Retail Center & Storefront Awnings | Goodwin-Cole Sacramento

Storefronts That Hold a Center Together

White fabric awning over a brick entry at Loehmann’s Plaza

Owners, property managers and tenants call us when a center’s frontage has to do several jobs at once: carry each tenant’s name, keep one consistent look from end to end, shade the glass and cover the walk between the parking lot and the door.

We design, fabricate and install fabric and metal awnings and canopies for shopping centers, office parks and stand-alone storefronts, and we re-cover existing frames when a tenant changes or the fabric has had its years in the sun.

What Retail Centers Need

Red fabric awning over a row of shopping center storefronts

Storefront Awnings

Fabric awnings in your center’s colors, with tenant names and graphics applied to the fabric.

Metal entry canopy on a retail building at The Village in Elk Grove

Entries & Walkways

Metal and fabric canopies that mark an entry and keep the walk from the curb to the door covered.

Red dome awnings over the windows of a two-story office building

Office & Business Parks

Window and entry awnings that cut glare and heat on the glass and finish a building’s facade.

Recommended Systems for Retail & Business Complexes

Fixed Awnings

Branded storefronts, entries and window shade.

Re-Covers

New fabric on sound frames at a lease turn or a rebrand.

Retractable Awnings

Tenant patios that want shade on demand.

Roller Shades & Drop Screens

Sun and glare control for covered walkways and patios.

Commercial Umbrellas

Movable shade for common-area seating.

Questions Retail Property Teams Ask

The lease decides. Storefront awnings are often treated as tenant improvements, sometimes with a landlord allowance, while awnings on common-area courtyards or walkways are usually a landlord item. Look at the signs-and-awnings clause, the work letter and any design criteria before you issue an RFQ. We can price a project either way and supply the shop drawings your lease administrator or architect needs.

Put the standard in your design criteria: shape, projection, frame finish, fabric family and the colors a tenant may choose from. We keep fabric and finish records for every project we build, so a tenant that signs three years later can match the original suite exactly, and we can produce the criteria exhibit with you.

If the frame is sound and still fits the opening, a re-cover gives you new fabric, new color and renewed fire certificates at a fraction of the cost of a new structure, and it is often the fastest option on a lease turn. Frames that are corroded, undersized for the fabric you want, or no longer match your design standard are better replaced. We inspect and tell you which you have.

In most cases, yes. Fabric on commercial awnings and on shade over public or assembly areas is generally expected to be flame-resistant under California Title 19, and many specifications also cite NFPA 701. Our fixed-awning fabrics are fire-certified to NFPA 701 and California Title 19, and we provide the fabric certificates with your submittal package so the inspector has what they need. Your local fire marshal or building department confirms what applies to your site.

Retail & Business Complexes Projects

Loehmann’s Plaza

Sacramento, CA · Retail Fixed Awnings

The Village at Elk Grove

Elk Grove, CA · Entry Canopy & Storefront Awnings

Harbour Cove

Elk Grove, CA · Storefront Awnings

Partner with Goodwin-Cole

Send us plans, a lease exhibit or a photo of the building. Our commercial team responds with options, lead times and a quote, and we coordinate submittals, shop drawings and installation around your schedule.

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