Date Shake Retail in Cabazon
Retail Groceries Store with Date Shake Food Service - 12,254 SF in Cabazon, CA designed by licensed architect Mustafa Bdaiwi of MBARCHAA. A comprehensive 12,254 square foot mixed-use facility strategically located on the desert travel route from San Bernardino to Los Angeles, featuring date shake food service, retail groceries, and administrative offices with innovative desert climate design solutions.
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- Project type
- Retail Groceries Store with Date Shake Food Service - 12,254 SF
- City
- Cabazon, CA
- Category
- Commercial
- Year
- 2024
- Role
- Principal Architect
- Size
- 12,254 SF (7,987 SF First Level + 4,267 SF Mezzanine)
- Living space
- Multi-level commercial facility with retail, food service, and office components
Design approach
Desert climate-responsive design emphasizing energy efficiency through high ceilings, strategic clerestory windows, and continuous visual supervision from office to retail areas
Program
The project consists of a 7,987 SF first level and 4,267 SF mezzanine level facility located in a desert atmosphere at the travel route from San Bernardino to Los Angeles, where traffic stops as a rest area near the monumental Dinosaur expedition. Design addresses harsh desert climate conditions while providing comprehensive retail and food service amenities.
Design features
Two-level design with continuous visual observation capabilities, high ceilings for natural cooling, strategic clerestory window placement for daylighting and supervision, energy-efficient desert climate adaptations, integrated retail and food service operations.
Public spaces
First Level: Date shake food service area, retail groceries shop, public restrooms, food preparation area with cold room. Designed for high-volume tourist traffic with efficient circulation and climate-controlled food service operations.
Private spaces
Mezzanine Level: General manager office, cubicle design office space, two large conference rooms, storage areas. Offices strategically positioned for continuous visual observation of retail operations below.
Support spaces
Cold room for food service operations, food preparation areas meeting health department requirements, storage facilities on mezzanine level, utility areas supporting both retail and food service functions.
Outdoor spaces
Desert landscape integration, tourist rest area coordination with monumental Dinosaur expedition attraction, vehicle access and parking for travel route traffic.
Structure
Two-level commercial construction designed for desert climate conditions and high-volume tourist traffic loads
Systems
Food service mechanical systems including cold room refrigeration, commercial kitchen ventilation, energy-efficient HVAC designed for desert climate, clerestory window system for natural lighting and visual observation
Sustainability
High ceilings reducing daytime cooling energy consumption, strategic clerestory windows maximizing natural daylighting in office spaces, desert climate-responsive design reducing overall energy needs
Design challenges
Designing for harsh desert windy climate conditions, achieving continuous visual observation from offices to retail area, balancing energy consumption with comfort requirements, integrating food service health requirements with retail operations, accommodating high-volume tourist traffic patterns
Services provided
- Architecture
- Planning
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