Prototype Design + Management

Prototype Design + Management Architecture + Engineering Services

Our Story Our 30 years of practice has taught us the importance of relationships built on trust and confidence. We trust our clients and partners to understand the needs of their customers, and

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National Coverage We have over 315 professionals working coast to coast, and licensure across all 50 states, so we can collaborate no matter where you’re based. We seek to deliver the right balance of simplicity and innovation to align teams and technology around what matters most—your customer.

10,000+ projects permitted

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1900+ communities

Solutions that Scale Customer expectations are always changing—and so is your business. That’s why your A+E firm needs to be flexible.

Whether you’re an investment pioneer working on their first concept or an established company updating their prototype, we can help.

Powerful Technology We help our clients fully take advantage of the “I” in BIM and assist their efforts to establish standards and drive model consistency.

By leveraging the latest VR/AR technology to explore your projects in real-time, you’ll be able to help inform smarter design decisions and facilitate early project buy-in from stakeholders.

Prototype Design + Management We’ll support scaling your program with management of the prototype standards and design changes as your store evolves.

Matchstick by HFA, our concept design process, can help lead your vision from initial concept through design development, then have a seamless transition into project delivery.

Prototype Design HFA helps you design your prototype with brand standards in mind. Our team here at HFA will help LEAD your vision from initial concept through design development, then have a seamless transition into project delivery. We collaborate to create the program, design the layouts that keep flow and operation in mind, and develop the concept through visuals.

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Prototyping

Prototype Development After the design process, HFA helps you develop the architecture, MEP, and structural standards to get your prototype construction ready. We provide site analysis + evaluation, design, layout, exterior design visualizations required for approval by local jurisdictions, construction documents, permitting + entitlements, and construction administration.

Prototype Management HFA maintains your prototype by adapting it to meet the latest standards. We update the design based on client changes and can adapt it to meet site standards regardless of if it’s a ground-up build, a takeover conversion, or a tenant infill location.

Chick-Fil-A Various Locations Chick-fil-A sought to partner with an architecture firm that could provide a centralized prototype design, helping them save on costs and promote consistency across their restaurants nationwide. HFA was selected due to our change management process and experience handling large-scale projects with other major restaurants and retailers.

As our relationship grew and the scope of work increased, we became more heavily involved in the long-term planning and execution of Chickfil-A restaurant projects. Unlike traditional client-architect relationships, HFA partners with Chick-fil-A as an extension of their internal team.

We are regularly involved in corporate meetings to provide expert knowledge of both the Chick-fil-A restaurants and industry thought leadership.

Prototype Management | Industrialized Construction

7-Eleven Various Locations Since the beginning of our partnership with 7-Eleven, scaling at a fast pace has always been the goal, so our team worked to develop a new prototype that allowed us to help design and build 1,000 stores in five years, while also applying value engineering principles to keep costs manageable and meeting 7-Eleven’s goal of an overall 25% reduction in energy. Our team also designed a program using BIM technology that provided automated material takeoffs to pre-negotiated vendors for material procurement, facility maintenance, and operations.

The full team approach we use to serve our 7-Eleven clients includes not just architecture and engineering services, but also permitting, landscape, irrigation, drainage, site design, and construction administration.

A + E | Fueling | Prototype Development

Bojangles Various Locations HFA has worked alongside the Bojangles Design and Construction Teams since 2020, and as the program architect, we developed the architecture, MEP, and structural standards for the ground-up prototypes.

Our team has created multiple prototype designs based on lot size, how much kitchen and dining room square footage preferred, and they also include a new DTO (drive-through only) design, as well. For these prototypes, we utilize traditional stick built, modular, and panelized construction processes based on square footage.

Prototype Management | Industrialized Construction

Sonic Various Locations Throughout our work with Sonic, we’ve worked on corporate and franchisee restaurant locations, both new ground-up and retro-fitted locations, and each time our team has been careful to keep designs consistent with the prototype, while still incorporating the needs and creativity that franchisees would like to see in their locations. One such Sonic location melded the prototype with new and interesting developments, like a dog park placed front and center at the restaurant, allowing customers to eat on the patio with their families, four-legged family members included.

