JOHNSON DESIGN GROUP - MIXED-USE

MIXED-USE

Johnson Design Group - Mixed-Use

Who We Are Johnson Design Group is a service-driven architectural firm built on trust, collaboration, and design excellence. Our team combines creativity with technical precision, delivering projects that not only look exceptional but perform seamlessly for the people who use them. With decades of experience in architecture and planning, we understand that great design begins with understanding our clients—their goals, challenges, and vision for the future.

Johnson Design Group - Multifamily

What We Do We specialize in architectural design and planning for commercial developments, mixed-use communities, and multi-family housing projects.

Our services span every phase—from early concept and feasibility to construction administration—ensuring a cohesive, well-managed process that keeps projects on schedule and aligned with our clients’ objectives.

Every design we create balances form, function, and value, bringing thoughtful solutions that elevate both spaces and experiences.

Why We’re Unique What sets Johnson Design Group apart is our belief that architecture is a strategic partnership. We go beyond design aesthetics to help clients make informed, impactful decisions that enhance their business objectives and community presence. Through straightforward communication, dependable service, and a process-driven approach, we ensure every project runs smoothly and successfully from start to finish.

Relevant Team Experience BUFFALO HEIGHTS DISTRICT - Houston, Texas VALLEY RANCH ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT - New Caney, Texas THE DISTRICT AT SUGAR CREEK - Sugar Land , Texas WOODLANDS GATE - The Woodlands, Texas ALABAMA ROW - Houston, Texas LA CENTERRA TOWN CENTER - Katy, Texas EAST SHORE PLACE - The Woodlands, Texas GATEWAY I & II, OFFICE, SERVICED APARTMENT & RETAIL - Hong Kong WHEELOCK PLACE - Singapore FULSHEAR FIFTEEN MINUTE CITY - Fulshear, Texas BRIDGELAND CREEK CENTER - Cypress, Texas BARREL PARK - Houston, Texas EAST RIVER - Houston, Texas WEST FOREST - The Woodlands, Texas TIMES SQUARE - Hong Kong

Johnson Design Group - Mixed-Use

OXFORD HOUSE, TAIKOO PLACE - Hong Kong METRO MEDICAL CENTER COMPETITION - Houston, Texas TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER COMPETITION - Houston, Texas PANIPAT WESTIN HOTEL & MIXED-USE CENTER - Panipat, India HONG KONG CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE, ATRIUM LINK EXTENSION - Hong Kong DISCOVERY PARK - Hong Kong NORTH POINTE - Pflugerville, Texas HOUSTON PAVILIONS - Houston, Texas WEST 8 MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT - Katy, Texas PLAZA AMERICAS MALL RECONSTRUCTION - Houston, Texas FULSHEAR VILLAGE - Fulshear, Texas MIDWAY 200 PARK - College Station, Texas THE PROMENADE AT TELFAIR - Sugar Land, Texas SUNSHINE VILLAGE - Pflugerville, Texas GREENSPOINT RENAISSANCE - Houston, Texas

Principal Profile

H. WARREN JOHNSON, AIA

MICHAEL C. PAMATMAT

MANAGING PRINCIPAL

PRINCIPAL

EDUCATION Bachelor of Science, Architecture Georgia Institute of Technology

EDUCATION​ Bachelor of Science, Architecture​ Central Colleges of the Philippines​

CERTIFICATIONS Registered Architect - Texas #10294

​ ERTIFICATIONS C Associate American Institute of Architects

AFFILIATIONS American Institute of Architects LEED Accredited Professional NCARB Member Urban Land Institute International Council of Shopping Centers

PROFICIENCIES​ AutoCAD | Revit Adobe Suite | Microsoft Office SketchUp | Lumion Enscape

Warren brings more than 45 years of extensive architectural and interior design experience to the table. His role involves overseeing senior design direction and managing various projects like high-rise buildings, corporate spaces, residences, mixed-use developments, and hospitality venues. Warren actively participates in the design stages from initial concepts to detailed development. Additionally, he is hands-on in managing project designers and interns daily. His expertise extends to designing and constructing large-scale urban and mixeduse town center projects.

With more than 35 years of experience within the architecture and design industry, Michael is involved in overseeing all project phases from design to construction. Key responsibilities include coordinating with clients, consultants, and contractors, providing leadership and mentorship to junior staff, and preparing design and construction documents. Prepares detailed preliminary and construction documents, ensuring clarity and accuracy. Conducts site visits to gather field measurements and data, creating precise as-built drawings for comprehensive project documentation.​

BUFFALO HEIGHTS DISTRICT Houston, Texas

Johnson Design Group - Mixed-Use

Buffalo Heights is a mixed-use development at Heights Boulevard and Washington Avenue in Houston. The single-building project includes 220 apartments, 60,000 SF of office space, a 95,000 SF H-E-B, retail, and structured parking. As Phase One of a 25-acre master plan, the base houses the grocer and parking, with offices fronting Washington and apartments above, organized around two amenity courtyards and a third-floor community center overlooking Buffalo Bayou. The project was designed by Warren Johnson while a Principal at ZCA.

