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Fixtures, Stock, POS and Commercial Kitchens Across Metro Vancouver
Every day a shop or a restaurant is shut is revenue that does not come back. These moves happen overnight or across the quietest two days of your week, and they are planned around a reopening time rather than a loading time.
Working with retail and hospitality across downtown Vancouver, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Burnaby, Richmond, Surrey, the North Shore and the Fraser Valley.
Tell us the unit size, your quietest days and when you need to reopen. We will walk the space and build the plan backwards from that.
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What Are You Moving?
A clothing boutique, a coffee shop and a full-service kitchen are three very different jobs. Find the closest to yours.
Shop Fixtures & Shelving
Gondolas, slatwall, garment rails and display cases stripped and rebuilt.
Stock & Inventory
Cartoned, counted and moved sealed so the stock take still reconciles.
POS & Back Office
Tills, terminals, printers and the office machine that runs the accounts.
Commercial Kitchens
Ranges, hoods, prep tables and dishwashers, disconnected by licensed trades.
Refrigeration & Cold Chain
Walk-ins, under-counters and freezers sequenced to keep product in temperature.
Dining Rooms & Seating
Banquettes, tables, chairs and bar fittings moved without scarring the finish.
Signage & Window Display
Exterior signs, light boxes and window fittings taken down and reinstalled.
Stock Storage
Held between leases while a fit-out is finished or a season passes. Learn more →
Old Unit Handed Back
Move-out cleaning so the lease obligations on the old premises are met. Learn more →
What a Retail or Restaurant Move Involves
Everything is scheduled backwards from your reopening. That usually means loading after the last customer leaves, working through the night, and having the shelves stocked and the tills live before the doors open again.
Commercial kitchens carry their own constraints. Gas, water and extraction all need certified disconnection and reconnection, and health-authority requirements at the new premises can take longer to satisfy than the physical move does.
- Overnight and closed-day crews — the move happens when you are not trading.
- Fixtures and shelving — gondolas, rails, display cases and slatwall stripped and rebuilt.
- Stock moved sealed — cartoned and counted so inventory still reconciles afterwards.
- POS and back-office IT — crated separately and set back up at the counter.
- Certified disconnection — gas, water and extraction handled by licensed trades.
- Cold chain planned — fridges and freezers sequenced so product stays in temperature.
- Mall and strata rules — dock bookings, after-hours access and certificates of insurance.
Why Reopening Time Drives Everything
The Reopening Sets the Schedule
We start from the hour you need to be trading and work backwards. That is a different plan from starting when the truck is free, and it is the reason most of these moves happen between closing and opening rather than during the day.
Stock Has to Still Reconcile
Inventory moves cartoned, sealed and counted rather than loose on a trolley. A shop that cannot reconcile its stock take the following week has lost more than the move cost.
Kitchens Need Trades, Not Movers
Gas, water and extraction require certified disconnection and reconnection. We book the fitters and technicians alongside the crew so nothing sits waiting, and we do not touch those connections ourselves.
Cold Chain Is Sequenced First
Refrigerated and frozen product is the tightest constraint in any restaurant move. Those phases run first, with the shortest possible gap between one unit powering down and the next powering up.
Malls Have Their Own Rules
Shopping centres restrict deliveries to after-hours windows, require dock bookings and want insurance certificates on file first. We handle that paperwork rather than discovering it at the service entrance.
The Floor Gets Walked Before You Open
Fixtures up, shelves stocked, tills live, and someone walks the space with you before the crew leaves. Finding a missing shelf bracket at nine in the morning is not the plan.
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Retail and Restaurant Moves Across Metro Vancouver
How the Move Runs
1. Site walk. Both units, with your reopening time, trading hours and any mall access rules on the table.
2. Plan and hourly rate. Crew size, the overnight window, which trades are needed and what it costs per hour.
3. Strip and load. After close: fixtures down, stock cartoned, kitchen disconnected by certified trades.
4. Rebuild and restock. Fixtures up, shelves filled, POS live, and a walk of the floor before you open.
What the Crew Brings
Panel carts, glass and mirror crates, garment rails, stock cartons, machinery skates, blankets, shrink wrap, floor protection and the tools for gondola, slatwall and display-case hardware.
Refrigeration technicians, gas fitters and electricians are booked alongside the crew where a kitchen is involved, so nothing waits on a trade that has not been called.
Trading Hours, Malls and Reopening
Malls and larger strata buildings restrict deliveries to defined after-hours windows and require insurance certificates in advance. We book those windows and file the paperwork as part of the plan.
Four to six weeks of lead time is comfortable. For restaurants, the health-authority inspection and the trades sign-off at the new premises usually set the date, so book the move once you have a realistic view of those.
Retail and Restaurant Moving FAQs
Can you move us overnight so we do not close?
That is the usual arrangement. We load after the last customer, work through the night, and aim to have fixtures rebuilt and stock on shelves before you open. Larger units may need your two quietest days rather than a single night.
Do you disconnect kitchen equipment?
Anything involving gas, water or extraction is done by licensed trades, booked to arrive alongside the crew. We move the equipment and reposition it; the certified connections are theirs to make and sign off.
What happens to refrigerated stock?
Cold chain phases are sequenced first and kept as short as possible, with the new units powered and at temperature before product arrives. Tell us your tolerances at the site walk and the plan is built to them.
How much does a retail move cost?
Charged at an hourly rate, with trades priced separately where a kitchen is involved. Unit size, fixture count, stock volume and mall access rules all feed into crew size and hours, which is what the site walk establishes.
Can you handle mall access and loading dock bookings?
Yes. After-hours access windows, dock reservations and the certificates of insurance shopping centres require are all part of the plan rather than something you chase separately.
How far ahead should we book?
Four to six weeks. For restaurants the real constraint is usually the health-authority inspection and trades sign-off at the new premises, so it is worth booking the move once you can see those dates clearly.
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Relocating a Shop or a Restaurant?
Tell us the size of both units, your quietest trading days and the morning you need to open. We will build the plan backwards from that and give you an hourly rate.
Tell us the unit size, your quietest days and when you need to reopen. We will walk the space and build the plan backwards from that.