Prototype Design + Development | Retrofit | New Stores

Academy Various Locations HFA partnered with the team at Academy Sports to support both the remodel and new store program by providing full architecture and engineering services and prototype management. Our team was able to collaborate with the Academy Sports team and provide Value Engineering services when it came to the prototype design, helping to make the designs more cost-effective and efficient.

As part of the prototype management process, Academy rolled out prototype updates quarterly, basing each design off the most current prototype iteration, which helped maintain consistency with each project, keeping timing and costs in check.

A + E | Prototype Development

Freddy’s Various Locations Five years ago, our team was approached by a local developer that was also a Freddy’s franchisee, to design a multi-tenant development with a Freddy’s restaurant anchoring the development as the end cap, flanked by two other tenants.

Our team took the Freddy’s prototype and provided the client with highquality construction documents that incorporated their individual design style, ultimately avoiding any potential RFIs that might complicate the construction process. We built a client-specific REVIT prototype for this client, as well.

Protoype Design + Development | Retrofit | New Stores

Love’s Travel Stops Various Locations At the onset of our partnership with Love’s Travel Stops in 2014, we were tasked with providing fueling design services with CNG pumps.

Fast forward to today and our dedicated team now provides full-service architecture, engineering, and fueling support for the new store program (which includes franchise-based restaurants combined with a traditional c-store layout), the remodel program, as well as tire service facilities across the country.

As part of our growing partnership with the Love’s team, HFA actively develops and manages the new store prototype, maintaining consistency and providing Love’s the ability to scale at a more rapid pace.

A + E | Fueling | Prototype Development + Management

Stripes Various Locations in TX, LA, OK + NM Prior to its acquisition by 7-Eleven, Stripes sought out a partnership with HFA to develop a new prototype design, while simultaneously providing full services for their successful new store and remodel roll out program.

HFA collaborated with design firm Chute Gerdeman to help the Stripes team redefine the way customers interacted with the Laredo Taco Company, taking it from a minor establishment hidden away from view to a destination within the c-store environment itself.

HFA was also responsible for implementing a full project administration system to include all facets of a project from real estate investigation through construction, including real-time project tracking and documentation.

A + E | Fueling | Permitting | Prototype Development

Tacos 4 Life Various Locations From the very beginning of our conversations with Tacos 4 Life, rolling out locations quickly throughout the region was always top-of-mind.

Our team partnered with Tacos 4 Life to help make this dream a reality by supporting them through the creation of their first location in Little Rock, AR, thanks to value engineering support on the current building design and prototype they were working with. By providing them costeffective solutions that met brand expectations, they were able to expand at a faster rate, which allowed them to deliver on the motto of giving back meals to those less fortunate for every taco or bowl sold.

Prototype Design + Development | Roll Out

Wawa Morrisville, PA HFA recently collaborated on an innovative drive-through-only (DTO) project for Wawa in Morrisville, PA. Our team was able to bring our internal expertise in architecture and engineering to the table while working with trusted contractors to ensure we adhered to Wawa’s building and design standards every step of the way.

This test project, which was a first for Wawa, was especially exciting because it allowed our team to collaborate on getting a new store prototype to market in record time. This format also allows customers to grab the essentials they know and love from Wawa at an even faster pace without leaving their car.

A + E | Prototype Development

Black Rock Coffee Various Locations HFA has worked alongside Black Rock Coffee Design and Construction Teams since 2019, collaborating together to create a prototype that is cost and timeline conscious while maintaining the consistency of their community-driven brand experience.

We are the existing program architect for Black Rock Coffee. Through this partnership we maintain the Black Rock Coffee restaurant prototype, and we are developing a modular drive-through only prototype for Black Rock Coffee utilizing industrialized construction.

Prototype Design + Development | Roll Out

EG America Various Locations Our partnership with Cumberland Farms (now under the banner of EG America) began in 2013, when our team was brought on to develop and manage its new store prototype rollout. The team at HFA has since provided full architecture and engineering services to help better support the EG America team and this recently included merging the Cumberland Farms prototype with EG America’s branding, in terms of look and feel when it comes to not only Cumberland Farms but other formats, as well.

