2 level, 15,000 s.f. of office/retail. 37 parking spaces, 27 covered. The project site had some unique aspects in terms of the project design. The site is located directly adjacent to the Port tidelands on one side, aged multi family dwelling mixed with a few small commercial developments inland(to the west). Going further west, a block away, is the Rosecrans commercial corridor. The shape of the site terminates on an acute angle at the intersection of Scott and North Harbor Drive. The project needed to extend the improved waterfront development inland, with the hope that future development would link the waterfront to the Rosecrans corridor. The basic design concept was to create a retail/commercial building that combined an outward, inviting feeling; a themed, pedestrian access friendly project that promoted the waterfront and exterior access to all lease spaces. This was accomplished by high retail spaces fronting on the street, and a dramatic entry stair including an art wall to the 2nd level plaza. This was accomplished by breaking up the long street frontage on Scott St. into specific design elements. Beginning on the corner of Scott St. and North Harbor Dr., the initial round element was designed to create visual impact as it is our only frontage on the busy and more prestigious North Harbor Dr. The round element inspiration was Phillip Johnson’s Johnson wax building with its interior flared columns. These elements morphed into a modern canted light house theme with the columns becoming the shiny metal skin of a lighthouse. Moving up the block, the next element is full ht. stone walls which promotes a formal commercial development. This leads into lower scale stucco with facade relief which brackets the main lobby entry stone lighthouse element and formal entry stair . The end of the street frontage facade is finished off with the full ht. formal commercial stone element. The set back, covered parking structure attempts to respect the smaller scale multi family residential abutting the property. The second level lease spaces were designed to promote an open loft feeling with operable windows on many of the spaces and view corridors to the bay where possible. Four of the lease spaces include open mezzanine spaces and decks oriented towards the water front. The finish materials in the project were selected based on the following: The stucco base material was selected to respect the immediate neighborhoods small residential theme. The stone was selected to solidify the lighthouse natural materials, as well as accentuating the two full ht. commercial elements. The metal forms create impact on the corner. The different design elements in the project are tied together with the metal soffit panels and metal fascias to promote a commercial development, and hopefully unify the design.

Project Information

Project Address: 

5055 N. Harbor Dr.

Project Owner/ Developer: 

Peckham Family Trust/ Sentre Partners

Owner Contact Name/ Email: 

Micheal Peckham/mpeckham@sentre.com

Project Architect/ Designer: 

F. Leland Hope / Fl Hope Architecture & Planning

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