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Adapting Historic Buildings To New Retail

“I am fortunate to have worked with so many really smart developers and retailers. Over the years I have learned much from them. Together we designed and built projects that continue to serve the businesses and community they are located in. In many cases our collaborations earned us awards that are testimonials to our work together for a common vision.” - John Ash

JAG Architects was founded in 1982 with a com-mitment to serving its clients’ needs through design

excellence. With offi ces in both Northern and Southern California, our practice offers

full architectural, urban design, historic preservation, and interior design ser-vices. We specialize in the adaptive re-purposing of existing buildings with an emphasis on historic struc-tures, theatre’s, and artist live/work spaces. Our team of professionals

is experienced in a wide variety of projects for major corpora-

tions, developers, local, state, and federal agencies, col-leges and universities, and

individuals. OUR PROJECTS are never designed in a vacuum, but start with a thorough

understanding of the proj-ect’s history, relationships,

and the needs of the people using it.

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Enriching Our Built Environment Through Design

Tish Non Village Community Center | Loleta, CA

Madame Tussauds | Hollywood, CA

East Main Retail Center | Ventura, CA

Barnes & NoblePasadena, CA

Retail

“we can use theseold buildings”

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This was the sentiment expressed when a national

retailer wanted to open a location in historic Old Town

Pasadena

Two major retailers wanted to locate in the area but were overwhelmed with the chal-lenges of making four separate, historic buildings that had little physical or visual connection to one another, into one. They could not imagine how to re-use the build-ings and preferred demolishing them. Fortu-nately, the local historic preservation orga-nization, Pasadena Heritage, advised them that the buildings were part of an historic district and could not be demolished.

The retailers and building owner, reached out to JAG Architects for a solution. JAG integrated the four distinct storefronts with a compatible color scheme and retract-able awnings. They then worked with their structural engineer to remove suffi cient brick walls, separating the buildings, to allow for signifi cant interior circulation within the bookstore and coffee shop. Once again, enriching what already exists.

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El Capitan Comeback

Restoring character leads to restoring local economy In a continued downward spiral, the com-mercial core of Hollywood Blvd. was rotting away. The only glimmer of hope was the Chinese Theater. Across the street from that landmark was the El Capitan Theater and offi ce building. The new owners of the El Capitan had the vision to see the buildings potential to emerge from rehabilitation as a major icon in Hollywood, equal to the Chi-nese across the street. JAG Architects were asked to develop a restoration strategy that earned a $2,000,000 historic preservation tax credit for the owner. Architectural work included replication of the original historic storefronts removed in the 1970’s, restoration and repair of facade, new building systems. total interior renovation and reconstruction of the fi fty foot high landmark sign tower. The El Capitan’s comeback has spurred the re-vival of retail, dining, and entertainment in the Hollywood District.

El CapitanHollywood, CATheater, Offi ce, & Retail

Exterior View Of Restored Retail Storefronts

Exterior View Of Restored Building

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Transportation Oriented Development 1860’s Recreated at Vail Headquarters in Temecula

Transportation-oriented retail development started on this site over 150 years ago Originally a stop on the But-terfi eld Stage route (1858-1861), and later a cattle ranch owned by Walter Vail, the Vail Headquarters is located on a four-acre historic parcel in the Redhawk Town Center. The oldest building on the site is the Wolf Store Adobe, built in the 1860’s and used as a general store and hotel. In addition, there are fi ve other historic buildings from the Vail Ranch era, dating from the early twentieth century, including the Cookhouse, Bunkhouse, Machine Barn, Caretaker’s house and Water building. The scope includes seven buildings totaling over 27,000 sq. ft. Five of the six buildings are to be reha-

bilitated for retail and restaurant use. Additions to both the Cookhouse and Bunkhouse will allow their adaptive re-use as restaurants. The two story addi-tion to the Machine Barn will include a small bar / catering kitchen open-ing onto a patio and an offi ce above. Historic display areas are planned for the Wolf Store, Bunkhouse, Caretaker’s house, and the Machine Barn. JAG has also designed a new two-story re-tail/ offi ce building that is compatible with the historic buildings. Site ameni-ties include a hay wagon stage for live music, a historic water tower and windmill, a stagecoach path, and re-tail kiosks.

Vail HeadquartersTemecula, CA

Restaurant & Retail

San Dimas HotelOpens to Santa Fe

Railroad Guest

Prestigious Newsom BrothersArchitects Design Hotel

The San Dimas Hotel (aka Walker House), was designed by Joseph Cather Newsom in the Queen Anne style and completed in 1887. The Walker family inhabited the house from 1889 until the 1970’s when it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1978, the building was renovated and leased to a restaurant. The City of San Dimas, the current owner, ac-quired it in 1997. The approximately 10,550 square foot building has two stories, plus a small basement and an attic. There are fourteen fi replaces and seven chimneys in the house.

