Tile removal on a Restaurant

[David A.]

First of all I apologize if I am posting this on the wrong section of the forum but I could not find anywhere else to ask. I have a task ahead of me to be the construction manager for my mother in law's business. She purchased a 3,700 sq ft restaurant which will be converted into a medical office. Needless to say there is a lot of work left. I am taking the challenge to learn more about rehabbing, although this I imagine is alot different than residential.
I am looking for a crew to remove the old tile floor. Most of it is quarry tile in the kitchen areas and the rest seems to be smaller 1 inch sections of tile. Her plan for the floor is to make it stained concrete although I think commercial plank would look nice. My question is this. How much do you think is a good bid price to remove roughly 3,600 sq of this tile. Would it be more cost effective to hire someone to do both the removal and the conversion into stained concrete. If so is there a chance of the new floor being damage during the extensive remodel. I hope someone could help me with these questions. Thank you

[Joel Owens]

So a Steak and Shake went out of business OR did they move to a more optimal location??

Here they stay busy around the clock and do massive business. I haven't seen one close before except for either going to a new location or an inept franchisee but even then corporate steps in and fixes the problems.

You should be able to get 10 to 20 cents on the dollar for the restaurant equipment and sell it all in one shot to a restaurant equipment reseller warehouse.

I wouldn't take up that floor and would simply throw some carpet down over it. Some rooms or areas where you actually want tile for small areas just level and go over existing. I was in the restaurant industry for over 10 years and know it well.

All the customers for medical will care about is the look of things they can see and finish. Your mother - in-law must love this location as there are easier spaces to convert and less expensive but parking should be good. Depending on the practice you could use the drive through for prescriptions to pick up or have a mini pharmacy there.