Blazing Bird
It all begins with an idea.
Multiple Locations
Blazing Bird, a Colorado-based family business specializing in Nashville hot chicken and smash burgers, has partnered with VEGA to open multiple locations across the Denver metro area. With speed to opening as the priority, VEGA adapts the Blazing Bird brand to a wide variety of existing spaces — each with its own configuration, infrastructure, and constraints.
Because each location falls under a different jurisdiction, VEGA guides the team efficiently through each municipality’s permitting and approval process — keeping projects moving and helping a growing local brand open its doors faster.
Montano Plaza
It all begins with an idea.
Albuquerque NM
Anchored by an Albertsons grocery store, Montano Plaza is a well-positioned retail center due for an update. Working within the City’s design guidelines for the area, VEGA developed recommendations for finish, signage, and targeted architectural improvements that refresh the center’s identity without disrupting its operations.
The result is a roadmap for future improvements — including adjacent pad development — that will lead to a fresher, more pedestrian-friendly retail experience for tenants and shoppers alike.
Natural Grocers National Rollout
It all begins with an idea.
Various locations
Starting in 2009, VEGA led the prototype creation and national rollout for Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage. Over that time, VEGA helped them grow from a handful of local stores to having over 160 locations across 20 states. VEGA developed a process that ran from due diligence through opening that allowed us to develop the projects with unmatched speed and quality, all the while developing unique designs that met the local design requirements and reinforced the Natural Grocers brand.
Wilmore Plaza
Wheat Ridge CO
With its well-maintained bones, and synergistic tenant mix, Wilmore Plaza is in the process of undergoing a refresh focused on creating a unified, pedestrian-friendly retail and service center.
The modifications include simple architectural gestures such as new colors, new materials, and modified parapet heights. New lighting, site furnishings and coordinated signage further enhance the experience. Additionally, the concepts of transparency and wayfinding helped inform this transformation.
The end result is the creation of a walkable destination designed to house retailers and service providers that support the center’s core medical tenants, enhancing the customer experience.
Ori’Zaba’s Scratch Mexican Grill
Various locations
Ori’Zaba’s, or “Zaba’s” among the devoted, is a fresh casual restaurant that takes quality to a new level. Without a freezer on site, the incredible chefs at Ori’Zaba’s create amazingly delicious and healthy meals. VEGA was tasked with no only developing a prototype that captured their unique identity in a very competitive market, but to do so in a highly efficient footprint that celebrated the food at every turn. We are excited to see Zaba’s grown and to support them in that effort - at least until they open one near our office.
