Car, furniture, kitchen and electronics showrooms and brand experience centres, from the glazed frontage to the display floor, with the lighting and MEP behind them delivered by the same team.
Dar Anan fits out showrooms across Riyadh, on main roads, in standalone buildings and in mall units. We take the shell and deliver the complete interior: the façade glazing and entrance, the display floor, ceilings and feature lighting, the display systems, the customer lounge and service reception, and the electrical, HVAC and fire systems behind them.
A showroom is a different job from a standard store. The floor is larger, the frontage is mostly glass, the product is lit like an exhibit, and on an automotive floor the finish has to carry a car. Our retail fit-out team runs it as one programme with MEP in-house, so the glazing, floor, lighting and power are resolved on drawings before anything is ordered.
Showroom fit-out is decided by spans, loads and light. Large glazing panels need lifting plans and long lead times. Polished floors have to be laid flat across hundreds of square metres without lippage that shows under display lighting. Feature lighting has to make the product look right without glare on the glass or heat on the customer. We plan those three things first and build the rest of the programme around them.
Typical scope on a showroom includes:
Standalone and roadside showrooms. We start with a survey of the shell, the slab and the existing supply, then coordinate façade, signage and MEP approvals with the fit-out. The authority process sits with the tenant and contractor rather than a landlord team.
Mall showrooms. Delivered to the centre's tenant handbook, shopfront line and working hours, with the landlord submissions prepared by us.
Refits of existing showrooms. Phased works where the showroom keeps trading. Our guide to retail store refurbishment in Riyadh covers how that is planned. For budgets, see retail fit-out cost in Riyadh, which includes showroom ranges.
Large-span glazing, frameless and framed systems, automatic and pivot entrance doors, cladding and signage substructure, with solar control specified for Riyadh.
Polished porcelain, stone, terrazzo and resin floors laid flat over large areas, with build-ups specified for vehicle loads on automotive display floors.
Feature walls, plinths, room-set partitions, demonstration tables, sales desks and reception counters, produced to approved shop drawings.
Open, suspended and feature ceilings with track, spot, linear and accent lighting set to the brand's lux and colour-temperature specification.
Customer lounges, service reception, handover bays, sales offices, washrooms and refreshment areas finished to the same standard as the display floor.
HVAC for large glazed volumes, power and lighting control, data and AV for screens, plumbing for working displays, and fire alarm and sprinkler modifications.
On many showroom projects the glazing, the floor, the lighting and the MEP are let as separate packages, and the brand ends up coordinating them. We keep the MEP in-house and run the glazing, flooring and joinery under one programme, so the interfaces between them are drawn before they are built.
Power and cooling demand are checked against the building supply in week one, before the design depends on them.
Corporate identity details are followed to the drawing, with conflicts raised as technical queries before ordering.
Glazing, floors, joinery, lighting and MEP coordinated by one site team, with weekly progress reporting.
From the shell survey to the launch, with the long-lead decisions made early.
We survey the shell, slab and façade, record the existing power and cooling supply, and agree the scope, brand manual requirements and launch date.
Layouts, floor build-ups, lighting and MEP are coordinated, shop drawings are issued, and landlord or municipal submissions are prepared.
Glazing, imported floor finishes, feature lighting and display systems are ordered against a schedule that includes shipping and customs clearance.
MEP first fix, ceilings and walls, floor installation, glazing and façade, joinery and display systems, then second fix and lighting, with a dedicated site manager.
Lighting focused to the brand standard, systems tested and commissioned, a formal snagging walk, and a 12-month defects liability period.
Experience centres and retail interiors delivered by Dar Anan.
Premium retail fit-out for Ganache patisserie, featuring curved marble counters, warm timber joinery, and bespoke display cabinetry.
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Full retail fit-out for Musa & Palm café in the Diplomatic Quarter, Riyadh — featuring custom Moroccan gypsum ceilings, marble flooring, fresco-painted walls, lighting glass facades, and complete MEP installation.
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Modern developer showroom and experience center for Roshan — featuring a 100% fire-rated steel mezzanine, advanced data and AV hookups, custom furniture, decorative ceiling panels, full MEP, HVAC, and retail fit-out.
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Café retail fit-out featuring a suspended steel-tube canopy, wrought iron doors, custom marble flooring, Moroccan gypsum ceilings, fresco-painted walls, display fridges, water filtration systems, and custom sculptural elements.
