Commercial dealership exterior modernized with white ACM cladding and illuminated signage

Commercial Exterior Modernization

We modernizecommercial buildings.

Facade, cladding, architectural metal, signage and lighting systems coordinated through one integrated project team.

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Projects Across North America

The Idea

Aging buildings lose attention.

We give them presence again.

Commercial buildings age visibly. Exterior systems should be coordinated, not treated as isolated scopes — built for commercial assets, not aesthetic afterthoughts.

Selected Work

Commercial exteriors, delivered.

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Restaurants & Hospitality

Piper Arms

Automotive

Ajax Mitsubishi

Befikre Bar and Kitchen rooftop entrance with marble panel signage and teal metal accents

Restaurants & Hospitality

Befikre Bar + Kitchen

Retail

RioCan Empress Walk

Restaurants & Hospitality

Wacky Moose Bar & Grill

Restaurants & Hospitality

The Tipsy Fox

Commercial Properties

Alianza

Integrated Delivery

One exterior.
One team.

Urban Facade Group coordinates the systems shaping a commercial exterior through a single project team — from fabrication through field installation.

01Design CoordinationCladding, signage, metal, and lighting scopes planned together, not in isolation.

02Facade SystemsACM, aluminum panel, and cladding systems fabricated to the building's geometry.

03Architectural MetalCustom canopies, sign structure, and panel accents produced in-house.

04SignageChannel letter, pylon, and dimensional signage designed and fabricated to spec.

05LightingIllumination integrated into signage and cladding during design, not after.

06InstallationField installation sequenced and managed by the same project team.

Process

Transformation is the product.

Every finished exterior starts as an active job site — cladding sequenced, signage wired, metal fitted in place. Coordinated delivery is what turns that site into a finished presence.

Crane lifting illuminated building signage into place on a commercial office tower

In The Field

Completed illuminated Victoria Education sign mounted on the office tower

Finished

Capabilities

What we deliver.

All Capabilities

01Commercial Facade ModernizationCoordinated exterior upgrades that bring an aging commercial building's presence in line with what's happening inside it.

02ACM & Architectural CladdingAluminum composite material and architectural cladding systems fabricated and installed for commercial exteriors.

03Architectural MetalCustom exterior metal fabrication for canopies, panel accents, tower features, and structural sign support.

04Architectural SignageBuilding-mounted, pylon, and tenant signage — designed, fabricated, and installed as part of the exterior.

05Exterior LightingIllumination integrated into signage, cladding, and building features rather than added on afterward.

06Exterior Painting & RefinishingCoatings and refinishing scheduled alongside cladding and signage, not dispatched as an unrelated maintenance call.

07Site Furnishings & AmenitiesOutdoor seating, benches, and upholstered furnishings specified for patios, plazas, and shopping centre common areas.

Brand & Portfolio Programs

One standard.
Every location.

A five-unit concept today is a forty-location program in a few years. Urban Facade Group writes the facade and brand standard from a working prototype, then delivers it site by site — so every new location matches the one before it.

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01Brand StandardsThe prototype specification — materials, colour, ACM profiles, signage placement, lighting — that a growing brand rolls out location by location.

02Condition AssessmentsSite surveys and substrate evaluations that turn a facade's condition into a scoped, fundable recommendation.

03Prototype ExecutionOne location built first, proven, and used as the template before a program scales across a portfolio.

04Permit & ApprovalsMunicipal permitting and landlord or property-management approvals managed as part of the project, not left to the client.

05Refresh ProgramsScheduled facade refreshes, repaints, and ACM swaps delivered across a portfolio on a recurring cycle.

Material Systems

Materials shape
the exterior.

Panel type, finish, and reveal detail decide how a modernized exterior reads up close and from the road. Urban Facade Group fabricates and installs the systems that make up a commercial building's visible skin.

Stack of ACM panel colour and finish samples

Close-up ACM panel corner detail and reveal lines on a commercial building

ACM

Aluminum composite material is a flat panel made of two thin aluminum sheets bonded to a core material. It's fabricated into panels and routed, folded, or shaped to fit a building's facade, signage, or canopy geometry.

Aluminum Panels

Aluminum panel systems use solid aluminum sheet, formed and finished for facade, soffit, or trim applications on a commercial exterior.

Architectural Metal

Architectural metal covers custom-fabricated metal components — canopies, structural sign supports, feature panels, and trim — built to a specific building or sign condition rather than supplied as a standard product.

Cladding Systems

Exterior cladding systems are the broader category of facade finish materials — ACM, aluminum panel, and related systems — considered together as the visible skin of a commercial building.

All Material Systems

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