Springboro, OH – 3,080 s.f.
Farmers & Merchants Bank acquired a former 3,080 square foot branch bank building in Springboro, OH. They enlisted the expertise of the K4 Team in designing a concept to reconfigure the existing space to accommodate both a retail bank branch plus the addition of a Biggby Coffee shop within the building.
Combining a café with retail bank space poses special design challenges and decisions to be overcome as pertaining to the design and code requirements that would allow for customers and employees to use both co-tenant spaces. In response to this, a second drive through lane for the coffee shop, that would not compete with the bank drive through, was created by adding approximately 120 SF to the front right side of the building for the Biggby Coffee.
Another consideration was the shared lobby concept, that could be separated due to the varying hours of operation by both businesses. The existing central lobby was designed with a variety of comfortable seating that could be utilized by each business but allowing separation by a pre-existing overhead roll-up gate. This allows Biggby’s Coffee to remain operation during non-banking hours. K4 also had to address two separate means of egress for both tenants when the overhead gate was closed in the evenings.
The interior was carefully considered to highlight, yet not clash, the existing branded colors from both Farmers & Merchants and Biggby’s Coffee. The dark neutral tones of the floor, casework and furniture compliment the reds and oranges of both businesses’ brand elements.
The design intent was also to create a harmonious relationship for the bank and coffee shop to draw in a larger and broader range of customers, beneficial to the growth of each tenant.
