COMMUNITY INTEGRATED INDUSTRIAL PARK

Southwest Florida. Speculative business-industrial development sited within an existing wooded green-space adjacent to established residential neighborhoods. Developer’s program required maximum natural landscaping retention, minimal site disturbance, and a final building presence that would survive a contested public hearing with neighboring community opposition.

Architectural focus:

• Community-facing design review. Building massing, color palette, and elevation rhythm developed specifically for the public hearing review process. Surrounding residential context required an industrial use that could read as “park-integrated” rather than “industrial park.” Hearing approval secured.

• Walk-in accommodation. Unlike single-occupant or hazmat-tenant flex, this development accommodated public-facing tenant operations. Parking calculated to walk-in occupant load factors. Site setbacks from the primary road increased beyond minimum to preserve approach views and buffer adjacent residential.

• Natural systems integration. Xeriscaped site design preserved existing tree canopy and groundcover. Stormwater detention and drainage integrated with retained natural drainage patterns rather than overlaying a conventional engineered system.

• Code & life-safety documentation. Florida Building Code occupancy analysis for mixed B (business) and S (storage) use, with FBC 7th Edition (2020) plumbing fixture counts, fire-resistance ratings, and life-safety legend coordinated across multiple buildings on a single shared site.

Designed by Christian Hemrick while at Phoenix Associates of SW Florida.