MIXED-OCCUPANCY FULFILLMENT FACILTY

Lee County, Florida. Ground-up rigid-frame structure with masonry shell, standing-seam metal roof, and two overhead loading bays. Owner-occupied women’s athletic apparel operation combining four distinct usesunder one envelope: high-pile combustible storage (S-1), fulfillment and packaging operations (F-1), front-of-house retail walk-in (M), and administrative offices with commercial laundry for returns and restocking.

Architectural focus:

• Multi-occupancy hazard separation. S-1 storage at this scale required fire-rated assemblies between occupancies, with the truck bay treated as a separate structure due to potential CO exhaust infiltration risk into adjacent office and warehouse zones.

• Loading dock integration. Civil’s stormwater grading set the dock slab three risers below the interior slab. Solution combined regrading to align interior and dock slabs with thickened slabs and curbs sized for full-load truck turnaround. Pneumatic rotating lifts sourced to allow manual fork transfer between dock level and truck bed, preserving operational throughput.

• Speculative expansion bays. Additional rigid-frame bays designed for phased build-out and leased as flex space until apparel operation absorbed them.

• Façade rhythm. Long-span industrial box stylized within Lee County Land Development Code through parapet height variation, recessed window bays, and subtle curve elements at the primary entry — design intent retained through value-engineering review.

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

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