1 Existing Conditions
Former Salvation Army tied a new addition to a bowstring truss structure.

Serving Chicago’s Austin Neighborhood with fresh produce deliveries since 2018, Forty Acres Fresh Market acquired a former Salvation Army on Chicago Avenue to expand its operations into a full-fledged grocery store. Latent worked with Liz owner of FAFM + their community development partner West Side Health Authority to design the new grocery store with a featured Bank tenant space that was ultimately filled by PNC.
West Side Health Authority will also act as landlord for PNC Bank, a new tenant prominently featured on the Soul City Corridor in Austin.
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“From a social infrastructure standpoint, a grocery store is part of the community. That’s community cohesiveness and social cohesion that makes the neighborhood better to live in.”
Liz AbunawOwner
Former Salvation Army tied a new addition to a bowstring truss structure.
Monumental Sign + Facade Study
Integrating the Retail Tenant Facade
Typical Rainscreen
Vestibule Entrance w/ Steel Plate Canopy
Monumental Signage
Two Buildings in One | Bowstring Truss + Open Web Joist
“This isn't normal. I can't bank. I can't go to a grocery store. It's not a food desert it's food apartheid.”
- Liz Abunaw, Owner2020 Forbes Article
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