Contract Magazine - July/August 2017 - 121

Aventine
Architect and Interior
Designer Gensler
Client Rockpoint Group
Where San Diego
What 5,000 total square
feet on one floor
Cost/sf Withheld
at client's request
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before

before
Aventine was designed
by Michael Graves and
completed in 1989 (above).
The new lobby unifies multiple
disconnected spaces with a
holistic design that features
planar Corten walls (left)
to provide directional
guidance and a nod to the
building's reddish exterior.

When a building is designed by a legend, but the
public-facing interiors have become a hindrance
to attracting and retaining high-quality commercial
tenants, changes may need to be made. And
when that building is less than 30 years old, those
alterations may even seem radical. That was
the case with Aventine, a San Diego office building
designed by Michael Graves, which the Rockpoint
Group purchased in 2015 and subsequently
spent $6.6 million to reposition its public spaces.
Gensler oversaw the transformation.
Completed in 1989, the 11-story structure
has solid postmodern bones, but the interior common
areas became dated and less functional over time.
Aventine is part of a mixed-use complex designed
by Graves that includes the Hyatt Regency La Jolla
at Aventine as well as stores and restaurants.
The office tower had elements that aged quicker
than others, and that was a problem in this University
Town Centre real estate submarket, which currently
enjoys the highest office rent growth rate in
San Diego County-a 16 percent annual increase.
"The prior lobby was disjointed and dark,
and it lacked seating areas for tenants and visitors,"
says Tony Russell, managing director of JLL
San Diego, which is Aventine's leasing manager
and also one of its tenants.
Darrel Fullbright, principal and design
director at Gensler, agreed with Russell's
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