Located on the Carretera Panamericana in Santa Clara, the entrance to this town center is on the Panamericana and its terminus on a lagoon it shares with the Santa Clara Resort. With 17,000 sm of retail stores, restaurants and entertainment venues, 2,700 sm of office space, a 40-room boutique hotel and 50 units of housing, the project is organized in the form of a traditional main street, with buildings defining a lively public realm that attracts people to walk and spend time outdoors. Parking is distributed among garages and parking lots in the middle of blocks and on the street.

The five-part commercial scheme is organized with highway-related uses located on the northern edge; local-serving stores on the northern half; fashion-centered businesses along the main street with offices above; restaurant, entertainment and evening uses around a pond and park connecting to Rio Patinio; and local community-centered uses on the Lagoon Promenade and the adjacent hotel. The housing fronts the Rio Patio and a plaza on the west side of the project.

The synergy between these program components generates a genuine, walkable urban place where tourists and local families will spend pleasant time shopping, eating, and entertaining themselves, particularly in the evening and on weekends.

This is the first of a three-phase project.

In collaboration with George Moreno & Partners.