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Elite Phoenix
ELITE PHOENIXConstruction
Commercial General Contractor

Your A-to-Z Commercial Construction Partner.

From blueprint to grand opening: construction management and general contracting for Indiana's dining, retail, and hospitality brands.

Brands Our Leadership Has Delivered

Shake Shack
IHOP
Starbucks
Pinkberry
Raising Cane's
Da Vinci

Elite Phoenix Clients

Kanoon
Al Manakeesh
Mr. Shawarma
Real Estate 360
Zaki Financial
Aman Insurance
Indiana Flow
Our Mission

Elite Phoenix Construction builds commercial spaces: on budget, on time, start to finish, without compromise.

What We Do

Full Service Construction Provider.

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Preconstruction

Early site investigation, precise kitchen utility/exhaust scoping, and rapid local permitting in Fishers and the greater Indianapolis area to maximize project success.

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Construction Management

A consulting role, not a GC contract. We serve as your construction manager and owner's representative, running schedule, budget, and trades on your behalf, with no stake in a contractor's margin.

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General Contractor

Seamless field coordination, managing premium finishes, complex retail millwork, and strict health department codes with absolute control.

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Design-Build

Streamlined, single-source responsibility. We unite architectural design and commercial construction under one roof for cohesive, rapid project execution.

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Why Elite Phoenix

What Sets Us Apart.

True A-to-Z Partner

From site selection and lease review to design, permitting, construction, and grand opening: one accountable team for the entire journey. Nothing gets lost in the handoff between vendors.

A Team From All Sides

Our founders sit on every side of the table: a commercial construction manager with an interior design background and a licensed commercial real estate broker. You get owner, builder, and market perspective in one room.

Food-Service & Retail Specialists

Grease interceptors, Type I hoods, health-department compliance, and franchise timelines are routine for us. We build the systems restaurants and retailers actually need to open on schedule.

Proven at Scale, Built for Indiana

A founding team whose careers span hundreds of millions in delivered work, now focused, local, and agile across greater Indianapolis and the Midwest.

Our Own Crews, Our Own Network

A vetted network of licensed, insured trade partners we manage directly: tighter coordination, fewer delays, and accountable quality from shell to certificate of occupancy.

Owner-Rep Expertise That Stays

We also represent owners building with other contractors, so we know exactly where projects go wrong, and how to protect your budget, schedule, and interests when they do. And unlike most contractors, we do not hand you the keys and disappear: we stay on for facility management, preventive maintenance, and rental and leasing contract management, so the plaza or building we built keeps running, keeps leased, and keeps earning.

Achievements

An “anything is possible” team that solves the hardest problems in commercial construction, so our clients can focus on running remarkable businesses.

10+
Spaces Delivered On Time And On Budget
28K+
Square Feet Across Six Commercial Sectors
$2.5M+
Commercial Value Delivered In Year One
95+
Project Track Record, Founding Team
Challenges Overcome

Defying The Impossible.

Tight timelines, occupied-space renovations, and highly regulated build-outs are where we do our best work. Here is how we have turned hard problems into delivered results.

  1. Tight Deadlines, Met

    Niyyah Coffee opened in the heart of downtown Indianapolis in just two months: 2,700 sq ft delivered through phased construction and tight owner, designer, and subcontractor coordination.

  2. Complex Renovations, Handled

    A former Northwestern Mutual building in Fishers taken down to studs and MEP and rebuilt across four tenants: a $2M, 18,000 sq ft redevelopment delivered over a 12-month timeline.

  3. Design-Build Solutions

    A former Wendy’s reimagined as Al Manakeesh, a Mediterranean fast-casual franchise concept: 3,500 sq ft from concept to grand opening in four months.

  4. Measurable Results

    From Kanoon’s 2,000 sq ft tenant improvement in Fishers to multi-tenant redevelopments, we’ve delivered 10+ commercial spaces and 28,000+ sq ft, on schedule, on budget, and 100% through referral.

The finished Al Manakeesh dining room in Fishers: a blue-tiled wood-fired oven behind the slatted service counter, linear pendant fixtures over the dining floor, and backlit menu boards above the order point.