Our work with EG America has also included a virtual reality tour of the new prototype so our clients could better visualize their customer’s instore experience prior to construction, allowing for real-time updates to the prototype that limited schedule and cost implications.

A + E | Permitting | Prototype Development + Management

Alltown Fresh Various Locations in MA, NH, NY + CT HFA collaborated with Moseley-Bona to breathe new life into the Alltown Café and Market concept, reinvigorating the design to reflect the fresh, local, organic, and made-to-order offerings that customers have since come to know and expect from Alltown Market. Built to be both aesthetically pleasing and easy to shop, these new and re-branded stores gave off purely New England vibes, thanks to the natural tones of the materials applied throughout and the use of locally available building products.

Each location provided the opportunity for the team’s creativity to shine by utilizing interesting, reclaimed materials to give each store its own unique look and feel, while still retaining the same brand recognition that loyal customers know and love.

A + E | Prototype Development | Site-Specfic Designs

Slim Chickens Various Locations Our partnership with Slim Chickens has evolved over the years from prototype development and site adapt work. In recent years, we partnered with a local franchisee on four local restaurants that have unique kitchen designs and are some of the top grossing locations Slim Chickens maintains. This strong, successful partnership has also allowed us to take a larger part in prototype development and management for Slim Chickens corporate, as well. Being near Slim Chickens headquarters in Fayetteville, AR also allows our team even more inperson opportunities to meet with new franchisees and corporate clients prior to construction.

Prototype Development | Conversion Layout Design

MAPCO Express Various Locations in TN + AL HFA collaborated with the team at Chute Gerdeman to revisit MAPCO’s previous prototype to bring a new efficiency and streamlined flow to the space, while simultaneously refreshing and modernizing MAPCO’s brand identity and customer experience. HFA provided architectural and engineering services for the prototype as well as fueling design, which included implementing an all new fueling canopy.

Our team was also behind the creation of MAPCO’s new design standards, created to streamline project work and design direction in the future.

A + E | Fueling | Prototype Development

Au Bon Pain Various Locations Working in conjunction with our strategic partner, The Moseley Group, we provided design reimaging services to refresh existing locations and created a new prototype concept that was rolled out to new stores and franchisees. We developed designs based on new kitchen layouts and food offerings, creating new design standards that were implemented across their branded stores. These standards included interior design, flooring, lighting, and casework design.

We also developed a kiosk prototype, and these smaller footprint designs were rolled out at airports and other large function areas.

Prototype Design | Reimaging | Roll Out

Smashburger Various Locations In partnering with the Moseley Group, we provided design support for Smashburger’s future locations and existing store renovations.

Smashburger was looking to reimagine and rebrand their existing locations, and we worked with the Moseley group to create branding elements that highlighted Smashburger’s iconic Smashula.

Smashburger’s smashing culinary technique is integral to their vision, and we wanted to ensure their vision was tied into their brand and image. With this in mind, we developed concept imagery and design standards that have since been rolled out throughout new and exisitng Smashburger locations nationwide.

Prototype Design | Concept Imagery | Design Standards

KUDU Various Locations in Saudi Arabia We partnered with The Moseley Group to combine western quick service design elements with Saudi cultural standards to create a unique prototype design that differentiated them from western competitors like McDonald’s. With respect to Saudi cultural standards, we utilized tall screening walls to integrate privacy into the booth design, allowing for a more comfortable dining experience.

Our team provided design support for all exterior materials, interior materials, lighting, furniture, and casework, and we coordinated with their kitchen designer to develop a new free-standing prototype that was used as the basis for their national rollout program.

Prototype Design + Development

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James Owens, aia , ncarb .

Vice President 508.528.0770 ext 403 james.owens@hfa-ae.com

Larry Lott, aia , leed ap bd+c Vice President 479.273.7780 ext 201 larry.lott@hfa-ae.com

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