Summer is Here!

Now that May is nearly over, we look toward the summer.  Summer begins our busiest time of the year - so concepts can be created and permitted - thus allowing an opening just in time for the holiday season of late November and December.

We have also added another team member to the Orlando office.  Andrew Hamilton is a welcome addition and is now getting his feet on the ground after just graduating with his graduate degree in Architecture from the University of Florida.  Everyone is excited to have him joining the firm.

On the on-going project front:

*  Splitsville Downtown Disney is well under construction.  We will be posting the final renderings of the interior and exterior shortly.
*  Italio Boca Raton is nearing completion and the Winter Park, Florida freestanding prototype is nearing the completion of drawing phases. 
*  Royal Pig Pub in Ft. Lauderdel opens in a matter of weeks - we will have photographs of that within a month as well.
*  Nona Blue in Lake Nona, Florida is entering the final stages of the drawing phase - we look forward to a late fall opening for this restuarant for Bill Bona and Graeme McDowell.
*  City Fire in the Villages Brownwood development is starting the construction phase and engineering phase.
*  The Lexus porotype development in Greenwood Village, Colorado is nearing 30% completion of construction.  The building will start taking shape soon.
*  Hooters at 33rd and 7th avenue in New York City is in the final drawing phase - a great location across from Madison Sqaure Garden.

Projects just being put on our boards:

*  Autotainemnt projects in Sacramento, Kansas City, Houston and Dallas are all ready to go.
*  A new national fast casual sushi concept.
*  Redevelopment of Hooters in downtwon Chicago and in Port Richey, Florida.
*  A retail concept in Downtwon Disney - Florida.
*  Several outlets of the Italio concept throughout the US.
*  Redevelopment of Park Plaza Gardens - a Winter Park, Florida restuarant institution.


The next blog post will have some new photos and renderings of projects - as well as a commentary on the state of the restuarant business from where we stand as concept creators.  The economy seems to be inching back to normal for some consumers - while certain parts of the coutnry still seem to be looking for the light at the end of the tunnel.

And for the quote of the day....

"I'm just preparing my impromptu remarks."  Winston Churchill.

Raymond R. Schaefer, AIA / NCARB
Preseident / Founder
Maverick Architecture & Design, LLC

Looking for Talented Staff!

As we are moving closer and closer to the beginning of Summer, the Maverick team is looking to add two new members to our Orlando office. Ideally, the positions would require one to five years of experience in the Architectural field. At this point we are looking for Architecturally trained individuals with US experience and US Architectural degrees. Hospitality experience is a huge plus - or at least a desire to make this specialty your passion. If you are interested, please email a resume and cover letter to rschaefer@maverickarchdes.com.

and for the quote of the day....

"you can observe alot by watching"....Yogi Berra

Raymond R. Schaefer, AIA / NCARB / IIDA
President / Founder
Maverick Architecture & Design, LLC

What's New at Maverick

Now that we have reached mid-March, I thought it would be a good time to update everyone on new happenings around the office. First, we were very happy to welcome a new and talented designer to our Orlando office. Meghan Hoffmann, from the Baltimore area has joined our team as of yesterday!

On the project side! We have new projects as well as on-going construction news:

The Splitsville at Downtown Disney is under construction...we anticipate a fall opening!

The Royal Pig Pub in Ft. Lauderdale is well into construction as well - with an opening planned for mid May.

On the boards....Italio Modern Italian Kitchen locations throughout Florida as well some potential sites in Chicago, Texas and Tennessee, TableOne in Ponte Vedra Beach-Fl, Park Plaza Gardens in Winter Park-Fl, CityFire in the new Brownwood development in The Villages-Fl, ZaZa New Cuban Cafe and Primal Pizza in New York.

New to the office is the flagship Hooters location in New York City - across from Madison Square Garden, a new mixed use development at Love Field in Dallas, Texas (2 car dealerships, an FBO for private jet owners as well as a high end retail development), the first US Flying Pan Crepe concept in Old Hyde Park Village in Tampa-Fl among other great national projects.

And for the quote of the day....

The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not. - Mark Twain

Raymond R. Schaefer, AIA/NCARB/IIDA

President / Founder

Maverick Architecture & Design, LLC