A monument sign often becomes the first physical introduction to a property. For businesses set back from the street, multi-tenant developments, medical centers, corporate campuses, residential communities, and shopping centers, it can help customers identify the destination before they ever see the building.
Global Signs & Graphics designs, permits, fabricates, and installs custom monument signs in Los Angeles, CA for commercial properties that need a professional, permanent ground-level presence. Every project is planned around the property, traffic approach, architecture, brand standards, visibility requirements, landscaping, site conditions, and local approval requirements.
From our Pacoima production facility, our team manages commercial sign projects throughout Greater Los Angeles, with monument-sign components among the products we fabricate.
Global Signs & Graphics is a Los Angeles monument sign company: monument sign design, permits, fabrication and installation for stone monument signs, metal and aluminum monument signs, lighted and LED monument signs, multi-tenant monument signs, and pylon and pole signs for business parks and shopping centers.
Good monument sign design matches your building and is easy to read from the street. We design single-tenant and multi-tenant monument signs with your logo, address numbers and replaceable tenant panels, in aluminum with stone, stucco or brick-look bases, lit from inside or with halo letters. We handle the permit and engineering, pour the footing and install the sign. Compare options in our monument vs. pylon signs guide, or call (818) 723-4047 for a free quote.
Planning a new development, replacing an outdated sign, or updating a multi-tenant property? As a monument sign company in Los Angeles, we handle monument sign design, fabrication and installation, with metal and aluminum monument signs for business properties, including lighted and LED monument sign options.
Business Monument Signs
Create a permanent street-level identifier for an office, retail business, medical practice, automotive property, professional services firm, or other commercial location.
The sign can incorporate your company logo, dimensional lettering, custom colors, architectural finishes, and illumination depending on the property and approved design.
Multi-Tenant Monument Signs
For shopping centers, office complexes, medical centers, and mixed-use properties, monument signs can identify both the property and individual tenants.
The challenge is not simply fitting multiple names onto the structure. The design needs a clear visual hierarchy so the property identity remains strong while individual tenants can still be found quickly.
Global Signs & Graphics can plan the overall sign structure, tenant panels, typography, spacing, and future update requirements as part of the project.
Illuminated Monument Signs
Illumination can extend monument-sign visibility beyond daylight hours and improve identification for properties operating in the evening.
Depending on the design, illumination may be incorporated through internally illuminated sign elements, cabinets, dimensional elements, or other appropriate lighting solutions.
Illuminated monument projects should be planned with electrical requirements, permitting, access, maintenance, and the surrounding property in mind.
Architectural Monument Signs
A monument sign should not look disconnected from the property it represents.
Architectural monument signage can use shapes, finishes, dimensional elements, colors, and materials that relate visually to the building, landscape, or development itself.
This approach is especially valuable for:
Tenant Panel & Monument Sign Updates
An existing monument structure does not always need complete replacement.
When businesses move in or out of a property, a monument sign may need updated tenant panels, graphics, lettering, branding, or other components.
Our team can review the existing condition and determine whether an update, retrofit, or new monument-sign solution makes more sense for the property.
A monument sign may look impressive in a rendering but still underperform if its location, scale, or orientation does not match how people actually approach the site.
Los Angeles properties introduce additional variables: wide roads, heavy vehicle traffic, landscaped setbacks, parking lots, neighboring signage, property lines, utilities, and varying municipal requirements.
Before finalizing a design, important site considerations can include property lines, setbacks, underground utilities, traffic visibility, foundations, engineering, landscaping, illumination, and permits. Global Signs & Graphics specifically accounts for these issues when planning monument and ground signs.
Monument signs are permanent exterior structures, which means design decisions may be influenced by local zoning and sign regulations.
Depending on the jurisdiction and project, approval considerations may involve:
Global Signs & Graphics regularly coordinates commercial sign permitting with LADBS and other municipal authorities throughout Greater Los Angeles. Permit drawings and application documentation are coordinated internally, with licensed engineers engaged when structural calculations are required.
