-of-house layouts.
For 4007 W Pico Boulevard in Los Angeles, we provided full mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineering for the renovation of a 3,000 SF single-story building into a commissary space serving approximately 7–8 food tenants, each with dedicated stalls.
This project required a complete recalibration of base building systems to support high-intensity commercial kitchen use within a constrained footprint.
Project Scope
Repositioning Small Buildings for High-Load Use
Converting retail or light commercial space into commissary occupancy dramatically changes infrastructure demands. Our coordination included:
- Reviewing as-built documentation and verifying existing service capacity
- Evaluating electrical and gas loads for multiple kitchen tenants
- Planning centralized grease and exhaust infrastructure
- Structuring shared backbone systems while maintaining tenant independence
Our MEP coordination strategy focused on reducing future tenant conflicts while maintaining health and building code compliance.
Designing for Multi-Tenant Kitchen Infrastructure
Commissary environments require careful zoning and equipment placement. We worked closely with the architectural layout to coordinate:
- Commercial hood stall exhaust systems
- Dedicated restroom exhaust
- Gas distribution for kitchen equipment
- Centralized grease interceptor integration
- Shared service panels and distribution strategies
The result was a system designed to handle intensity without overbuilding the base infrastructure.
Services
Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing Design
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