VALLEY RANCH ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT New Caney, Texas

Johnson Design Group - Mixed-Use

The Entertainment District at Valley Ranch in Northeast Houston is a mixed-use development set to become a walkable hub for dining, retail, and entertainment.

Anchored by a movie theater and the Valley Ranch Pavilion, the District connects these destinations with a vibrant Main Street featuring shops, offices, residences, and a fitness center. The master plan is phased, with the first phase centered on a green space surrounded by townhomes, apartments, and commercial spaces. Integrated parking garages will support daily use and Pavilion events. The project was designed

by Warren Johnson while he was a Principal at STG and later at JDG.

THE DISTRICT AT SUGAR CREEK Sugar Land , Texas

In 2015, the City of Sugar Land launched an initiative to introduce multifamily housing into five predominantly retail and office zones, aiming to create walkable, mixed-use communities. Kaplan Multifamily’s District at Sugar Creek brings that vision to life with 400 residential units, 19 live/work spaces with ground-floor retail, and a new boulevard anchored by a plaza surrounded by three large restaurants. Additional amenities include a bodega, fitness center, coworking spaces, and a one-acre central park and pool area, designed around preserved mature trees from the site.

WOODLANDS GATE PLAZA The Woodlands, Texas

Located at the intersection of Interstate-45 and Rayford Road in Spring, Texas, this 3.8-acre development includes a 127,000-square-foot office building, a 700-car parking garage, 17,000 square feet of retail space, a 13,000-square-foot event venue, and a 140-key Wyndham TRYP hotel.

It features seven dining options, an upscale food market, and state-of-the-art office spaces, with the event venue set to host various events, concerts, and social gatherings.

Johnson Design Group - Mixed-Use

ALABAMA ROW Houston, Texas

Alabama Row is an urban retail center in the heart of the Museum district of Houston. It includes restaurant and retail spaces with an outdoor dining area adjacent to West Alabama Street.

LA CENTERRA TOWN CENTER Katy, Texas

Johnson Design Group - Mixed-Use

La Centerra is a mixed-use retail development in Katy, Texas, designed in four phases. It features a Main Street-style layout with a landmark tower, event center, retail courtyards, office space, and concealed parking.

Subsequent phases added restaurants, a microgrocer, and residential apartments, fostering a walkable community similar to a traditional Texas town center. Designed by Warren Johnson while serving as Design Principal at HAA.

EAST SHORE PLACE The Woodlands, Texas

East Shore Place is a mixed-use center at the entrance to the affluent East Shore neighborhood of The Woodlands, a master planned community north of Houston, Texas. It includes restaurant and retail spaces on the ground level, below office and co-working space. It includes an outdoor dining area adjacent to the street. Other parts of the development include a parking garage, stand-alone restaurant and bank building. The project was designed

by Warren Johnson while Principal at ZCA.

GATEWAY I & II, OFFICE, SERVICED APARTMENT & RETAIL Hong Kong

Johnson Design Group - Mixed-Use

The Harbour City redevelopment, completed in two phases—Gateway I and II—features five towers atop a three-story podium. Gateway I has two 32-story office towers, while Gateway II includes mixed-use towers with offices and serviced apartments. The 90,000-sqm podium mall connects to Harbour City and the retail strip along Canton Road. Project by Michael Pamatmat while a Senior Architectural Designer at WO Architects.

WHEELOCK PLACE Singapore

This 21-story shopping and office complex sits at the prime Orchard Road– Paterson Road junction in Singapore’s main retail district. The five-story podium and two basements house retail and parking, while the 16-story tower provides office space, totaling 42,450 sqm. A distinctive cone-shaped glass atrium marks the main entrance, serving as both a landmark and covered plaza. The conceptual design was developed with Kisho Kurokawa. Project by Michael Pamatmat while a Senior Architectural Designer at WO Architects.

FULSHEAR FIFTEEN MINUTE CITY Fulshear, Texas

Johnson Design Group - Mixed-Use

LE MERIDIEN HOTEL SHANGHAI Shanghai, China The Le Meridien Hotel and Conference Center features 420 The rooms City and of80 Fulshear, suites. rapidly growing as a Located on the outskirts of Shanghai, China, on a natural Houston lake preserve, suburb, the is planning a walkable facility is part of a larger residential and mixed-use area. It development includes a theater, to connect to its historic ballroom, events center, and villas, along with four restaurants, downtown. indoor The master and plan exemplifies the outdoor pools, and individual residential cabins serviced by fifteen-minute the hotel. city concept, featuring phased parking garages paired with *Designed by Warren Johnson while at other firms. multifamily units near entrances. Users can then walk to various amenities, including restaurants and a hotel/convention center.

