STATEN ISLAND MALL

Location: Staten Island NY

Client: GGP/Brookfield

Architect: S9 Architecture // www.s9architecture.com/work/

Completion: 2018

Square footage: 400,000 SF

Expanding to an existing 1.1 million square foot 84-acre mall, the purpose of the enlargement program was to diversify and reposition the property into a lifestyle center. Central to the program was a public plaza to be utilized for farmers' markets, food trucks, live shows and music focusing on community events. A new 900 car parking deck was designed to have a residential character complete with limestone-like precast, brick, and metal accents. The expansion was to relate to a pedestrian scale, so a column and field grid system was designed to emulate a downtown-like environment complete with granite bases, brick and stucco piers, curtain wall with deep mullions and large metal cornices. An 8,000 SF outparcel pad adds an urban feel with the key tenant being Shack Shake. Other major tenants are Dave & Busters, AMC theater, Zara, Tommy's Tavern, Emblem Health, and Lidl grocer. A new 900 person food district that redefines your typical food court complete with a lounge center, kitchen like materials, double height space, Parons inspired furniture, and overlooks the plaza.

AMC JOINT VENTURE

The development of an AMC theater came about near the end of the construction documents for mall expansion. At the time, the south wing was comprised of food and beverage establishments, retail businesses, and a secondary lobby that included big box dry retail on the second floor. In order to maintain schedule, Brookfield (GGP at the time) made a lease agreement to proceed with AMC. This entailed scrapping the construction document drawings to the right of the main mall entrance. AMC become a fast-tracked project. Working very closely with Brookfield, AMC, and their architect FTCH, in six months we developed the design to issuing to construction drawings. This included early bid packages such as the super structure. At one point, we were reviewing steel shop drawings for the north wing and figuring out the new structural grid for the south, AMC wing. AMC, located on the second floor, also had to resolve around first floor program requirements such as mechanical shafts, sound isolation, and an integral facade design. S9 Architecture's scope for the theater entailed primary and secondary steel structure, undulating composite concrete slab, facade, egress/service corridors, vertical transportation and other MEP, fire alarm/sprinkler, lighting work letter requirements.