MBH Architects provides architectural services to clients who respect timelessness and quality. The firm is focused on providing its staff with training and education in the art of listening and responding to clients needs so that all parties are profitable and satisfied with the results. The built environment has a profound influence on society, and architects are responsible for creating spaces that will make a positive impact on all individuals. From retail to housing to high-rise hotels MBH designs wonderful environments — turning spaces into vibrant, integral parts of the community. Headquartered in the San Francisco Bay area, MBH Architects practices architecture throughout the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico and has completed more than 1,000 specialty retail projects throughout these areas.
This modern mixed-use project is the first ever urban power center, and retail sales numbers are through the roof. The two-level project which rests atop underground parking features an outdoor plaza that functions as a civic square, with seating and landscaped courtyards intended to inform future developments. MBH designed the shell as well as the tenant build-outs for the project with vertical retailing in order to fit the large Target and Best Buy footprints within this urban core. When Target opened, it was the No. 1 store in the country for two weeks and continues to be in the top 10 of 1,500 stores nationwide. The city of West Hollywood was recently awarded the 2005 California Redevelopment Agency Award of Excellence. And the project created additional revenues and employment opportunities for the community, offering innovative approaches to creating an aesthetically pleasing and efficient building that has effectively integrated into surrounding land uses.
MBH designed this open-air lifestyle center to be a definitive destination for national and local retailers, renowned restaurants and cafés and entertainment venues, along with upper level office space overlooking an active town green. Classical design elements, Neo-traditional architectural scale and recreational areas reflect the character of the surrounding region and are a part of the local community's vision for the development. This retail and office project, which is anchored by a 12-screen Showcase Cinemas complex, is the first phase of J. Preston Levis Commons, a master planned 250-acre urban village. Since opening in fall 2004, tenants at Levis Commons note that overall sales are above projections. A larger second phase is now in design.
MBH Architects
1115 Atlantic Ave.
Alameda, CA 94501
Telephone: 510.865.8663
Fax: 510.865.1611
Address: 1300 Dove St., Suite 100
Newport Beach, CA 92660
Telephone: 949.757.3240
Fax: 949.757.3290
Toll-free: 888.838.8108
Web site: www.mbharch.com
E-mail: PJ@mbharch.com
Size of Firm: 170
Year Established: 1989
Key Contact: P.J. Cosgrove, VP, Business Development