The 15-year plan includes seven phases, such as Market Court, Entertainment, Waterfront, Fountain Plaza, and Medical Districts, and aims to revitalize the lakefront with urban canals, nightclubs, and a European-style Market Hall.

BRIDGELAND CREEK CENTER Cypress, Texas

Johnson Design Group - Mixed-Use

Bridgeland Creek Plaza is a mixed-use low-rise community of buildings surrounding a central green. The project was located at the intersection of Bridgeland Creek Parkway and the Grand Parkway in Cypress, Texas. Four retail buildings with second floor flex and office space face the park with office and cinema anchors at either end. The design was part of a much larger master plan for the central core of Bridgeland.

BARREL PARK Houston, Texas

Barrel Park is a collection of parcels making up a highly dense mixed-use development.

The centerpiece is a large hotel, ballroom, and brewery combination. Other areas included an entertainment venue, small office component and multifamily structure with ground floor retail making the development a 24-hour live/work/play landmark.

EAST RIVER Houston, Texas

Johnson Design Group - Mixed-Use

Midway Companies planned a walkable community along Buffalo Bayou in downtown Houston, featuring modular designs for offices, restaurants, multifamily residences, and amenities. The multifamily structures aimed for flexibility in future projects while showcasing modern warehouse aesthetics, with design led by Warren Johnson while at STG.

WEST FOREST The Woodlands, Texas

Located next to The Woodlands, 30 miles north of Houston, this project sought to integrate a restaurant and retail presence into a traditional “Texas Wrap” style multifamily development. Complicating this approach were intensive tree save requirements for the site, causing the arrangement of units to conform to the existing tree configuration.

TIMES SQUARE Hong Kong

Times Square in Causeway Bay features two office towers above a 14-story retail podium with cinemas and six basements linked to the MTR. Its setback plaza hosts public events and New Year countdowns, making it a landmark that revitalized the area into a major shopping destination.

Project by Michael Pamatmat while a Senior Architectural Designer at WO Architects.

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OXFORD HOUSE, TAIKOO PLACE Hong Kong

Oxford House completes the pedestrian link between Taikoo Place and Taikoo Shing, creating one of Hong Kong Island East’s largest mixed-use hubs. The 41story, 46,600-sqm tower features harbour views, a glass-canopied lobby, bridge access to Somerset House, five basement parking levels, and advanced office systems. Project by Michael Pamatmat while a Senior Architectural Designer at WO Architects.

METRO MEDICAL CENTER COMPETITION Houston, Texas

Johnson Design Group - Mixed-Use

MCCUE RENAISSANCE- GALLERIA HOTEL STUDY Houston, Texas This hotel study examines a site on McCue Street in Houston's Galleria/Uptown, featuring 200 rooms/suites, a restaurant, a ballroom, and a parking garage. The hotel design, inspired by New York City's Art Deco skyscrapers, merges classic and modern aesthetics to offer luxury and sophistication while catering to guest and event needs in the upscale neighborhood.

The Metro Medical Center campus plan was a competition to provide mixed-use and parking capacity for the Texas Medical Center. The program featured a 7-story retail and restaurant mall, a 75,000 sf conference facility, a theater, multifamily housing, and a new 5-star hotel. An oversized parking garage was also designed to support adjacent hospitals in need of additional capacity. Designed by Warren Johnson while a Principal at STG.

TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER COMPETITION Houston, Texas

Johnson Design Group - Mixed-Use

The Texas A&M University Medical Center campus plan was a competition entry to establish TAMU’s presence in the Texas Medical Center. The program combined classrooms, faculty and conference space, housing, retail, dining, and a hotel converted from an existing bank. An oversized parking garage supported both campus needs and nearby hospitals, while a 5-story retail mall addressed a long-standing gap in the TMC. Designed by Warren Johnson while a Principal at STG.

PANIPAT WESTIN HOTEL & MIXED-USE CENTER Panipat, India

The Panipat Westin Hotel is part of a larger retail mall and mixed-use center that includes community meeting rooms and a movie theatre, creating a dynamic environment. Located near Panipat City in Haryana Province on a major road between Chandigarh and New Delhi, the hotel features 210 rooms/suites. It includes a small ballroom for regional events and a rooftop restaurant/café that offers views of New Delhi to the south.

