What kind of signs would you propose?

3 tenants..... 3 box signs along the skirt where you mentioned. Will stick up slightly above the bend. No logos or useless copy. Just a name and keep them all the same and only allow no more than two colors on a white background. No exceptions. From 40' away, the lettering only has to be 3" tall to be effective to the other side of the road, but you could easily go with 6 or 7 inch lettering on a 18" x 120" box.

 

I would do what Gino suggested IF you wanted to go a little larger I would make an aluminum frame attach that to facia and then attach signs to that, at least frames would stay permantly BUT to keep it simple Id go back to Ginos suggestion

 

Maybe some formed plastic lettering on a backer panel, along the same idea of what Gino mentioned. Keep it simple. For that size you might even be better off using a channel letter box instead of a cabinet. Cabinet is obviously a better option, but I bet a channel letter box would be really cheap.

 

A question I forgot to ask is....... who will be paying for all of this ?? The owner or the tenants ??

The owner should pay for the initial cans and possibly the blank faces, but the customers would be responsible for decorating the faces. Otherwise, the tenants might take the whole thing if they ever leave. Afterall, they paid for it. Law is..... once a sign of any kind is placed on a wall, roof or anywhere on rented property, the sign becomes the property of the land/building owner, not the tenant. If they take a face, no big deal, but try getting a whole cabinet back if someone removes it in the middle of the night.

 

We have places like that all over town. One is next door. Put a 2'x8' cabinet sign for each tenant. Plexiglas face stays with the property and is not taken by tenant when they leave, even though tenants have to pay for redecorating/replacing plexiglass when they move in. 2x8 will allow better lettering and accommodate more logos than a narrower sign will.