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Ground-Up Commercial Construction

New construction from raw dirt to certificate of occupancy, delivered by one accountable Keller builder across the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex.

Ground-up commercial office building in brick and glass on a North Texas site // Ground-Up · DFW Metroplex

New Construction Is Our Core

From shell-and-core office to freestanding commercial buildings, this is the work Aghorn Interests was built to do.

Aghorn Interests, LLC has been putting commercial buildings out of the ground across North Texas since 2010. Ground-up construction is the discipline the firm was founded on, and it is still the core of what we do.

We handle the structure, the envelope, and the site so a building comes out of the ground square, dry, and on schedule, with its core systems roughed for the tenants who follow. The firm is owner-led by Basil J. Privett, a Texas A&M–trained builder, which means the person pricing your building is the person accountable for pouring it, framing it, and closing it out. From a single freestanding shell to a multi-tenant office, we run every new-construction project the same disciplined way: estimate it early, buy it out carefully, and supervise it full-time in the field.

What We Deliver

The full ground-up scope, self-managed under one contract from the pad to the punch list.

A ground-up building only stays on schedule when the structure, the skin, and the site are coordinated as one package instead of handed off in pieces. We carry that whole scope ourselves, so the foundation, the frame, and the utilities all keep pace with the number you financed.

  • Shell-and-core and build-to-suit commercial buildings
  • Tilt-wall and structural steel building systems
  • Site work, utilities, paving, and hardscape
  • Exterior envelope, glazing, and curtain wall
  • Core building systems roughed for future tenants
Structural steel frame rising on a ground-up commercial jobsite // Structure · Keller, TX

From Pad to Certificate of Occupancy

Three stages of a ground-up project, each supervised full-time so the building is ready to open on the date we committed to.

Site & Structure

Grading, utilities, paving, and hardscape turn a raw parcel into a buildable pad, then structural steel or tilt-wall goes up on top of it. We start the site clock early so foundations are never the reason a project slips.

Envelope & Skin

Exterior envelope, glazing, and curtain wall close the building in and keep it dry. We coordinate the skin against the structure so the frame, the weather barrier, and the storefront all land on the same schedule.

Core Systems & Closeout

Core mechanical, electrical, and plumbing are roughed to lease-ready standards, ready for the tenants who follow. We finish with a clean punch list, inspections, and the certificate of occupancy that lets the building open for business.

Ground-up corporate office building with a curved glass facade // Office · DFW Metroplex

Built for the Markets We Serve

Ground-up work spans our sectors, and each one carries its own standard on finish, inspection, and schedule.

New construction is not one building type. A corporate office shell, a ground-up medical office, and a freestanding retail or restaurant pad each open against a different set of inspections and a different lease clock. We build all three, and we tailor the structure, the envelope, and the core systems to the way each sector actually gets occupied.

  • Office and corporate shell-and-core buildings
  • Ground-up medical office building shells
  • Freestanding retail and restaurant pad sites

Have a site? Let's put a building on it.

Send us the parcel, the drawings, or the program. We will tell you what the building costs and how fast it opens.

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