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Playa del norte

Phoenix, AZ

Vital Stats

Opened: 2008

Size: +/- 10,000 SF

Team: PKA, RSP, TwinEngine, Airpark Signs & Graphics

Opened in 2008, the Lot 2 Retail Building at the Playa del Norte development in Tempe is home to, most notably, Starbucks. Created to incorporate the design of the drive-thru space into the overall building, a huge cantilevered shade canopy floats above cars queueing up for coffee throughout the day. A second floor office space was home to the headquarters for the client. Additional ‘in-line’ retail space occupies the balance of the building, and offers shaded north and south facing outdoor dining spaces. The building breaks with convention by turning the retail frontage perpendicular to the building in order to create a better solar orientation. This has the benefit of creating what is effectively a billboard out of the perforated metal parapet space that is legible from the Red Mountain Freeway. The building has, since its opening, always been occupied.

What people are saying: ‘an amazingly cool building that just works’ – ‘the kind of retail projects we need to start seeing more of’

PROJECTS

Rockefeller • Recreo • Spinato's • Postino Annex • Mora Italian • Stock & Stable • Taco Guild • Honor Amongst Thieves • Joe’s Midnight Run • Cock N' Tails • Wildflower Crown • Wildflower Rivulon • Postino Highland • Overstreet Chandler • Maya Day + Night Club • Electric Pickle Tempe • Chop Chandler • Dakota • Hop Social Tavern • Joyride Central • Little Cleo’s • Culinary Dropout Phoenix • Spinato's Gilbert • Tipsy Egg Chandler • The Uncommon Chandler • Pubblico Phoenix • ‘The Bar’ Phoenix • Boca Taqueria Mesa • Comoncy Scottsdale • Varsity Tavern Tempe • Illegal Pete’s Tempe • Postino South Tempe • Collab Gilbert • Pubblico Scottsdale • Cold Beers and Cheeseburgers Arcadia • Butterfly Burger • Rodeo Ranch Tempe • Mika Restaurant • Porch Tempe • Jalapeno Inferno • The Porch Gilbert • The Collective Tempe • Skysong Restaurants Building • Alamo Draft House Tempe • Playa del Norte • Studios 5c • The Higley Barns • Central Arizona Supply Gilbert • Old School O7 • CB20 • The Colony Phoenix • Scottsdale Renaissance • Buffalo Exchange Phoenix • Metro Marketplace Phoenix • Scottsdale Highland • Lane Terralever Headquarters • Lifelock Headquarters • The Scheduling Institute • Arcadia Place • Jack's House Westhampton Beach
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