ALF
Assisted living & memory care
Campus communities where care, dining, and daily life share one plan. At Lake Errol the assisted-living community is 180 units of assisted living and memory care, paired with a 60-bed post-acute center.
Orlando · General contractor
Healthcare and senior-living construction.
Orlando, since 1992.
A developer’s contractor for campuses, clinics, and buildings that stay open while the work goes on. Florida license CGC1525584.
Lake Errol campus
180 assisted-living and memory-care units, 60-bed post-acute center
Staghorn clubhouse
25,000 sq ft, three levels, beside the golf club
Club homes
261 homes and a new community entrance
1992
Established
CGC1525584
Florida license
180 + 60
Lake Errol units and post-acute beds
25,000
Sq ft at the Staghorn clubhouse
261
Club homes
About
A developer’s contractor, positioned to work nationally.
Karotech is one company. It began in 1992 as Karotech Construction, Inc. in Commerce Township, Michigan, and continues as Karotech Construction Group in Reunion, Florida. Florida license CGC1525584.
Healthcare construction is the core. Commercial, hospitality, and multifamily are part of the practice, and over sixty percent of the work is healthcare: senior living, assisted living, skilled nursing, continuum-of-care campuses, medical offices, and hospital ground-up and renovation.
Few firms bring their projects in on time and on or under budget. Experience, teamwork, and real effort in startup and preconstruction are how that happens.
- Established
- 1992
- Florida license
- CGC1525584
- Chief Executive Officer
- Robert Kars
History
One company, from Michigan to Florida.
1992
Karotech begins
Karotech Construction started in 1992. The practice has been healthcare, commercial, and residential work for owners and developers ever since.
Michigan
Karotech Construction, Inc.
The company grew from 2630 Union Lake Road, Suite 300, Commerce Township, Michigan. Same people. Same name. Same firm.
Florida
Karotech Construction Group
The company continues in Reunion, at 7593 Gathering Drive. Robert Kars is chief executive. Florida license CGC1525584.
2020
Forest City Road
A 7,000-square-foot addition of 20 resident rooms at 8207 Forest City Road in Orlando, built onto an assisted-living community that stayed open.
2024
Central Boulevard
The tenant build-out at 431 East Central Boulevard in downtown Orlando, including the interior, the sidewalk, and the signs. The building permit was $250,000.
Markets
Healthcare first. Then the buildings around it.
More than sixty percent of the work is healthcare. Commercial, hospitality, and multifamily sit beside that core — not in place of it.
Commercial, hospitality, and multifamily
COM
Commercial
Workplaces and mixed commercial buildings, held to the same cost and schedule discipline as the healthcare book. Preconstruction is used to lock the budget before the field is asked to invent it, including buildings that stay occupied while the work goes on.
Read the commercial page
HOS
Hospitality
Clubhouses, lodging, and rooms people gather in. The Staghorn clubhouse is a three-level, 25,000-square-foot building: pro shop, member locker rooms, restaurant, sports bar and lounge, event rooms, and an underground cart barn.
MF
Multifamily
Residential communities built beside an existing club, not on an empty field. At the club homes that meant 261 new homes and a new community entrance, sequenced so the neighborhood already there could keep using the road.
Read the multifamily page
Services
Planning, one team, and a building that can be run.
01
Preconstruction planning
Effective preconstruction is the cornerstone of a successful project. We serve both the owner and the architect as a source of current, complete, and accurate information — so the team can balance schedule, cost, and quality, including life-cycle cost, not only the first check.
- Budget, schedule, and quality set before the field starts
- Life-cycle cost, not only the first check
- Numbers the owner and the architect can both use
02
Design-build
Design-build is a team working in the open from the start. When owners sit at the same table as architects, builders, engineers, and estimators, better ideas hold. Costs come down, schedules tighten, and the building is easier to run.
- Owner, architect, builder, and estimators at one table
- Cost and schedule argued before bids, not after
- A building planned so it is easier to operate
03
Construction management
Construction management uses project-management discipline to oversee planning, design, and construction from the first meeting to closeout. The purpose is simple: control time, cost, and quality.
- One lead from the first meeting through closeout
- Time, cost, and quality held to the same plan
- Phasing for buildings that stay open, including occupied healthcare
The secret is the start: listen, then spend the effort in preconstruction.
Featured projects
Selected work
Healthcare · Lake Errol, Apopka
Senior campus
Overlooking Lake Errol and Staghorn Golf Club & Lodge, the assisted-living community consists of 180 units of assisted living and memory care and a 60-bed post-acute rehab center.
- 180 assisted living & memory care units
- 60-bed post-acute rehab
- Campus on the lake and golf club
Hospitality · Apopka, Florida
Staghorn clubhouse
The three-level, 25,000 sq. ft. clubhouse includes a new pro shop, member locker rooms, restaurant, sports bar and lounge, event rooms, and an underground cart barn.
- Three levels
- 25,000 square feet
- Pro shop, dining, events, cart barn
Residential · Apopka, Florida
Club homes
261 new homes and a new community entrance highlight the residential improvements inside the larger club community.
- 261 new homes
- New community entrance
- Built inside an active club community
Healthcare · Orlando, Florida
Forest City addition
A 7,000-square-foot wing of 20 resident rooms on Forest City Road, added to an assisted-living building that stayed open. Concrete block, a small canopy, and the parking and site work around the new wing.
- 7,000-square-foot addition
- 20 resident rooms
- Built beside an occupied community
Hospitality · Apopka, Florida
Staghorn course
Mass grading and reconstruction of the 18-hole course beside the new clubhouse. The site was balanced first, then the playing surfaces went back in while the club stayed open.
- 18-hole reconstruction
- Mass grading to site balance
- Sequenced with the new clubhouse
Commercial · Downtown Orlando
Central Boulevard build-out
Tenant build-out of a counter-service shop at 431 East Central Boulevard. The work was the interior, the sidewalk, and new menu boards. The building permit was $250,000.
- Tenant alteration
- Sidewalk and sign work
- $250,000 permit value
How a project moves.
01
Listen
Owners and developers already know where projects go wrong. We start by hearing the pitfalls you are trying to avoid.
02
Preconstruct
Budget, schedule, and life-cycle cost are settled before the field is asked to invent them.
03
Build
One team on time, cost, and quality — including work inside occupied healthcare buildings.
04
Close
The measure is a building handed over on time and on or under budget, ready to operate.
Contact
Tell us what you are building.
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