Commercial Strip-Outs in Toronto
MetroPoint clears commercial interiors for renovation, tenant improvement and landlord handback work across Toronto and the GTA.
Is this the right scope?
Return a commercial unit to the agreed handover condition.
A strip-out coordinates removals across a tenancy. Selective demolition focuses on particular items while more of the surrounding space stays in use or remains finished.
Keeping most of the space? Compare selective removal ↗Where this scope stops
A strip-out does not automatically include structural alterations, base-building services, hazardous-material work or the next fit-out.
Define these items in writing
- Agreed partitions, ceilings, flooring and tenant fixtures
- Protection of retained building elements and shared access
- Loading, disposal and clean-up as described in the scope
What assessment needs to establish
- Landlord handback requirements and marked drawings
- Loading dock, elevator and common-area access
- Live building systems and neighbouring occupancy
About this service
A commercial strip-out removes the finishes, fixtures and non-structural elements identified in an approved scope while protecting the base building and anything marked to remain. Depending on the site, that can include partitions, ceilings, flooring, millwork and selected fixtures. The work is sequenced around loading access, elevator bookings, occupied areas and building rules.
Before demolition begins, the project team must address the applicable permit, utility and designated-substance requirements. Under section 30 of Ontario's Occupational Health and Safety Act, an owner has duties concerning designated substances before work is tendered or arranged. If asbestos-containing material may be disturbed, Ontario Regulation 278/05 applies. MetroPoint coordinates its demolition scope with the documents and clearances supplied for the project.
Every proposal defines the removals, protection, disposal and clean-up included. Where a property remains active, controlled work zones help keep exits, corridors and retained rooms separate from demolition activity. The crew sorts and removes debris through the agreed route, then checks the cleared space against the written scope before handover.
How the work runs
- 01
Review the site
We document access, retained elements, nearby occupied areas and the materials included in the requested scope.
- 02
Confirm requirements
Permit, utility and designated-substance requirements are identified before affected work begins.
- 03
Protect and remove
The crew installs the planned protection and completes removals in the written sequence.
- 04
Load and hand over
Removed material is sorted, loaded and taken to appropriate receiving facilities before a final sweep.
Visible work examples
Commercial corridor with finishes removed Interior strip-out work area Commercial space during a strip-out Fixtures separated during commercial demolition Marked commercial interior work area Commercial floor cleared for the next trade
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Questions and answers
- What can a commercial strip-out include?
- The written scope can include selected partitions, ceilings, flooring, millwork and fixtures. Structural work and building systems are identified separately.
- Can work be planned in an occupied building?
- Yes. Access, work zones, building rules and protection for occupied or retained areas are reviewed during planning.
- Is a permit always required?
- Requirements depend on the scope and property. The applicable City and building requirements should be confirmed before work begins.
- Is debris removal included?
- Removal and clean-up are included when listed in the written scope, with material taken to appropriate receiving facilities.
Get a scoped estimate
Request an on-site assessment and a written scope before work begins.
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Next step
Tell us about your commercial strip-outs project
This service is selected for you. Change it if another scope fits better, or choose the advice option. Share the removal limits, property location and anything that must remain.
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Tell us what goes and what stays.
Decisions within this scope
Use these comparisons to describe the component that leaves, the surface that stays and the decision needed before removal.
- Raised access floor removal is not slab demolition
What should I identify when a commercial floor sits above another floor?
- What happens to floor anchors after fixtures leave?
Does removing a shop or office fixture include its anchors and floor repairs?
Plan the wider project
Compare the removals, retained areas and next-trade responsibilities for your project.
Office and tenancy
- Combining or dividing commercial units: plan the demolition around the new layout
- Office refurbishment: renew the washrooms now or retain them for a later phase?
- Restarting an unfinished commercial strip-out: define the next usable package
- Removing obsolete factory offices while production equipment stays
- Before leasing: compare the removal needed in each commercial unit
- Commercial interiors before new building services are installed
Hospitality and retail
- Hotel bathroom refurbishment: when does the guestroom need to change too?
- Hotel lobby and public-space refurbishment: planning the demolition
- Food-court strip-out: the counter, kitchen and shared building
- Grocery-store refurbishment: fit-out removal after refrigeration work
- Automotive showroom refurbishment: the ordinary demolition package
- Brewery taproom renovation: the building boundary with retained production
- Commercial laundry refit: when does the building need demolition?
- Theatre and cinema refurbishment: defining ordinary interior demolition
Retained structures and concrete
Homes and shared buildings
Special-use interiors
- Ordinary demolition before a new recording studio is fitted out
- Demolition for a private training-centre refit
- Demolition within a vacant childcare-premises renovation
- Community-facility refurbishment: ordinary rooms and retained building features
- Pool-area refurbishment: ordinary interiors around a retained pool
- The demolition contribution to a commercial-to-residential conversion