Originally built in 1958, the old First Federal Savings and Loans Bank building located along 301 Southern Boulevard in West Palm Beach, Florida, has long been a familiar sight to residents driving down the busy thoroughfare. Its location, just before the bridge to well-heeled Palm Beach, made it both a landmark and an attractive piece of real-estate. Over the years the 10,000 square-foot building with its distinctive rotunda has been home to a bank, a charter school, and even an antique car collection. Sadly though, due to its size being either too big or too small for most tenants, the historic building laid vacant and was falling into a state of disrepair. 7-Eleven had been eyeing the property for a while when it reached out to Cuhaci Peterson to help salvage this historic gem, and transform it into a beautiful new store.

The building had interesting Mid-Century Modern architectural features, some that the city and its historic preservation society wanted to keep, and others that had to go in order to bring the building up to code. Given the age of the structure, our team was met with countless opportunities to solve problems with strategic and creative solutions.

Another interesting 7-Eleven project our team had the privilege to work on was our first 2.0 Prototype in Kissimmee, Florida. The contemporized store, which was specifically designed to appeal to the tastes of a younger generation, has a sleek modern look that will make you do a doubletake and ask yourself, is this really a convenience store? Blurring the line between convenience and quick-service restaurants, 7-Eleven’s 2.0 stores feature fresh-prepared foods and amenities such as cigar humidors and wine caves.

Our team made multiple site visits to the Kissimmee location to follow the construction progress and allow some of our younger team members to get some dirt on their boots and better understand how the drawings they do in the office translate into real world applications in the field. Yet another example of how Team CP partners with its clients to transform ideas into value.