Lakeview Construction Inc

What Lakeview Construction Inc does

Lakeview Construction, LLC is a privately held, full-service national commercial general contractor founded in 1993 and headquartered in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin. The firm specializes in retail tenant improvement projects, operating four formal service divisions—Retail, Dining, Specialty (LEED, ADA, design-build), and Big Box—covering new store builds, remodels, re-image programs, multi-location roll-outs, open-store remodels, landlord turn-key and vanilla box builds, retrofits, and ground-up construction. Its core customers are enterprise national retail chains, restaurant chains, big-box retailers, and commercial landlords across the United States, with completed projects also delivered in Canada, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands.

The company executes projects through a national network of 75 full-time field superintendents and is licensed or registered in every US state plus Puerto Rico, giving it the geographic coverage required for multi-market roll-out programs. Supporting technology is conventional for the sector: professional construction project management tools, an estimating function, and a proprietary online Plan Room portal through which subcontractors and vendors log in to search bidding projects and submit proposals. The firm also operates an internal training program branded Lakeview University.

Lakeview generates revenue through project-based, one-time construction contracts priced per scope, with no publicly disclosed standard pricing tiers. Its go-to-market is enterprise direct sales—predominantly relationship-driven, with 80% of business sourced via client referrals—augmented by participation in industry events such as the Retail Contractors Association, Commercial Construction and Renovation Summit, and ICSC, plus trade magazine advertising and a summer intern program. Notable enterprise customers include Nike, Under Armour, The North Face, Talbots, Lilly Pulitzer, Kay Jewelers, Zales, T-Mobile, FedEx Office, Harbor Freight, and Tractor Supply Co. Ownership is private, with no disclosed parent company, institutional investors, or M&A activity.

Name

Lakeview Construction Inc

Legal name

Lakeview Construction, LLC.

Website

https://lvconstruction.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Lakeview Construction is a privately held national general contractor founded in 1993 that performs retail tenant improvement, roll-out, remodel, and big-box construction services for enterprise retail chains, restaurant chains, and landlords across the US, Canada, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Pleasant Prairie

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Retail Tenant Improvement Construction: Project-based construction services for retail tenant improvements, including new store builds, remodels, re-image programs, and roll-out programs for national retail chains. Revenue is generated through one-time project fees negotiated per contract.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Lakeview Construction is a full-service national commercial general contractor that delivers retail tenant improvement construction services for enterprise clients. The company manages new store builds, remodels, re-image programs, multi-location roll-outs, open-store remodels, retrofits, ground-up new construction, and design-build projects through four specialized divisions (Retail, Dining, Specialty, and Big Box). Services are delivered across the US, Canada, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands via a network of 75 full-time field superintendents and graded local subcontractors.

Product overview

Lakeview Construction is a full-service national commercial contractor specializing in retail construction tenant improvement projects. The company operates four distinct service divisions (Retail, Dining, Specialty, and Big Box) and offers a comprehensive suite of construction services including tenant improvements, re-image programs, roll-outs, landlord turn key and vanilla box builds, open store remodels, new construction, and retrofit services. The company was established in 1993 and has completed over 10,000 projects throughout the US, Canada, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. With over 100 years of combined construction management experience and a network of 75 full-time superintendents, the company provides professional project management with estimating services as a key component of their full-service approach.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Retail Division Services
• Dining Division Services
• Specialty Division Services
• Big Box Division Services
• Re-Image Programs
• Multi-Location Roll-Outs Multi-location retail construction roll-out programs for national chains that need to open or refresh many sites on a coordinated schedule.
• Landlord Turn Key Builds

Quantifiable outcome

• 80% of business through client referrals
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers16 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Whiting-Turner Contracting Company: Large national commercial general contractor with significant retail, big box, and tenant improvement work. Directly comparable business model (general contracting for commercial clients) but operates at a much larger scale across many verticals beyond retail.
• Walsh Group: Chicago-headquartered national GC with substantial commercial building and tenant improvement work. Comparable general contracting model with much larger scale and broader geographic and vertical mix.
• Clark Construction Group: Large national commercial contractor with retail, hospitality, and commercial tenant improvement capabilities. Comparable in business model and customer profile, operating at significantly larger scale and across more verticals.
• Boldt Company: Wisconsin-headquartered commercial general contractor with strong Midwest footprint. Similar service mix (commercial building, tenant improvements) and geographic adjacency (Appleton, WI vs. Lakeview's Pleasant Prairie, WI).
• Weitz Company: National commercial GC with established retail and tenant improvement practice alongside industrial and multifamily. Comparable general contracting model and enterprise client relationships.
• Pepper Construction Group: Midwest-headquartered commercial contractor (Chicago) doing significant retail, restaurant, and commercial build-out work. Comparable in scale and customer mix, with overlapping retail/restaurant tenant improvement exposure.
• Brasfield & Gorrie: Major Southeast US-based commercial GC with retail, healthcare, and institutional work. Comparable general contracting model and tenant improvement capabilities, though more diversified across multiple non-retail verticals.
• Hensel Phelps: Major commercial GC with retail, commercial, and tenant improvement experience among broader service lines. Comparable general contracting model with larger scale and broader vertical mix.

Direct peers

• BBL Construction Services: Commercial general contractor with deep retail tenant improvement, roll-out, and remodel focus serving national chains. Closely comparable in service offering, customer type (national retail/restaurant chains), and project-based delivery model.
• Skender Construction: Chicago-based commercial general contractor known for interior build-outs, tenant improvements, and ground-up commercial work for national clients. Highly comparable service offering and project-based delivery model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lakeview-construction-inc

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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