Walker HouseSan Dimas, CARestaurant

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JAG Architects Wins $2,000,000 Tax Credit

The two goals of the project were to adapt the building to new successful uses and to rehabilitate the building to the Secretary of the Interior Standards. Our work included, improvements to the dining areas and com-mercial kitchen facility to provide a prime food service location; a complete seismic rehabilitation, ADA upgrades, the addition of an elevator, and a new ramp to provide access at the basement. Offi ces, gallery and meeting spaces were added to the north wing of the second fl oor, which was originally left unfi nished. We transformed the outdoors area, adjacent to the house, into an event space, for weddings and parties with the addition of a garden patio, with a trellis, suitable for outdoor dining and cel-ebrations.

From Grave to Glitz“(The Hillview) had long since become a hazard and nuisance to the neighborhood and the time was overdue to restore this national treasure to its former beauty.”-Jeff Rouze, Owner Faced with the fact that local Hollywood apartment owners would not rent to actors and actresses, in the early 1900’s, movie moguls Jesse Lasky and Samuel Goldwyn, constructed the Hillview Apartments in 1917. Built as a housing and retail complex in 1917 it was the fi rst Hollywood home to many early silent fi lm Stars.

After suffering earthquake, arson and water dam-age, the building was condemned and slated for demolition. As the historic architects, JAG obtained a Historic Tax Credit and oversaw the restoration including recreating previously demolished store-fronts, entry and retail spaces. The building was literally brought back from the grave to provide a vibrant restaurant; retail and residential life back to the neighborhood.

Hollywood Hillview ApartmentsHollywood, CA

Restaurant, Retail & Residential

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After suffering earthquake, arson and sub-sequently, water damage, the building was

condemned and slated for demolition.Lobby Interior

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Maui Beach Café

Historic Westwood Building Turned Into Dinning Aquarium

When a successful restaurateur of Maui Beach Wraps, in Manhat-tan Beach wanted to recreate his success in a historic building, in Westwood Village, he asked JAG Architects for design solutions that worked with the historic character of the building. Rather then design something that took on an historical theme JAG proposed to transform the entire historic shell into an aquarium and fi ll it with recreations of sea life. The non-historic storefront became the glass aquarium wall that passersby stared through amazed at the site of dinners seemingly at the bottom of the sea while whales and sharks swam above them.

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Humboldt State University First Street Gallery Opens Below Artist Lofts.

The 8,000 s.f. two story, unreinforced masonry, Janssen Building, was built in 1875 as a store-house and chandlery. It was the fi rst building in Eureka with an operating elevator.

The building owner, Dolores Vellutini said, “I choose JAG Architects because of their unique ideas on how to reuse historic buildings.” JAG Architects adapted the historic building, combin-ing classroom and gallery space on the ground fl oor with artists’ live / work units above. The proj-ect also included seismic stabilization and repair of the building infrastructure.

Windows and doors were introduced on the ex-posed, non-historic, South and West facing exte-rior walls, to daylight the second fl oor studios and provide access from a pedestrian plaza to the rear of the building.

Eureka Artist Live/ Work Studios

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Always at the forefront of improving the conditions of the historic properties she owns, Dolores Vellutini hired JAG Architects toadapt the building for a new retail use and to design the building to current structural standards to resist the threat of earthquakes. The design starts with concrete reinforcing of a basement that actually extends under the sidewalk.

JAG’s initial inspections revealed that the basement was below the water table and subject to water infi ltration. JAG proposed materials and mechanical drainage systems to mitigate the condition and ventilation systems to reduce the moisture content of the structure.

The work did not stop there as the building was unreinforced masonry which required the addition of moment frames around the storefront windows and the addition of shear diaphragms at the ceilings and roof. The work was all completed to the Secretaryof Interiors standards and is now a registered on the Nation Register of Historic Buildings.

