Manos Architects served as architect of record for over 70 Payless ShoeSource stores, providing project management for 15 renovation and new tenant fit-out projects averaging 3,500 square feet each. As part of an architectural team at Franklin Mills Mall during construction, the document's author was responsible for surveying and laying out over 200 new tenant spaces in the mall and provided landlord design and documentation. Work also included two store fit-outs for Service Merchandise stores averaging 56,000 square feet.

1. Retail & Commercial Robert T Angstadt
ARCHITECT LEED AP
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Payless ShoeSource - Architect of Record Services
Manos Architects served as Architect of Re- Payless ShoeSource
cord for over 70 Payless ShoeSource stores in Multiple Interior Alteration,
PA, NJ, DE, and MD. Before leaving Manos, I Tenant Fit-Out, and Free-
was the primary client contact and provided Standing Stores
project management on over fifteen renova- Various Locations in PA, NJ,
tions and new tenant fit-out projects averag- and MD
ing 3,500 SF each, including three requiring
The Mills Corporation
additions and one new free-standing building.
Franklin Mills Mall
Our service included preliminary fixture/
Landlord and Tenant Fit-Out
feasibility plans for proposed spaces, surveys,
Philadelphia, PA
site assessments, code compliance and build-
ing permits, landlord coordination, storefront Service Merchandise
design, construction documentation, coordi- Two Store Fit-Outs
nation with engineers, bid administration, and Philadelphia, PA and
construction observation. Voorhees, NJ
Boscov’s Department Store
Franklin Mills Mall - Landlord and Tenant Services Store Fit-Out at New Location
As an early member of an architectural team sta- in Binghamton, NY
tioned at the Franklin Mills Mall during its construc-
tion, I was responsible for surveying and laying out
tenant lease spaces and landlord spaces for the Mills
Corporation. That led to providing landlord “white-
box” design and documentation on over 200 new
tenant spaces in the mall. Other work for the land-
lord included public spaces and landlord occupied
spaces, including collaboration on the renovation of
one of the café courts and a new 54,000 SF anchor Boscov’s Department Store
addition to the north end of the mall. Our familiarity Binghamton, NY
with, and access to, the site also led to tenant fit-out
work for major tenants such as Bloomingdale’s,
Neiman-Marcus, and Youngworld as well as a count- “Within his wide range of skills,
less number of smaller tenants. We also provided you will not go wrong with
lease area verifications for an innumerable number Robert. And with regard to his
of occupied tenant spaces. skills, he knows his limitations -
if he says he can do it, you can
Service Merchandise - Store Fit-Outs count on it. He was, among a
core group of incredibly dedi-
Our work for the Mills Corporation resulted in the oppor- cated and skilled workers, one
tunity to provide construction documentation services for of the best and most reliable
two Service Merchandise stores with an average size of employees I had the pleasure
56,000 SF each, located in Philadelphia and Voorhees, NJ. of working with in over 35
Our service included applying the design criteria outlined years of practice.”
by the stores planning department to layout departments,
and their fixtures and furnishings, and coordinating the George T Manos
mechanical and electrical design. As Architect of Record, Former Principal and Employer
we were also responsible for obtaining the building permit George T Manos, PC
and performing construction administration.