OpeningsYou’re Opening 6 Locations This Year.
Your Spreadsheet Doesn’t Know That.
Punch lists, permit timelines, equipment procurement, and contractor schedules — unified across every buildout in your portfolio. Built for operators running at expansion speed.
The average restaurant buildout runs 47 days over schedule.
That’s not a bug — it’s the spreadsheet.
Source: 2024 Restaurant Buildout Benchmark Report — 340 projects across 18 states
Auto-tracks permit submission windows by jurisdiction. Flags review delays before they cascade into contractor conflicts.
GC, subs, and owner all see the same list in real time. No more "I didn't get that email" on day 60.
Equipment lead times mapped against your construction schedule. Know 6 weeks before delivery day if you have a conflict.
One permit delay in Austin doesn’t stay in Austin.It eats your Nashville budget 3 weeks later.
Multi-unit operators using spreadsheets can’t see cascade failures until they’ve already cost money. By the time the invoice arrives, the decision window is long closed.
⚡ Trigger: Permit delayed 12 days
- →GC mobilization pushed
- →Kitchen equipment arrived early — $4,200 storage fee
- →Soft open missed — $38k revenue loss
⚡ Trigger: Hood inspection failed — resubmit
- →Health inspection rescheduled +3 weeks
- →Hired staff on payroll before opening — $18k
Portfolio-wide hidden cost — 2 locations, 1 quarter
$60,200
Openings users avg.
$8,400
The difference is visibility 6 weeks before the cascade starts — not 6 days after.
“I used to find out about permit cascades when my GC sent a change order. Now I see it 5 weeks out and can actually do something.”
Marcus Reyes
Director of Development · Ember Group (7 locations)
Six locations. One missed milestone. $2.1M in compounded exposure.
6-unit portfolio · single quarter exposure
$319,000
The average multi-unit operator absorbs this cost invisibly — spread across change orders, payroll, and lost revenue reports that never get correlated.
“We were running 5 buildouts in 3 states on a shared Google Sheet and a group text. I didn’t know we were in trouble until the check cleared.”
— Priya Nambiar, VP Development · Cornerstone Hospitality
The Larder — Austin TX
Target open: Apr 7 · 1 milestone flagged
Hood Inspection — Action Required by Mar 1
Inspector availability window closes in 3 days. Missing this slot delays Health Dept. pre-inspection by 21 days and pushes soft open to Apr 28.
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2024 Restaurant Buildout Benchmark Report
Download the 2024 Restaurant Buildout Benchmark Report.
68 pages of data on permit delays, cost overruns, and FF&E timelines across 340 restaurant buildouts. The numbers your development director needs to justify a better process.