Exterior Signs
Monument Signs
Every building can benefit from having a monument sign, whether you need to announce the name of your complex or you want to display the names of tenants found inside.
What Organizations Benefit Most from Monument Signs?
Throughout North Jersey, you can find our top quality monument signs. The buildings and companies that benefit most from our signs are Independent and franchised restaurants Medical and dental offices Professional office buildings Schools and churches Strip malls and mall entrances Building complexes Neighborhood communities and HOAs Sports arenas Auto dealerships State and local parks Illuminated Monument Signs North JerseyAnd much more! We only use the best materials and finishing techniques to prepare our signage. The substrates are designed not to warp which allow the paint not to crack, which could lead to peeling. We want your sign to keep it's integrity for a long time. All of our suggestions are made to make it easy for you to be seen and stay seen for many years.
What We Offer
Multi-Tenant Monument Signs
A permanent structure with interchangeable tenant panels, so a tenant change means swapping a panel rather than rebuilding the sign.
Single-Tenant Identity Monuments
One brand, one structure, sized and lit for the setback your site actually has.
Illuminated Monuments
Internally lit cabinets, push-through acrylic and halo-lit lettering for signs that still work after dark.
Masonry & Stone-Clad Monuments
Brick, stone or cultured-stone bases that match the building rather than sitting in front of it.
Monument Refacing & Refurbishment
New faces, new panels or a full re-skin on an existing structure, which is usually a fraction of a replacement.
Post & Panel and Entrance Signs
Lower-cost site identification and entry marking where a full monument is not warranted.
Products & Solutions
Monument or pylon: which one your town will approve
A monument sits low and reads at the driveway. A pylon stands tall and reads from the road. The choice is usually made for you by the local ordinance, because most North Jersey towns cap height, area and setback separately, and a pylon that is legal in one municipality is refused two miles away. We check the ordinance before designing rather than after, which is the difference between one submission and three.
Planning tenant panels for turnover
The mistake on multi-tenant monuments is sizing the sign for today. Panels should be a common height with a consistent typographic treatment, so an incoming tenant drops into the existing rhythm instead of forcing a redesign. Leave at least one blank slot. A sign that has to be rebuilt because a fifth tenant arrived was under-specified, not unlucky.
Setback, height and the local ordinance
Sign ordinances vary meaningfully across Union, Morris, Essex and Somerset counties, and they interact: allowable area is often tied to setback distance or frontage width, so moving the sign three feet can change how big it may be. Some towns also restrict illumination type or require a landscaped base. These get resolved during design, not at the permit counter.
Illumination that works at road speed
A monument is read from a moving car, usually at dusk. Internal illumination gives the most even brightness through a cabinet face. Push-through acrylic gives a crisper lit edge and a solid daytime appearance. External ground-mounted lighting suits stone and carved faces that cannot be lit from within. The wrong choice reads fine in daylight and disappears at the hour it matters most.
Refacing an existing monument instead of replacing it
If the structure and foundation are sound, a rebrand rarely needs a new monument. New faces, new tenant panels or a re-skin of the base can carry a completely different identity on the existing frame - no excavation, no new foundation and usually no new permit, since the structure is not changing. Worth assessing before anyone quotes a replacement.
Our Work
Permits handled
We produce the drawings, file with the town and handle the inspection, including the municipalities with unusual sign ordinances.
Built for NJ winters
Foundations, materials and finishes specified for freeze-thaw, road salt and full weather exposure.
Planned for tenant change
Panel systems laid out so the next tenant is a swap, not a rebuild.
Service after install
We service what we install - panel changes, face replacement and refinishing as the site changes.
Our Process
Site survey & ordinance check
We measure the frontage and setback and read the local ordinance first, so the design starts inside what the town will actually approve.
Design & site mockup
You see the sign rendered on a photograph of your own site, at the size and position it will really occupy.
Permit drawings & filing
Drawings are produced to the town ordinance and filed on your behalf, and we track the application through approval.
Foundation & fabrication
Footings engineered for the structure and the soil, with the sign built to the approved drawings.
Installation & handover
Set, levelled and connected, with spare panel stock specified where tenants are expected to change.