IRVINE, CA—An increased emphasis on landscaping and lighting to visually enhance the built environment, more clean lines and contemporary architecture are emerging in retail and mixed-use projects, Simon Perkowitz, a principal in KTGY Architecture + Planning's retail studio, tells GlobeSt.com. Perkowitz will participate as a roundtable facilitator at the International Council of Shopping Centers' CenterBuild Conference held this week in Phoenix, presenting “Anchor's Away—Design Solutions for the Disappearing Big Box Tenant,” on Dec. 1.
We caught up with Perkowitz for an exclusive chat about the retail-oriented projects he is currently working on and recent changes in the design of retail and mixed-use projects.
GlobeSt.com: What types of retail-oriented projects are you working on?
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Carrie Rossenfeld
Carrie Rossenfeld is a reporter for the San Diego and Orange County markets on GlobeSt.com and a contributor to Real Estate Forum. She was a trade-magazine and newsletter editor in New York City before moving to Southern California to become a freelance writer and editor for magazines, books and websites. Rossenfeld has written extensively on topics including commercial real estate, running a medical practice, intellectual-property licensing and giftware. She has edited books about profiting from real estate and has ghostwritten a book about starting a home-based business.
