Commercial Awnings
That Earn Their Keep
More usable seating, a storefront people notice, and shade you control by remote. Custom Sunesta awnings for restaurants, retail, and outdoor dining across eastern Pennsylvania.
Financing available: 12 months, no interest.
Free in-home and on-site estimates across all eight counties we serve.
Why Put an Awning on a Commercial Building?
Because the space outside your front door is space you are already paying for. A commercial awning turns a hot sidewalk, a bare patio, or a glare-blasted storefront into somewhere customers are willing to sit, stand, and stay.
Shade keeps direct sun off your windows and doors, which keeps the inside cooler and keeps merchandise, menus, and furniture from fading. It gives customers a dry place to wait when the weather turns. And it puts your colors — and your name, if you want it — at eye level from the street.
Every commercial awning we install is a Sunesta, custom-built to your building’s dimensions. We measure on site, order to spec, and install with our own crew. No subcontractors on your property, and no guessing at the fit.
Sunesta-backed warranty: 10 years on the motor, 10 on the fabric, lifetime on the frame.
Written, not implied
What a Commercial Awning Does for Your Business
Four reasons business owners across the Lehigh Valley call us — and none of them are decoration.
More Usable Seating
Shade a patio or sidewalk and it becomes seating you can fill on a hot afternoon, not just a pretty spot nobody chooses.
Cooler Interiors
Blocking direct sun before it hits the glass takes load off your cooling and keeps the front of the store comfortable.
Curb Appeal at Street Level
Hundreds of fabrics in solids and stripes, so your awning can carry your colors instead of clashing with them.
Protection That Lasts
Solution-dyed acrylic resists fading, moisture, and mildew, and The Sunesta is backed by Sunesta’s warranty.
The Advantage of Total Shade Control
A fixed canopy makes one decision, once, and you live with it. A retractable awning lets you decide every day — extend it for the lunch rush, pull it in before a storm, open the patio back up to the sky on a mild evening.
Motorized operation
Extend or retract from a wireless remote, so staff can adjust shade in seconds without hauling out a crank.
Engineered for weather
The Sunesta is TÜV Rheinland tested and certified and carries Miami-Dade County Approval for its wind resistance engineering.
SmartCode tracking
Sunesta’s SmartCode system gives your awning a unique identification number, so replacement parts and fabric match the original build years later.
Built for the Front of Your Business
If customers stand, sit, or walk past it, an awning changes how that space feels. Here is where we install most often.
Restaurants & Cafés
Shade an outdoor dining area so tables stay full through the hottest part of the day, and retract it when guests want the evening sky.
Storefronts & Retail
Keep glare and heat off your display window, protect merchandise from fading, and give the street something to look at.
Patios & Outdoor Seating
Breweries, ice cream stands, hotel courtyards, office break areas — anywhere you want people outside and comfortable.
Storefront awning at Brew Daddy’s — measured, built, and installed by our crew.
One Storefront, Start to Finish
This is what a commercial install looks like from the sidewalk: a clean line above the entrance, fabric that matches the building instead of fighting it, and shade over the doorway where customers actually stand.
The work behind it is the same on every commercial job we take:
- ✓ On-site measurement of the opening, the mounting surface, and the clearance you need over a public walkway.
- ✓ Fabric and frame chosen against your existing signage and paint, with samples brought to you.
- ✓ Built to order by Sunesta, then installed by our own team — usually in a single visit.
- ✓ One number to call afterward. You reach the people who installed it.
Recent Commercial Work
Restaurant decks, storefronts and service bays across eastern Pennsylvania, measured and installed by our own crew.
Complete Customization
Commercial buildings are rarely standard, so nothing we install is off the shelf. You choose the size, the fabric, the frame, and how it operates.
Size and projection
The Sunesta is custom-sized up to 40 ft wide with 14 ft 8 in of projection, so one awning can cover a full storefront or a run of patio tables.
Fabric and color
Hundreds of Staler and Sunbrella acrylic fabrics in solids and stripes, across red, yellow, blue, green, brown, and gray. See the fabric options →
Frame and mounting
Frame colors in white, clay, beige, black, and brown, with wall, soffit, or roof mounting to suit how your building is built.
Designer Awnings is an authorized Sunesta dealer. Warranty terms are Sunesta-backed.
Why Businesses Call Designer Awnings
We are a family-owned company in Allentown, and we have been building shade in eastern Pennsylvania for over 25 years. When you hire us, you get the same people from the first site visit to the last bolt.
That matters more on a commercial job than a residential one. You have hours to keep, customers walking past, and a schedule that cannot slip because a subcontractor did not show up.
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Over 25 years local
Working in the same counties, on the same kinds of buildings, for over 25 years.
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Our crew, not a sub
The people who measure your building are the people who install the awning.
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Authorized Sunesta dealer
American-built awnings, ordered to your spec and tracked by SmartCode.
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Real answers, real people
Call the office and reach someone who knows your job. No call center, no runaround.
Let’s Come to You
A free estimate takes about an hour. We come to your building, measure the space, bring fabric samples, and give you a clear price — no pressure, no obligation.
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