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RETAIL CHAINS East Main Retail Center, Barnes And Noble Booksellers, Ven-tura, CABarnes And Noble Booksellers, Old Town, Pasadena, Califor-niaC&R Clothiers, Ventura CaliforniaCharlie Chan PrintingCrown Book Stores, Lake Street - Pasadena, CaliforniaCrown Book Stores, Palm Canyon Drive - Palm Springs, Cali-forniaCrown Book Stores, Northridge, CaliforniaCrown Book Stores, Cupertino, CaliforniaCrown Book Stores, Millbrae, CaliforniaFan Club, Media City Mall, Burbank, CaliforniaFan Club, Westminster Mall, Westminster, CaliforniaGood Guy’s, Multiple LocationsGuess Stores, Beverly Center, Los Angeles CaliforniaGuess Stores, Sherman Oaks Fashion Square, Los Angeles, CAGuess Stores, Center City Shopping Center, Los Angeles, CAGuess Stores, Factory Outlet Mall, Barstow, CaliforniaGemco Store, Ventura, CaliforniaKinkos, Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CaliforniaKragen Autoparts, Ventura CaliforniaKragen Autoparts, Inglewood California Men’s Warehouse, Ventura CaliforniaPayless Shoes, Multiple locations nationwidePier One Imports, Ventura CaliforniaPierson’s Building Center, Eureka CaliforniaPetco, East Main Retail Center, Ventura CaliforniaRestoration Hardware, Eureka CaliforniaRoss Stores, West Third Street, West Hollywood, CaliforniaRoss Stores, Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles CaliforniaRoss Stores, Sepulveda Boulevard, West Los Angeles, CARoss Stores, Lincoln Blvd., Venice, CaliforniaRoss Stores, Lake Forest Boulevard, Lake Forest, CaliforniaRoss Stores, East 17th Street, Costa Mesa, CaliforniaRoss Stores, East Yorba Linda Boulevard, Placentia, CaliforniaRoss Stores, Traffi c Circle, Long Beach CaliforniaRoss Stores, Long Beach Plaza, Long Beach CaliforniaSaturday’s Women’s Boutique, Sherman Oaks, CASkechers, Hollywood, California Sport Chalet, Media City Mall, Burbank, CaliforniaStrouds, East Main Retail Center, Ventura, CaliforniaStrouds, The Spectrum - Irvine California (Strouds Compass

Cafe)Strouds, Thousand Oaks, CaliforniaStrouds, Marina Pacifi ca, Long Beach, CaliforniaUltima 2000 Furniture Store, Culver City, California Weight Watchers, Over 40 locations nationwide

SHOPPING & COMMERCIAL CENTERSAtlantic Place Shopping Center, Cudahy, CaliforniaBroadway Commercial Center, Eureka, CaliforniaDisney Store, El Capitan, Hollywood, CaliforniaEast Main Retail Center, Ventura, California Eureka Pier Multi-Use Project, Eureka, CaliforniaFirehouse Plaza, Ventura, CaliforniaGardenia Square, Long Beach, CaliforniaGateway Retail Center, Thousand Oaks, California Gateway Plaza, Santa Maria, California Helm’s Complex, Danish Furniture Store, Los Angeles, CA Helm’s Complex, Antique Guild, Los Angeles, CAIrvine Home & Garden Center, Culver City, CaliforniaLinoleum City, Los Angeles, California Madame Tussauds, Hollywood, CaliforniaMain Street Retail, McDonald & Janssen Building, Eureka, CAOne Eleven Town Center, Palm Desert, CaliforniaOxnard Market Place, Oxnard, CaliforniaSan Dimas Station, San Dimas, CaliforniaSaviers Road Shopping Center, Oxnard, CaliforniaTelephone Plaza, Ventura, CaliforniaVail Ranch Headquarters, Temecula, California

RESTAURANTSBaskin Robbins, Multiple locations in California & ArizonaBohemian Café, Los Angeles, CaliforniaChuck E’ Cheese’s Pizza Time Theater, Oxnard California Chuck E’ Cheese’s Pizza Time Theater, Ventura CaliforniaEl Paseo Restaurant Comal, Los Angeles, CaliforniaLa Puerta Restaurant, Los Angeles, CaliforniaMaui Beach Café, Westwood, CaliforniaPasqua Café, Century City, California Plaza, Los AngelesPasqua Café, Sutter St., San FranciscoTalking Room Cafe, Pasadena CaliforniaTogo’s Eatery, Over 35 locations in California & ArizonaWestern Pizza, Los Angeles, CaliforniaEureka Pier Multi-Use Project, Eureka, California

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When asked, an overwhelming majority of people will tell you that they truly enjoy the “feel-ings” they get when they are in an historic building. We have found that shoppers stay longer in a retail store, located in an historic building, then one that is in a brand new shopping cen-ter. Why is that? We believe people slow down when experiencing history and independent research supports this theory. Adapting a building to retail is no easy task when you have to be sensitive to the character defi ning features that people want to experience. Over the past 32 years, JAG Architects has learned the art of bring the new together with the old. It is an art we sincerely hope to share with you.