Crust Pizza – New Braunfels, TX: Restaurant Build-Out Case Study

Crust Pizza — New Braunfels, Texas

Full-Service Restaurant Build-Out | Retail Shell Conversion

Project Overview

When Crust Pizza selected New Braunfels for expansion, their vision was clear: create a stylish, dine-in restaurant that highlighted their scratch-made product while offering a welcoming environment for families and community gatherings. The assignment required converting a vacant retail shell into a fully operational hospitality space — efficiently, compliantly, and without jeopardizing the targeted opening date.

D L Sanders Commercial, LLC was engaged to deliver a turnkey interior construction solution capable of aligning franchisor standards with the practical demands of restaurant operations.

Client Objective

Crust Pizza required a contractor with the experience and organizational discipline to manage a complex restaurant build-out that included:

• Commercial kitchen infrastructure

• Bar construction

• HVAC, electrical, and plumbing systems

• Fire suppression and life-safety components

• Custom millwork and branded finishes

Equally critical was maintaining schedule certainty to support staffing, inventory planning, and marketing ahead of opening.

Our Approach

D L Sanders Commercial, LLC directed the project from preconstruction through final delivery, maintaining structured oversight at every phase.

Key responsibilities included:

• Coordinating design reviews and permitting

• Managing interior demolition

• Installing grease interceptors and fire suppression systems

• Constructing a custom bar and seating areas

• Coordinating kitchen equipment vendors

• Overseeing inspections and compliance

• Maintaining consistent communication with ownership

Our disciplined project management ensured alignment among trades, vendors, and inspectors — preventing delays that commonly impact restaurant openings.

Timeline & Investment

• Construction Duration: 12 weeks

• Project Budget: Approximately $700,000

The restaurant was delivered on schedule and within budget, fully prepared for staff training and grand opening activities.

Project Highlights

• Coordinated multiple specialty vendors — including pizza oven suppliers, refrigeration providers, millwork fabricators, and signage installers — to ensure seamless sequencing and installation.

• Transformed a raw retail shell into a complete hospitality environment featuring a commercial kitchen, dining room, bar, storage, and guest-facing areas.

• Integrated franchise branding through custom wall graphics, lighting elements, and exterior signage to ensure prototype consistency.

Result

Crust Pizza New Braunfels opened as planned and quickly established itself as a popular local destination. The thoughtfully executed layout supports efficient service flow while maximizing seating capacity — positioning the restaurant for strong operational performance.

Ownership specifically valued our ability to manage the project end-to-end while minimizing demands on their internal team.

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