Medical fitouts in Adelaide
Medical, dental and veterinary practice fitouts across metropolitan Adelaide, from North Adelaide consulting rooms to suburban general practice and the growth areas north and south.
Practice fitouts in Adelaide
Medical, dental and veterinary tenancies across metropolitan Adelaide.
Start a projectAdelaide has a distinct pattern: a concentration of specialist consulting in North Adelaide and along the city fringe, a lot of general practice in heritage or older commercial stock, and newer standalone centres in the northern and southern growth areas. The older stock is where accessible access under AS 1428.1 most often decides whether a tenancy will work at all.
Councils we work across
City of Adelaide, Prospect, Walkerville, Norwood Payneham & St Peters, Burnside, Unley, Mitcham, West Torrens, Charles Sturt, Port Adelaide Enfield, Campbelltown, Tea Tree Gully, Salisbury, Playford, Marion, Holdfast Bay and Onkaparinga.
Getting a clinic approved in South Australia
South Australia assesses development through the Planning and Design Code under the Planning, Development and Infrastructure Act 2016, lodged on the PlanSA portal. A change of use to a consulting room or a health-care facility is assessed against the Code, with car parking and neighbourhood amenity the usual points of contention.
Building consent is then granted by council or a private certifier, and development approval issues once both planning and building consent are in place.
Imaging equipment requires shielding designed by a radiation consultant, and registration of the premises and a licence to operate from the South Australian Environment Protection Authority under the Radiation Protection and Control Act 2021.
Approvals, not construction, are the part of a Adelaide program that varies most. A realistic opening date depends on knowing which pathway your tenancy falls into before you sign for it.
What we fit out in Adelaide
Medical centres
GP clinics, specialist consulting suites, multidisciplinary centres and day procedure rooms.
Medical fitoutsDental practices
Surgeries, sterilisation, imaging alcoves and on-site labs.
Dental fitoutsVeterinary clinics
Consult, prep and surgery, isolation, kennels and cattery.
Veterinary fitoutsOptometry practices
Refraction and pre-test rooms, dispensary and frame display.
Optometry fitoutsOther cities we work in
Six capitals, six approvals pathways. See all locations, read how approvals work state by state, or start with what every healthcare fitout has to solve.
Fitout costs in Adelaide
The indicative ranges published on this site, $1,200 to $1,800 per square metre for a dental base build, $1,400 to $2,200 for general practice and $1,500 to $2,300 for a small animal veterinary clinic, all apply across the capital cities. Trade rates vary between them, but not by as much as shell condition varies between two tenancies on the same street.
What genuinely differs by city is the approvals pathway and the time it takes, which shows up in rent during construction not in the build rate.
Full cost breakdownAdelaide fitout questions
How does development approval work in South Australia?
Applications are lodged through the PlanSA portal and assessed against the Planning and Design Code under the Planning, Development and Infrastructure Act 2016. A change of use to a health-care facility is assessed on its own terms, with parking and amenity the usual issues.
What does imaging require in South Australia?
Shielding designed by a radiation consultant, plus registration of the premises and a licence to operate from the South Australian EPA under the Radiation Protection and Control Act 2021.
Is Adelaide's older building stock a problem for a clinic?
It’s the most common constraint. Heritage and older commercial buildings frequently cannot provide an accessible path of travel or an accessible sanitary facility to AS 1428.1 without significant work, and that’s worth establishing before a lease, not after.
How much does a medical fitout cost in Adelaide?
The published ranges apply nationally: $1,400 to $2,200 per square metre for general practice on a warm shell, excluding equipment and GST. Shell condition moves the number far more than the city does.
Send us the floor plan
A site assessment tells you what the tenancy can take and what it will cost to get there, ideally before you have signed for it.