Al Manakeesh

Fishers, Indiana · 3,500 sq ft · 4 months

Featured Work

Delivering excellence across commercial sectors

Spaces Elite Phoenix has delivered since opening in January 2025, alongside the national brands our founders built earlier in their careers. Cards tagged Leadership Project are work our leadership delivered in prior roles at other firms, not Elite Phoenix contracts.

The finished Mr. Shawarma storefront: illuminated channel-letter signage and logo mounted on brick above a blue awning and a full-height glass entry.

Mr. Shawarma

A white-box shell transformed into a fully operational Mediterranean restaurant

RESTAURANT · INDIANAPOLIS · 2,000 SQ FT · 4 MONTHS
Al Manakeesh at night: a green backlit storefront sign above the dining room, with guests and the service line visible through full-height glass.

Al Manakeesh

A former Wendy’s converted into a Mediterranean fast-casual franchise concept

RESTAURANT · FISHERS · 3,500 SQ FT · 4 MONTHS
The finished Kanoon patio: red umbrellas over café tables inside a steel railing, with the restaurant’s signage above the storefront glazing.

Kanoon

A halal steakhouse tenant improvement delivered end to end in four months

RESTAURANT · FISHERS · 2,000 SQ FT · 4 MONTHS
The finished Niyyah Coffee dining room: a pink and sage striped feature wall carrying the Niyyah wordmark behind walnut two-tops on polished concrete.
Niyyah Coffee

Niyyah Coffee

A downtown Indianapolis coffee shop built from the ground up in just two months

CAFÉ · INDIANAPOLIS · 2,700 SQ FT · 2 MONTHS
A completed Shake Shack storefront on opening day, a green and white balloon arch framing the slatted timber entry.

Shake Shack

Leadership Project

A mall-front Shake Shack turned over for opening day

RESTAURANT · QSR
A completed Starbucks interior: the order counter and tiered merchandising shelves on the left, dark leather banquettes under pendant lighting on the right.

Starbucks

Leadership Project

A café build-out with millwork bar, banquettes, and merchandising

CAFÉ · COFFEE
A completed IHOP storefront with bilingual signage, blue and white tilework, and balloon displays at the entry.

IHOP

Leadership Project

A full-service IHOP fit-out inside an enclosed retail centre

RESTAURANT · FAMILY DINING
A completed Raising Cane’s dining room: an illuminated welcome sign over the order counter, a painted brick feature wall, and red banquette and chair seating.

Raising Cane’s

Leadership Project

A QSR dining room with exposed services and feature brickwork

RESTAURANT · QSR
A completed Pinkberry unit with bilingual signage above a fully glazed shopfront and a lit service counter inside.

Pinkberry

Leadership Project

A dessert retail unit delivered to brand standard

RETAIL · DESSERT
The Da Vinci Restaurant dining room: a pressed-tin ceiling, woven rattan pendants, and banquette seating running along an exposed brick wall.
Da Vinci Restaurant

Da Vinci Restaurant

Leadership Project

A dining room built around pressed-tin ceilings and custom millwork

RESTAURANT · CASUAL DINING
The 82nd St. Workspace lobby: a suspended rectilinear light sculpture over the elevator bank, with a navy accent column and grey carpet.
82nd St. Workspace

82nd St. Workspace

Leadership Project

A corporate lobby and office floor reworked for a modern workforce

WORKSPACE · CORPORATE
Before & After

Vision To Reality.

Every build starts in someone else's leftover space. Here is the same room the day we took it over, and the day it opened.

The Al Manakeesh space in Fishers mid-demolition: ceiling grid and wood framing exposed, the kitchen line stripped to bare stainless, and debris across the floor.Before
The finished Al Manakeesh service counter: espresso bar, backlit menu boards, a tiled wood-fired oven, and pendant lighting over black stone.After

Al Manakeesh

Mediterranean Fast-Casual · Fishers, Indiana

Area
3,500 sq ft
Schedule
4 months
Scope
Former Wendy’s shell
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