Monument sign design starts with the setback and the sight line: how far from the curb the city allows the sign, how fast traffic passes, and whether the sign is read head-on or at an angle from a driveway. We design the sign on a photo of the actual site, size the lettering for the reading distance, and choose the construction to match the property: stucco over a foam core for a shopping center, aluminum with a stone or tile base for an office park, illuminated cabinet faces for a business that trades after dark. Recent monument and ground-sign work: the monument sign for The Californian, a healthcare facility in Pasadena, the lightbox pole sign for Booze Brothers Liquor in Burbank and the pylon face for Kabob Bowl at Premier Plaza. More in the monument signs gallery.
Looking to upgrade your monument signs? Our custom monument signs combine design, durability, and expert installation.
As a monument sign company in Los Angeles we build three broad kinds of monument, and the right one depends on the property, the budget and what the city allows at the address.
Stone monument signs. A masonry or stone-veneer base with the business name in dimensional letters or on a panel. Real stone, cultured stone and stucco over block are all options; the look suits offices, churches, schools, residential communities and medical campuses. These are the heaviest and longest-lasting monuments and need a concrete footing.
Lighted monument signs. Internally illuminated cabinets with push-through or printed faces, halo-lit letters on a solid base, or ground-mounted spotlights on a non-lit sign. For businesses open after dark, a lighted monument is the difference between being found and being missed.
Commercial and multi-tenant monument signs. Aluminum structures with changeable tenant panels for shopping centers, business parks and medical buildings. Panels can be swapped as tenants change without touching the structure.
Monument sign design and permits. Los Angeles and each surrounding city limit monument signs by height, area and setback from the property line, and most require a footing detail stamped for wind load. We design to the code from the start, prepare the drawings and pull the permit. Ask us for a rendering of a monument sign on a photo of your frontage. Related: sign permits in Los Angeles and sign installation in Los Angeles.
Whether you are planning a monument sign for a single business, commercial property, medical center, office campus, shopping center, or multi-tenant development, our team can help determine the appropriate next step.
We first establish the property, business goals, branding, required messaging, desired timeline, and whether the project involves a new sign or an existing monument.
Site measurements and conditions help establish realistic parameters for sign size, placement, visibility, access, installation, and design.
Monument-sign components are among the products Global Signs & Graphics can fabricate at its Pacoima production facility. Production follows the approved artwork and project specifications.
Installation is coordinated around access, site conditions, sign type, foundation requirements, and project specifications.
A successful monument sign has to satisfy more than appearance. It needs to be visible from the right direction, appropriately sized for the site, coordinated with the property, practical to fabricate, capable of being installed, and designed with local approval requirements in mind.
Global Signs & Graphics brings those considerations together through one coordinated commercial signage process.
Tell us about your property, location, signage goals, and desired timeline.
A monument sign is a permanent freestanding ground sign typically positioned near a business, development, campus, or property entrance. It can identify a single organization, an entire property, or multiple tenants.
Monument signs are particularly useful for businesses and developments set back from the road, shopping centers, professional offices, medical centers, multifamily communities, corporate campuses, schools, and multi-tenant properties.
Yes. Monument signs can incorporate illuminated elements when appropriate for the property, design, and local requirements. Electrical and permitting considerations should be addressed early in the planning process.
Many permanent exterior sign projects require municipal review and permits. Requirements depend on the jurisdiction, location, size, construction, illumination, and other site-specific factors. Global Signs & Graphics provides permit coordination for commercial signage projects throughout Greater Los Angeles.
Potentially. Existing structures may sometimes be updated with new tenant panels, lettering, branding, graphics, illumination, or other components. The existing sign and site should first be evaluated to determine the appropriate approach.
Yes. Monument signs can be designed for properties that need to identify multiple businesses or tenants while maintaining an overall property identity.
Timing depends on design complexity, site conditions, permitting, engineering requirements, approvals, materials, fabrication, and installation. A project involving municipal review will generally require more planning than a simple non-permitted sign update.
Yes. Global Signs & Graphics coordinates design, permit support, fabrication, and professional installation for commercial signage projects throughout Greater Los Angeles.
