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