You find the space, the broker wants a signature, and nobody has priced what it actually takes to turn it into a working restaurant. The hood path, the grease interceptor, the sprinkler and alarm scope, the utility upgrades — every one of them hides in the building, and every one of them becomes your cost the day you sign. Know before you sign.
Enter the address of the space you're about to sign for. We pull what public records and the center's published leasing material show about it and email you a First-Pass Flags report — real findings on your actual space, not a generic brochure.
Got it — your free first-pass scan is in the queue.
A second-generation QSR space mid-conversion — exactly the stage where hidden conditions decide whether the deal makes money.
A pre-lease feasibility audit: before you sign, a builder reads your space the way your architect and your GC will — and prices what they find. We check the building's existing conditions, work out what your buildout will actually run, map the permit and health approvals, and read the lease clauses that decide who pays for the surprises. You get it in plain language, in writing, within 48 hours — while you can still negotiate, or walk.
Not a national average — a range built from the actual shell condition, prior use, and scope your concept needs.
The sequence of approvals for your jurisdiction, what each one costs, and how long it really takes — so rent commencement stops being a guess.
The mechanical issues that kill restaurant deals after the lease is signed.
The paragraphs your broker skims and your future self pays for.
The hood, grease and suppression systems are where pre-lease surprises concentrate — the audit prices them before they're your problem.
Every report runs the same existing-conditions survey an architect would build before drawing your space — the building as it actually stands, line by line. The free scan fills in everything public records and the center's published leasing material can prove about your address. The full audit verifies the rest against your lease draft, plans and photos — and prices it.
Construction type, age and prior use — restaurant, retail or raw shell — and what that history means for your conversion.
Square footage and dimensions of the space, checked against what the landlord is advertising and charging rent on.
Slab or no slab, floor condition and drains — what has to be cut, trenched or re-poured to run your plumbing.
What separates you from the neighbors, its condition and fire rating — and who pays if it has to come up to code.
Roof type and condition, existing penetrations and RTUs — whether it can take your hood exhaust and new equipment.
Clear height to the deck — the measurement that decides whether a hood and grease-duct path to the roof is even possible.
Sprinklered or non-sprinklered, stated plainly — and the cost consequence if your use triggers an install.
Fire alarm present or no fire alarm — and the scope your kitchen will need either way.
Electric, gas, water and sewer service to the space — sized for a commercial kitchen, or an upgrade to fight for before signing.
Existing or not, its size and location — the single most common five-figure surprise in second-generation spaces.
Whether the space sits in a flood zone — and what that does to insurance, equipment placement and permitting.
The center's other tenants read against your concept — whether an existing tenant's exclusivity can block or limit your use.
The survey above, filled in from public records and the shopping center's published leasing material, with the at-risk items flagged in plain language and the buildout cost band for your space type. Findings are stated as found — real facts about your actual address, by email, free.
Every survey line verified against your lease draft, plans and photos; the hood and grease-duct route priced; permit and health timeline week by week; and the exact lease clauses to renegotiate — with the wording — before you sign. Delivered in 48 hours.
This is the format that lands in your inbox. The first three findings are free to read in full — the sections that price the hidden systems and name the exact lease clauses to renegotiate are in the full report.
The space is buildable for a QSR format. It is not sign-ready until the exhaust route and one lease clause below are priced and assigned in writing. Signing first turns both into tenant costs by default.
Construction only, at the second-generation band of $100–$300 /sf for 2,200 sf. Kitchen equipment sits outside that range in the $250k–$600k band — budget it separately or the pro forma is short on day one.
In this sample lease pattern, rent commencement is tied to signing — not to permits. With most NYC permits running 2–8 weeks before construction even starts, that gap is rent paid on a space you cannot open. The fix is a clause, not cash — if you catch it before signing.
Grease, hood & fire pricing, the permit calendar, and the exact lease clauses to renegotiate — written for your space, your lease draft and your plans, in 48 hours. Full fee credited toward your buildout if we build it.
✓ Stripe live checkout · Every audit also includes the free leads pack below
Illustrative sample built from the space type and the 2026 cost bands on this page — not a real client’s report, address, or lease. Your report is built only from your lease draft, plans, photos and (on the $995 tier) a walk of your actual space.
Three steps, no sales call required. Run by the estimating team at All American Construction Group — a NYC-based general contractor, est. 2019, that builds restaurants and QSR locations across NY, NJ, CT, PA, VA and FL.
Put the property address in the form at the top of this page, with your name, work email and brand. That's the whole ask. Two minutes, no cost, no obligation.
Your First-Pass Flags report arrives by email: the existing-conditions survey filled in from public records and the center's published leasing material, with the at-risk items flagged in plain language.
For $495, the full audit verifies every line against your lease draft and plans and prices the fixes — delivered in 48 hours, while the lease is still negotiable.
Full desk audit from your lease draft, plans, and photos.
✓ Stripe live · tested Oct 27, 2026
Product QSR Pre-Lease Feasibility Audit · $495 checkout loads at buy.stripe.com — card payment, receipt by email, 48-hour clock starts on payment confirmation.
Everything in the audit, plus boots in the space before you sign.
✓ Stripe live · tested Oct 27, 2026
Product QSR Pre-Lease Feasibility Audit · $995 checkout loads at buy.stripe.com — card payment, receipt by email, 48-hour clock starts on payment confirmation.
National cost bands, stated plainly. Your specific space can land anywhere inside — or outside — these ranges depending on shell condition, exhaust path, and what the last tenant left behind. The audit pins your space to a number.
Bands are national planning ranges, not a quote for your space — your number comes from your space, your lease and current local pricing, which is the point of the audit.
Built only from the cost bands above. It gives you the honest top line — the paid audit narrows it to your actual space, systems, and lease.
Pick your format, set your square footage, choose whether to include the kitchen equipment band.
Planning range from national cost bands — not a bid, quote, or guarantee. Permit fees, expediting ($2,000–$7,500 typical for food service), landlord-required upgrades, and utility work sit outside these bands and are exactly what the audit itemizes for your space.
Answer for the space you're considering. Every “No” or “Not sure” is a cost that tends to surface after signing — when it's yours.
Tap an answer for each row. Your risk read appears at the bottom.
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Prior restaurant use with existing kitchen infrastructure — the cheapest kind of space to convert.
Raw space where the landlord work letter matters most — TI and code-upgrade terms decide the deal.
Cards above show the format of a lead — illustrative samples, not live listings or addresses. Your pack is matched to the market and format you enter below and sent from All American Construction Group.
Two minutes. The page builds your request — send it by email to hello@qsrsitecheck.com or read it to us at 929.888.2848. No purchase, no obligation. Replies go directly to Husham Shabbir (husham@allamericancg.com) so nothing gets lost.