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Our renovation work spans all three ICI sectors: industrial, commercial, and institutional.
GEN-PRO’s renovation work is weighted toward the public sector: town halls, courthouses, universities, colleges, school boards, and recreational facilities, most of it won through competitive public tender.
These buildings are expected to remain operational throughout construction. Council chambers sit, courts hear cases, and classes run while work proceeds around them.
That means phasing, after-hours scheduling, and dust and noise control are planned before the first day on site. Security clearances and accessibility compliance are part of the job from the start.
For office and retail clients, GEN-PRO handles tenant improvements, layout changes, and structural modifications that update the space while preserving the base building.
Commercial renovation runs against a lease date, and that date does not move.
We work around neighbouring tenants, landlord rules on hours and access, and building systems that have to stay live. Coordination with property management keeps the space on track to be ready when you need it.
Some renovations are defined less by sector than by the kind of space being rebuilt.
GEN-PRO rebuilds interiors within existing structures: walls, ceilings, flooring, finishes, and the mechanical and electrical work that sits behind them.
Interior work happens inside a building that already exists, which means what you find on demolition is not always what the drawings showed.
We assess existing conditions early, flag discrepancies to your consultant team, and price changes fairly rather than letting surprises stall the schedule.
Office renovations cover layout reconfiguration, tenant improvements, meeting and collaboration spaces, and the systems upgrades that come with them.
Most offices are still in use when the work starts. Staff need somewhere to sit, and the business needs to keep running.
We phase the work floor by floor or zone by zone, schedule the disruptive trades after hours, and keep power, data, and HVAC live where people are still working.
Restaurant projects range from front-of-house refreshes to full kitchen rebuilds, including the equipment, ventilation, and plumbing work behind them.
Every day closed is revenue lost, so restaurant timelines are tight and the finish date is the whole point.
We sequence the trades to compress the closure window, coordinate health and fire inspections early, and work to your designer’s drawings so the space opens looking the way it was meant to.
Hotel renovations include guest rooms, corridors, lobbies, and amenity spaces, whether phased over time or completed during a scheduled closure.
Hotels rarely empty out for construction. Guests are checked in on the floors above and below the work.
We plan around occupancy, run the loud trades within agreed hours, keep exits and corridors clear, and hand back finished floors in blocks so rooms return to inventory as soon as they are ready.
A renovation company rebuilds and upgrades buildings that already exist, rather than constructing new ones.
As a commercial renovation contractor, GEN-PRO does this work across commercial and institutional properties. That covers structural changes, accessibility upgrades, mechanical and electrical modernization, and interior fit-outs.
We handle construction only. Your architect or design consultant produces the drawings, and we build them. Because design is not part of our scope, there is no design markup on your price.
Recent work includes Oakville Town Hall and Sheridan College, both renovated while they stayed open and in use.
GEN-PRO has been building in Ontario since 1998, incorporated as 1320376 Ontario Ltd. and headquartered at 2211 Plains Rd E, Burlington.
We hold COR Certification, the top-tier safety credential issued by the Infrastructure Health and Safety Association for Ontario contractors. We are also a member of the League of Champions, an industry program for contractors committed to raising safety standards.
Several of our project managers, supervisors, and estimators hold Gold Seal Certification, a nationally recognized credential for construction professionals in Canada.
GEN-PRO carries commercial general liability coverage at limits that meet or exceed standard institutional and municipal tender requirements. Certificates are available on request.
GEN-PRO renovates commercial, institutional, buildings across the GTA, the Golden Horseshoe, and Southwestern Ontario.
If you are searching for renovation companies near you in the GTA or Southern Ontario, GEN-PRO works from Burlington, which puts most of this region inside a comfortable daily drive for our site supervisors. That matters more than it sounds. Renovation work throws up conditions the drawings did not show, and getting a project manager on site the same day keeps small surprises from becoming schedule problems.
GEN-PRO has been building in Ontario since 1998, incorporated as 1320376 Ontario Ltd. and headquartered at 2211 Plains Rd E, Burlington.
GEN-PRO wins renovation work the same way it wins new builds: through formal Request for Tender (RFT) and Request for Proposal (RFP) bidding. We price against the drawings and specifications your consultant team already has in hand.
Every renovation starts here. Drawings describe what a building is supposed to be, not always what it is. We survey what is actually there before work begins, so surprises get found during assessment rather than during demolition.
Most of our renovation work happens inside buildings that stay occupied and operating throughout construction. Before anything is built, we map the sequence: which zones come first, what runs after hours, and how the building keeps functioning around the work.
Work proceeds zone by zone or floor by floor rather than all at once, scheduled around the building’s operating hours. Dust and noise containment keeps the rest of the building usable while trades are on site.
Completed areas are returned to use as they finish, rather than waiting for the whole project to close out.
A: A commercial renovation company upgrades or modernizes an existing commercial, institutional, rather than building new. That includes structural changes, accessibility upgrades, mechanical and electrical modernization, and interior fit-outs, typically built against drawings from the client’s own architect or design consultant.
A: No. GEN-PRO is a construction-execution specialist, not a design-build firm, and doesn’t offer in-house architectural or interior design services. We build from drawings and specifications supplied by your architect or design consultant. This is the standard model for public-sector and larger institutional renovation tenders. If you’re looking for one firm to handle design and construction together, GEN-PRO isn’t the right fit. If you already have your own design team and need a proven construction partner, we are.
A: Renovation costs vary by project. The main drivers are the size of the space (square footage), the age and condition of the existing building, and whether the space is occupied or vacant during construction. GEN-PRO provides project-specific pricing through the tender or estimating process rather than a flat rate.
A: Every renovation has different scope and requirements, so timelines are set on a project-by-project basis. GEN-PRO provides a schedule as part of the tender or estimating process rather than a general timeframe.
A: Yes. Most of GEN-PRO’s renovation projects happen inside buildings that stay open and operating throughout construction, with work planned around the building’s hours and sequenced to minimize disruption.
A: GEN-PRO renovates institutional and municipal buildings (town halls, courthouses, schools, universities), and commercial spaces (offices, retail, and restaurants). See our commercial contracting services and institutional and municipal construction pages for more on each sector.
A: GEN-PRO renovates buildings across the GTA, the Golden Horseshoe, and Southern Ontario, including Toronto, Oakville, Mississauga, Hamilton, Burlington, Niagara Region, Cambridge, Kitchener, Waterloo, Guelph, and Grand Valley.
A: “Renovation” and “remodel” are used interchangeably by most people searching for this work. Whether you call it a renovation company or a remodel company, GEN-PRO handles commercial and institutional projects across the GTA and Southern Ontario, building against drawings supplied by your architect or design consultant.
A: Yes. GEN-PRO holds COR Certification (IHSA), is a member of the League of Champions safety program, and has project managers, supervisors, and estimators individually certified through Gold Seal. We carry commercial general liability coverage at limits that meet or exceed standard institutional and municipal tender requirements, and certificates are available on request.
GEN-PRO has been renovating occupied commercial and institutional buildings across the GTA and Southern Ontario since 1998. We work with clients who already have their drawings and need a construction partner they can trust to deliver.
If you have drawings ready, or a design consultant already in place, request pricing on your renovation project.