Retail, Restaurant and Hospitality Moving in Greater Boston
Stores, restaurants, gyms, salons, and hotels: fixtures, landlord windows, and the trades.
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- Owner-Operated By Tyler Trefrey
- 10 States Northeast Served
How we plan retail & hospitality moves
When a store or restaurant moves, every closed day is rent paid on a dark room, and the date is seldom the owner's choice. The landlord, the mall, or the opening plan usually fixes it. We work inside the window you are handed and leave a floor ready to stock, seat, or open.
Most of what moves is fixtures. Gondola shelving, slatwall, display tables, glass showcases, mannequins, banquettes, bar stools, salon stations, and cardio machines each travel their own way, and nearly all of them break down. Before teardown we photograph and tag each fixture, bag its hardware with it, and rebuild it from the photos at the new space.
Shopping centers and retail streets set their own rules. The Route 9 malls in Natick and Framingham, ground-floor retail in the Seaport, the outlet and lifestyle centers along I-495, and the narrow Newbury Street storefronts typically restrict move-ins to hours when shoppers are gone, name the entrances and service corridors a crew may use, and require a certificate of insurance before unloading. We can supply that certificate on request, and we can work evenings or weekends on request. In Boston's older neighborhoods the curb sets the plan: the loading zone, a city street-occupancy permit, and a one-way approach.
Anything plumbed in, gas-fed, refrigerated, or hard-wired is a job for the licensed plumber, electrician, or refrigeration technician you already use, both to take it out of service here and to hook it up again there, and we say so at the first walkthrough. Walk-in coolers are built in place, not moved. Liquor stock stays with the license holder. What remains is most of the business, and we plan our days around the trades' visits so no one stands waiting.
Inventory counts belong to you. Boxed stock moves in the order you packed it and is set down by department at the new store so staff can restock aisle by aisle. Hotels and event venues work the same way at a bigger scale, with furniture sets moved floor by floor. Choose your kind of business below.
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Retail & Hospitality Moving FAQs
Another question? Call (774) 421-9389.
Our mall permits move-ins after closing time. Can your crew work those hours?
Yes, on request. Send the section of the tenant handbook on move-ins, covering permitted hours, the doors and corridors the crew may use, and the insurance the center requires. We size the crew to finish inside those hours and can supply the certificate of insurance the property manager asks for.
Who takes plumbed or gas-fed kitchen, bar, or salon equipment out of service?
The licensed trade that services it: your plumber, electrician, or refrigeration tech. Once that trade signs a unit off, our crew can carry it, and we set our arrival at both addresses around their visits so nobody loses half a day waiting on someone else.
How does a Boston storefront without a loading dock get moved?
We plan from the curb. The move may need a city street-occupancy permit for the truck, a loading-zone window, and a carry route through the front door or a back alley. Send the address and we check the approach, door widths, and stairs, then tell you what the truck needs so the permit covers it.
Plan your business move
Tell us both addresses, the building rules you know about, and the dates you cannot move. We will send back a written plan and estimate.
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