SAN MATEO, CA—A mixed-use transit-oriented development, Passage at San Mateo, designed by MVE Architects takes a unique approach to public/private space, incorporating local art and architecture into all aspects of the design. Another key component of the site is the Seed Market Food Hall (sensory experience in entertainment and dining) that capitalizes on the food hall phenomenon that is so prevalent in many parts of the country.
Pieter Berger, associate partner of MVE Architects, and Mark Manguera, president and placemaker, Paradigm Coast Group, recently discussed this phenomenon in the second of a two-part exclusive.
GlobeSt.com: How do you use innovative design to solve for common complaints about food halls, such as crowded spaces, lack of ambience, overwhelming amount of choices, etc.?
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Lisa Brown
Lisa Brown is an editor for the south and west regions of GlobeSt.com. She has 25-plus years of real estate experience, with a regional PR role at Grubb & Ellis and a national communications position at MMI. Brown also spent 10 years as executive director at NAIOP San Francisco Bay Area chapter, where she led the organization to achieving its first national award honors and recognition on Capitol Hill. She has written extensively on commercial real estate topics and edited numerous pieces on the subject.
