Architectural plans and building elevations on a desk
Polkat Group Project Management

YOU RUN THE BUSINESS.
WE RUN THE BUILD.

Client side project management for growing brands, so every new location opens on time, on budget, and exactly to your standard.

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Expanding your footprint
shouldn't pull you away
from your business.

Opening new locations is one of the most capital intensive, highest risk things a growing business does, and it is rarely what your team does best. We sit on your side of the table as your dedicated project manager, taking the build off your plate and protecting your interests at every stage. You stay focused on operations, sales, and growth. We make sure each site opens right.

Why partner with us

On your side. On your standard.

01

We represent you, and only you

Builders, architects, and consultants all carry their own commercial interests. We carry yours. We scrutinise every cost, claim, and decision, challenge what doesn't stack up, and resolve issues in your favour, so you are never relying on the people you are paying to also police themselves.

02

You stay focused on the business

Growth stretches a team thin, and that is exactly when costly mistakes creep in. We take the day to day of the project off your hands so your leadership stays on customers, operations, and the next opportunity, not site meetings.

03

Budgets that hold

We run competitive procurement, keep scope creep in check, interrogate every variation, and catch overcharging before it reaches your invoice. Across a multi site rollout, the savings compound, often well beyond our fee.

04

Open sooner, trade sooner

Every week a location isn't open is lost revenue plus rent you are still paying. We drive the program and coordinate trades, approvals, and handover to hit opening dates you can actually plan around.

05

One point of accountability

A single site touches architects, engineers, contractors, landlords, councils, utilities, signage, and fit out. We are the one team holding all of it together, across every location you are building at once.

06

Risk managed. Compliance covered.

Building codes, accessibility, fire, and health regulations, contracts, and safety all carry real exposure. We identify and manage these risks upfront, keeping you compliant and clear of costly rework and disputes.

07

A rollout built to scale

This is where multi site expansion is won or lost. We turn your fit out, vendors, and processes into a repeatable playbook, so each location opens faster, sharper, and more consistently than the last, protecting your brand experience everywhere you trade.

Wellness interior
Commercial interior delivered by Polkat Group Project Management

Sectors

  • Hospitality
  • Retail
  • Wellness Centres
  • Gyms and Pilates Studios
  • Medical Groups
  • Large format Franchises
  • Offices
  • Product or distribution franchises
  • Co-working spaces
  • Real estate agencies

From hospitality and retail to medical, wellness and workplace environments, we manage fit-outs across a diverse range of operating models and brand requirements.

Footprint

Victoria · NSW · ACT · WA · SA · NT · QLD

We deliver projects across every Australian state and territory, coordinating local teams and suppliers wherever your rollout takes you.

Engagement

Per store · signing → opening

We typically join the project at lease signing and stay through to opening day, managing the full delivery journey as your single point of contact.

Case study · Franchise rolloutHecho En Mexico
Hecho En Mexico, flagship Kitchen 'n' Bar10 Bunda Street · Canberra ACT

Client side project manager · store-by-store

Hecho En Mexico

Taking each new venue from signed agreement to opening day.

Polkat Group Project Management is the dedicated client side project manager for the Hecho En Mexico Kitchen 'n' Bar rollout, the single accountable point of contact between head office, the design team, franchisees, builders and suppliers. Each venue is delivered end-to-end and to brand standard, with risk and variations controlled at every stage. Our assistance is making the expansion to 30+ stores frictionless.

  • Design, permitting, procurement & construction per store.
  • Build price negotiated with liquidated-damages cover.
  • Liquor licence & health permits lodged to approval.
  • Fit-out procurement & services coordinated to opening day.
Hecho En Mexico exterior
Hecho En Mexico interior
Hecho En Mexico bar

Start your expansion

Ready to open your next location
with confidence?

Let's talk through your expansion plans and how we will deliver them, on time, on budget, and on brand.