An International Caliber Team with Local Passion
Panama Pacifico's vision is being implemented by a number of world-class consultants from around the globe. After the overall master plan was designed by Atkins in 2007, the search began in 2008 for renowned designers and urban planners – each specialists in their fields – to further fine tune the specific area designs for the commercial and residential areas. The firms listed below were hand selected by the project team to work hand-in-hand with the ownership in assuring the realization of the master plan vision for the community.
Ware Malcomb, urban planners and designers for the new International Business Park and PanAmerica Corporate Center
Ware Malcomb is a leading commercial real estate design firm, offering professional planning, architecture, interior design, site development and graphic design services. They are specialists in business park design and architecture. Since 2000, Ware Malcomb has opened offices in Sacramento, Denver, Chicago, New Jersey, Phoenix, the Inland Empire, and in 2007, opened an office in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and designed projects in Mexico and China. More information about Ware Malcomb can be found at www.waremalcomb.com.
SMWM, urban planners and designers for the new Town Center
SMWM is one of the largest women-owned design firms in the United States. Their specialty in design is specific to healthy urban environments, adding sustainable communities and memorable buildings in cities around the world. SMWM believes that the physical environment transforms the everyday experience of the public and private realm. Their highest aspiration is for every project to provide a generous, inventive, and enduring framework for human activity. SMWM seeks projects that bring people together, that nourish community and urbanity – buildings of civic destination, vibrant neighborhoods, commercial developments and educational institutions. More information can be found at www.smwm.com.
MVE Pacific, urban planners and designers for the exclusive Kobbe Hills community
McLarand Vasquez Emsiek (MVE) & Partners is a national architecture, planning and interiors firm with a portfolio spanning more than thirty years. Their design and delivery services include the creation of residential, commercial, mixed-use, hospitality, retail, transit, interior environments and planning solutions. MVE & Partners' award-winning projects extend across the United States as well as internationally in Mexico, Puerto Rico, Panama, Australia, United Arab Emirates, China, Thailand, Indonesia, Costa Rica and Korea. MVE Pacific specializes in resort, affordable and workforce residential projects, transit oriented and mixed-use communities, as well as large-scale master plans for major residential, mixed-use and hospitality developments. They have built a strong reputation for designing quality housing with sensitivity for culturally-diverse communities. More information can be found at www.mve-architects.com.
URS, Environmental Analysis and Study
URS is one of the largest global, fully integrated engineering, construction and technical services firms offering professional planning, design, environmental, construction, program and construction management, operations and maintenance, management and a wide range of specialized technical services. More information can be found at www.urscorp.com.
ERM with Panama Environmental, Environmental Analysis and Study
Environmental Resources Management (ERM) is an environmental consulting and engineering services firm working around the world and specializing in soil, air, water, pollution control and remediation, redevelopment and construction management. ERM is one of the world’s leading providers of environmental consulting services and health and safety, with more than 135 offices in more than 40 countries and employing over 3,000 staff. More information can be found at www.erm.com.
Norris Design – design of the north entry to the community
Norris Design is committed to helping their clients create unique and memorable places for people to live, work and interact. A landscape design and architecture firm based in Denver with a staff of more than 90 talented and motivated planners, landscape architects, entitlement specialists and graphic designers, their role at Panama Pacifico is to create a world-class entry and announcement to the new community. They have offices in Denver, Colorado, Chicago, Illinois, and Tucson, Arizona. More information can be found at www.norris-design.com.