Trail Appliances Projects Major renovation and expansion of an existing 2,000 m2 warehouse to a new 3 storey, 3,126 m2 of retail space and corporate head office. The new modern West Coast architectural character has provided a fresh update to the 1970's industrial building. Expansive south facing energy efficient glazing was used to provide natural [...]

Joey Restaurant -- Bell Tower This project is a new construction of a 8,500 sq.ft. restaurant added to the base of the existing Bell Tower’s north side, replacing a surface parking lot. The prime location was built to take full advantage of the ongoing redevelopment of Edmonton’s new ‘ICE District’ while dealing with the complexities [...]

The Guild Restaurant/Subrosa Lounge When Oliver and Bonicini Restaurants from Toronto committed to building a flagship presence in the Hudson Bay building in downtown Calgary, collabor8 was engaged to assist them as their local design and architectural firm. Working form conceptual design sketches provided by the owners, we took on the task of fitting [...]

Chatters Hair Salon In 2002, our team developed a new store prototype for this emerging retailer. After a successful initial launch in Chinook Centre, Calgary, they rapidly expanded to 82 stores across Canada. In 2008 Chatters approached us to update their look and assist with rebranding what was now a recognized name in the [...]

AMA The Alberta Motor Association enlisted our team to develop a new graphic design and interior finishes program to serve as brand reinforcement, client connectivity and way-finding for customers in locations across the province. The high number of member services, and ensuring customers could find their way around and to each service comfortably, was [...]

Aldeasa/ World Duty Free Shop Aldeasa/World Duty Free Group is a world-wide Duty Free retailer based in Madrid, Spain. We worked together with them to develop over 40,000 sq.ft. of retail space in the new International Departures Terminal at the Vancouver International Airport. We began the process by visiting their operations in Spain in [...]

Vanoc Olympic Stores Vancouver   The design for the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Stores set the stage to support and elevate the branding program and the 2010 family of licensees. We created a design concept and the full drawing standards manual for all retail store locations that illustrate how the store would function from customer [...]

Urban Fare Projects Overwaitea Food Group commissioned us to design new Urban Fare grocery stores located in Vancouver and Kelowna. Kelowna’s project earned an honourable mention for “Best Retail Store Design in excess of 10,000 sq.ft.” for the 2013 ICSC Canadian Shopping Centre Awards. Taking the design concept from the local produce and winery [...]

The Vine Major mixed-use redevelopment of the former ICBC Claim Centre on West Broadway combining 58,000 sq.ft. of ground floor retail including a London Drugs, Market Place IGA, and smaller CRU’s with 137 upscale condos in 3 building clusters. Gross area is approximately 175,000 sq.ft. Emphasizing sustainability and incorporating green roofs, this project has [...]

Salomon at Whistler The 2001 National Association of Store Fixture Manufacturers annual Retail Design Awards chose Salomon at Whistler for Outstanding Merit in the category of New or Remodeled Hardline Specialty Store. Our Client requested a concept for Salomon’s first store in North America that would “raise the bar and establish a new standard [...]