HONG KONG CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE, ATRIUM LINK EXTENSION Hong Kong

Johnson Design Group - Mixed-Use

In response to rising demand after HKCEC Phase 2, the Centre began a 2003 expansion adding three exhibition levels (19,400 sqm) between the original and Phase 2 buildings. Built without foundations over a reserved water channel, the structure spans 80 meters per floor.

Completed in 2009, the extension integrates seamlessly with the existing design. Project by Michael Pamatmat while a Senior Architectural Designer at WO Architects.

DISCOVERY PARK Hong Kong

Discovery Park features twelve 40-story residential towers atop a three-level retail podium. The design accommodates a 30meter-wide nullah and a five-lane flyover, with a 43,000-sqm podium built around a shopping street above the nullah and towers overlooking a 10,000-sqm landscaped deck.

Project by Michael Pamatmat while a Senior Architectural Designer at WO Architects.

NORTH POINTE Pflugerville, Texas

Johnson Design Group - Mixed-Use

This 120-acre mixed use master plan at the intersection of Texas 130 and E. Pflugerville Parkway was designed to be a new downtown for the city. The plans contains several districts of retail-oriented buildings, a boutique hotel district with large villas, an entertainment district and the Civic Plaza District with office, City Hall, Convention Hotel, Convention Center and central lake with amphitheater.

HOUSTON PAVILIONS Houston, Texas

Johnson Design Group - Mixed-Use

The Houston Pavilions is a three-block urban mixed use complex in downtown Houston, Texas. It includes a number of restaurants, retail, entertainment venues like a comedy club, dinner theatre and the House of Blues, The 22-story Laura Hotel, the 11-story Greenstreet office building and an 1000-car garage. Designed as an inverted project, it has a continuous internal outdoor courtyard from Main street to Austin Steet. The bridges over San Jacinto and Fannin Streets are iconic circular rotundas bringing light down to the street level walkways.

WEST 8 MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT Katy, Texas

A large conceptual master plan for a long-vacant site at Westheimer Road and Beltway 8 in Houston, Texas. The goal was to transform the existing buildings into an integrated, walkable mixed-use community. Multiple schemes explored a ribbon of outdoor spaces connecting restaurants, multifamily over grocer, office, and hotel uses. The phased approach incorporated courtyards and quads, ensuring each phase functioned as a complete environment when built.

Johnson Design Group - Mixed-Use

Project Description

PLAZA AMERICAS MALL RECONSTRUCTION Houston, Texas

The former Sharpstown Mall (now Plaza Americas) presents a major opportunity to transform the declining indoor mall into an outdoor-oriented mixed-use development. Because several parcels are not controlled by the mall owner, the design works around these areas while maximizing the highly trafficked location. The plan focuses on bigbox retail where appropriate, a central Town Center, and multifamily wrap apartments that anchor the village and connect to additional retail wings. In many concepts, the existing 12-story Jewelry Center becomes the centerpiece of the redevelopment.

FULSHEAR VILLAGE Fulshear, Texas

A mixed-use project on Main Street and Fifth Street in the vibrant growing suburb of Houston, Texas. On the five-acre site the retail, restaurant and office space is clustered around several 100year old live oaks. The architectural style recalls some of the early Fulshear buildings.

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MIDWAY 200 PARK College Station, Texas

A cluster of retail and restaurant buildings adjacent to faculty housing. The 200 Park portion of the larger Century Square master plan is located adjacent to student housing, an office building and two hotels. All within a walkable series of plazas and parks.

THE PROMENADE AT TELFAIR Sugar Land, Texas

Johnson Design Group - Mixed-Use

This Sugar Land development envisioned a more urban town center with a central green and layers of hotel, office and retail development. The central park is bracketed by two parking garages with retail and multifamily wrapping them. This creates a walkable plan with three distinct urban forms: town center green, main street shopping district and individual multifamily and hotel bookends.

SUNSHINE VILLAGE Pflugerville, Texas

Johnson Design Group - Mixed-Use

This project, in Pflugerville, Texas at Dessau Road and Texas 130, aims to create a traditional mixed use central park with a new City Hall building, a “Main Street” shopping street and several other retail and restaurant clusters tied together by walkable promenades. The scale is low (up to 4stories) and the buildings are close to one another giving the impression of a small “New Town”. The site design included two hotels, an office building and access to an adjacent waterpark.

GREENSPOINT RENAISSANCE Houston, Texas

The former Greenspoint Mall in north Houston was reimagined by turning stores outward, creating a central court with restaurants and a food hall, and transforming parking areas into a “Renaissance” theme. Designed by Warren Johnson while serving as Design Principal at HAA.

H. WARREN JOHNSON, SARA MANAGING PRINCIPAL

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