View Project →We fit out showrooms on Riyadh's main commercial roads and districts, including:
Glass, light and large floors behave differently in Riyadh's climate and supply chain. These are the local conditions we plan for.
A large south or west-facing glass front brings heat gain and glare onto the display and the customer lounge. Glazing specification, solar film, shading and the cooling load are decided together, so the showroom is comfortable at 3pm in August and the product is not lost behind reflections.
Riyadh dust is hard on polished stone, high-gloss porcelain and open display joinery. Entrance matting, floor finish selection and the cleaning regime are planned at design stage, and finished areas are protected until handover.
Showroom lighting, display screens and large cooled volumes can exceed what an existing building supply provides. We check the load against the available capacity in the first week, because a new or upgraded connection from SEC has its own lead time.
Showrooms on main roads such as King Fahd Road, the ring roads and Olaya carry municipal requirements for façade alterations and signage, licensed through Balady, plus Civil Defence sign-off for the life-safety installation before opening.
Brand-specified floor tiles, feature lighting and display systems often come from outside the Kingdom. Their arrival date after customs clearance and conformity checks is usually the critical path, so they are ordered at design freeze.
Model launches, brand openings and the trading peaks before Ramadan and Eid set the handover date. The programme is built backwards from it, with long-lead packages released first.
Send us the drawings, the brand manual and the launch date, and we will come back with a scope, a programme and a proposal.
Budgets, timelines, approvals and signage for showrooms and stores in Riyadh.
Retail fit-out cost in Riyadh runs SAR 1,200–8,000+ per sqm in 2026. Mall vs high-street vs showroom costs, landlord deposits, hoarding and a worked example.
Read the guide →Shop fit-out in Riyadh step by step: what's included, approvals, long-lead fixtures, timelines for kiosks to flagships, and questions to ask a contractor.
Read the guide →Shopfront and signage approval in Riyadh: glazing and shutter systems, mall signage zones, Balady sign permits, illuminated signs and common rejections.
Read the guide →Retail store refurbishment in Riyadh: refit vs refresh, phasing and night works, landlord approvals, strip-out, indicative costs and timelines while trading.
Read the guide →How to choose between fit-out companies in Riyadh: 12 checks on classification, licensing, references, insurance, payment terms, quotes and red flags.
Read the guide →What brand and dealer teams ask us before appointing a showroom fit-out contractor.
Car and automotive showrooms, furniture and home showrooms, kitchen and bathroom showrooms, lighting and electronics showrooms, and brand experience centres. The common thread is a large open floor, a glazed frontage and a display that has to be lit and finished to a higher standard than a typical store.
Yes. The floor build-up is designed for vehicle loads before the finish is chosen: slab condition, screed, tile or stone selection, adhesive and joints are specified for wheel loads, with a vehicle route from the entrance or delivery door that the door width, threshold and floor can all take. Where a structural check of the slab is needed, we arrange it through a registered engineering office before the design is frozen.
Yes. Most car brands and many furniture and electronics brands issue a corporate identity manual covering façade, signage, floor finishes, lighting and furniture, often with nominated suppliers. We build to the manual and the shop drawings, and raise any conflict with the building, the landlord or the Saudi code as an early technical query rather than resolving it on site.
Large showrooms usually take longer on site than a standard store because of the floor area, the glazing and the lighting. The programme is set by long-lead items such as large glazing panels, imported floor finishes and brand-specified fittings, and by whether the power and cooling supply needs upgrading. We give a programme after the survey and the design freeze. Our shop fit-out process guide has indicative timelines by store type.
Yes. Automotive showrooms often include a service reception, customer lounge, handover bay and offices alongside the display floor. We fit out all of them under one programme, with the MEP for each area designed together so the electrical load and cooling are sized for the whole building.
Yes. Large-span glazing, entrance doors, cladding and the signage substructure are part of the scope. External signage on high-street and roadside showrooms usually needs a municipal permit, and in a mall the landlord's shopfront rules apply; we prepare the drawings for both.
Every showroom is handed over after a formal snagging inspection against the approved drawings, with all systems tested and commissioned, followed by a 12-month defects liability period.
Send us the unit or building, the brand manual and your launch date. We'll survey it, scope the works and send a detailed proposal.
