20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | AEC was retained to collaborate with the senior management of a major category management company, to explore means and methods in consolidating several like-kind store departments into one “store-within-a-store” offering.
NBCUniversal | In its expansion period, the Universal Studios CityWalk product was one of the pioneering forms of “urban entertainment center (UEC),” an early form what has become known as location-based entertainment – also known as out-of-home entertainment. Universal Studios eventually developed CityWalk’s in Hollywood, Orlando, and Osaka, and discontinued further expansion to freestanding sites worldwide.
The UEC format was eventually embraced by Sony (Metreon, Odaiba) and Disney (Orlando, Anaheim), on the drawings boards of other film studios, and real estate developers in select location in the U.S. and elsewhere.
Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament | Operations review of image capture part of guest experience.
City of Avondale | Big idea exploration, Ideation and initial master plan concepts for destination retail and entertainment zone. A project sponsored by the City of Avondale, Arizona.
Stonecreek LLC affiliate Adventure Studios was selected as a development consultant to work with the City of Avondale – a community with a key gateway location in to the rapidly – growing suburbs of western Phoenix.
A master plan for development of the 400 acre site was prepared, with a major regional shopping center, retail-entertainment facilities, and a themed entertainment district with attractions, all included in the plan.
An initial charrette was conducted to initially evaluate all potential land use opportunities for this strategic site along a major interstate highway.
Tokyo Dome Corp. | In our capacity as global real estate consultants, in this instance in Tokyo Prefecture (Japan). Experiential guest programming and leasing mix recommendations, for repurposed amusement park adjacent to the Tokyo Dome. The project as developed was dubbed, LaQua at Tokyo Dome.