Lifestyle Experiences
Uncovering the design thinking that defines vibrant, mixed-use lifestyle districts, attainable housing, retail, and hospitality experiences.
LATEST REPORTS & ARTICLES
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What Makes a Great Retail Experience? Community, Connection, and Exhibition
Astute retail and hospitality brands recognize that in-person connection is a vital part of their offerings. But what does that visceral experience actually look like?
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How Smart Mixed-Use Environments Can Redefine Urban Spaces
Mixed-use developments, when coupled with smart technologies, can deliver meaningful experiences, while providing developers data insights to optimize their statements.
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Implementing Sustainable Design Strategies in the Retail Environment
Here’s how linking sustainability efforts to the customer experience helps grow brand value and move us toward a more sustainable future.
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Hospitality Experience Survey 2023
As travel ramps up, our survey explores the growing blend of business and leisure travel, new definitions of luxury hospitality experiences, and heightened guest expectations.
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The Future of Hospitality Is Local
Here’s why embracing local cultures and communities is key to creating an authentic hospitality experience.
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What’s Next for Hospitality and New Luxury in Latin America
As a region steeped in culture, history, and beauty, Latin America is a natural fit for the more meaningful experiences that today’s travelers are searching for.
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Old to Bold: How Hotel Adaptive Reuse Transforms Communities
Adaptive reuse has become a key strategy for revitalizing economically obsolete structures and breathing new life into urban centers.
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Trends to Watch: The Future of Cities Relies on Multiuse Districts
As cities undergo massive transformation, Gensler’s Mixed Use & Retail Centers leaders discuss what’s next for the future of cities and multiuse districts.
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High Street Place: From Unused Office Lobby to Vibrant Culinary Destination
In the heart of Boston’s Financial District, we partnered with the Rockpoint Group to transform an underutilized atrium between two Class A office towers into an 18,000-square-foot, Art Deco-inspired food hall.
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Leveraging Client Networks to Inform Retail Site Recommendations
An investigation into how to help retailers streamline their site selection process.
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Hybrid Retail: 6 Principles for Meaningful Customer Engagement
Physical retail is essential to building meaningful connections with customers, but a mindset shift is necessary. Here are six principles for retailers to better engage in an increasingly hybrid world.
Research
Experience Index: Retail
An in-depth investigation into the changing retail experience and areas for improvement
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The Trends Shaping the Future of Hospitality
What are the biggest trends impacting hospitality operators? Gensler’s global hospitality leaders discuss what’s next for hospitality design.
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The Future Is Mixed Use: How Principles of Mixed Use Design Will Restore Our Communities
Mixed-use projects are pivotal in making our communities more enjoyable and resilient. Here are four principles for creating mixed-use environments that will future-proof real estate.
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Mixed Use, Public Space, and the Future of Central Business Districts
With an influx of people to the suburbs and hybrid work here to stay, how do Central Business Districts reinvent themselves? Our research sheds light on the key characteristics residents want from cities and CBDs.
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A Targeted Approach to Reimagining Central Business Districts
We don’t yet have all the answers for how to remake CBDs, but we our research and commercial real estate trends indicate that we need a shakeup.
FEATURED WORKPLACE PROJECTS
Fifth + Broadway
Nashville, Tennessee
Fifth + Broadway is a new mixed-use development that integrates with the vibrant urban fabric of Music City by inserting rich, pedestrian-focused spaces.
Nekajui Ritz Carlton Reserve
Liberia, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
The Nekajui Ritz Carlton Reserve resort design seamlessly integrates the cultural, historical, and natural aspects of Guanacaste and sets new ESG standards
1364ah Lifestyle Center
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Gensler’s design for a new mixed-use development, 1364ah Lifestyle Center, captures the essence of the Diplomatic Quarter in Riyadh.
LIFESTYLE NEWS
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Today’s Hotelier
2023Today’s Hotelier quoted Gensler’s Tom Ito and Ana Ardon in an article on how poor hotel design can negatively impact the guest experience and bottom line, instead highlighting how to create a design that ensures guests and staff are engaged and satisfied. -
Frame Magazine
2023Frame Magazine explored how high streets can be transformed into community-centric destinations through more effective street management, lease restructuring, and designing localized ecosystems. -
Christian Science Monitor
2022Christian Science Monitor interviewed Gensler’s Sofia Song about the promise of reimagining the CBD as more of an “essential lifestyle district” as downtowns are shifting post-pandemic.
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