What We Do
Commercial General Contractor in Winnipeg & Manitoba
Commercial construction, end to end.
Potterstone Builders is a commercial general contractor in Winnipeg, Manitoba. We build commercial and steel buildings for two kinds of clients: owner-operators who need the space their business will work in, and property developers who need a building that will earn for decades. Same standard either way. And the price we quote off the final drawings is the price you sign.
For Business Owners
Commercial Buildings for Business Owners
Build the space your business will work in.
You've outgrown the lease. The layout chokes how the work gets done. You're tired of cutting rent cheques for someone else's asset every month. We build the commercial building your business needs, sized to how you actually run.
Owner-operators outgrowing leased space. First-time owners building their own facility. Industrial, light manufacturing, automotive, distribution, professional office, mixed use. If it fits in 5,000 to 15,000 sqft, we've likely built one. We take on larger projects too.
Site Selection Input
We can walk a lot with you before you buy it. The wrong site costs more than the right building. We tell you what we see.
Design-Build Coordination
We work alongside your architect or bring one in. Every drawing gets a constructability review before it's final.
For Property Developers
Build-to-Rent Commercial Buildings for Property Developers
Whether you've been developing commercial property for thirty years or you're parking capital in commercial real estate for the first time, the math only works if the building leases and the tenant renews. We build to that.
Build-to-rent commercial buildings, single-tenant or multi-tenant. Sized for the local market, finished to hold up under decades of tenant turnover, designed so the next lease is easier to sign than the last one.
Single & Multi-Tenant
From a single-tenant industrial building to a multi-tenant commercial complex. The right building for the right rental market.
Lease-Ready Delivery
Keys on the date we said. Finishes done. Final inspection passed. So the leasing conversation happens on schedule, not after another delay.
Steel Building Construction in Manitoba
We build steel-frame commercial and industrial buildings across Manitoba — single-tenant shops, warehouses, distribution, light manufacturing. Steel goes up fast, spans wide without interior columns, and holds up for decades. We handle the build end to end, from foundation to envelope to finish, on a fixed price held to the drawings.
WHAT WE DO
Our Services: Design-Build, General Contracting & Construction Management
Design-Build
We work alongside your architect or bring one in. Every drawing gets a constructability review before it's final.
General Contracting
As your general contractor, we run the whole build — scheduling subs, managing the site, holding the price to the drawings, and handing you the keys on the date we said.
A Potterstone Build
What you get when you hire us.
One Project Manager. Start to Finish.
The person you meet on day one is the person you call on day two-hundred. No mid-build PM turnover. No relay race of new faces every other week.
Weekly Walkthroughs.
Every week of construction, you walk the site with the PM. You see exactly what got done and what's coming next. No surprises hiding behind drywall.
Price Held to Final Drawings.
The number is set off the final approved drawings. Change orders only when you change scope. We don't write them to cover scope we missed.
How a Potterstone Build Runs
Four phases. One project manager. No surprises.
01
Discovery & Scope
We hold the number we quote. Change orders happen only when you change the scope. We don't write them to cover what we missed.
02
Design Coordination
We work alongside your architect (or bring one in). Every drawing gets a constructability pass. We catch the conflicts on paper, not in concrete.
03
Budget Lock
We price the build off the final drawings, with every sub committed in writing. The number we hand you is the number you sign.
04
Build & Handoff
Our crew on site, our PM running the schedule, weekly walkthroughs with you. Keys handed over on the day we said, with the finishes you spec'd.
FAQ
What does a commercial general contractor do?
A commercial general contractor runs your whole build from the ground up. We schedule and manage the subtrades, keep the site moving, hold the budget, and answer for the finished building. You deal with one company and one project manager instead of chasing a dozen separate trades. On a Potterstone build, the crew doing the concrete, framing, and finish work is ours, not a rotation of whoever has bandwidth that week.
Do you build steel buildings in Manitoba?
Yes. We build steel-frame commercial and industrial buildings across Manitoba: shops, warehouses, distribution space, and light manufacturing. Steel goes up fast, spans wide without interior columns getting in the way of how you work, and holds up for decades. We handle it end to end, from foundation to envelope to finish.
What's the difference between design-build and general contracting?
With general contracting, you bring the finished drawings and we build to them, managing the trades, schedule, and budget. With design-build, you hire us earlier and we coordinate the design and the construction together, so the people pricing the job and the people drawing it are talking from day one. Design-build catches conflicts on paper instead of in concrete and usually tightens the timeline. We do both. Which one fits depends on how far along your drawings already are.
How do you keep a commercial build on budget?
We price the build off the final approved drawings, with every sub committed in writing before we start. The number we hand you is the number you sign. Change orders happen only when you change the scope, not to cover something we missed. That's the whole reason owners come to us: the last builder doubled the budget on change orders, and we built our process so that doesn't happen.