Need a building permit? You can get one at the mall — plus construction, engineering and other development services, too.
SKSI Plans & Permits, a development-services company based in Glendale, Calif., is opening eight stores at fashion malls across California, and one in Las Vegas, along the lines of one that is already operating at Glendale Galleria.
“SKSI aspires to be for building departments what AAA was to the Department of Motor Vehicles, by eliminating the need for owners and contractors to deal with the city until construction begins,” said Aryeh Rifkin, founder of SKSI, which provides permitting and planning services for commercial and residential development.
SKSI's store at Glendale (Calif.) Galleria. More are coming to nine other malls
Stores are going into Galleria at Tyler, in Riverside; Northridge Mall, in Salinas, Calif.; Otay Ranch Town Center, in Chula Vista; Southland Mall, in Hayward; Stonestown Galleria, in San Francisco; The Shoppes at Carlsbad (Calif); Valley Plaza, in Bakersfield; Visalia (Calif.) Mall; and Meadows Mall, in Las Vegas.
The stores are designed to serve property owners and managers; contractors; realtors; leasing companies; retailers; investors; and homeowners. “Clients can walk in without an appointment, share their ideas with professional engineers and architects and leave with plans in process towards receiving a building permit,” according to a company announcement.
“SKSI provides commercial plan and tenant-improvement drafting and engineering services to the malls and tenants, which they find really convenient to have on-site. Residential customers can stop by to get full plans for additions, remodels, new custom construction and accessory dwelling units,” said Rifkin. “It’s never been easier.”
By Edmund Mander
Director, Editor-In-Chief/SCT