History
Founded in 2002 as Western Design Studio, WDS has been blessed to use or gifts, talents and experience to help others. ! We have had the opportunity to help some amazing businesses get their start, while assisting some very well known companies and franchises to expand and remodel. We cannot name them all here, but the highlights include Rita's Italian Ice & Custard, Rosati's, Greer Lodge, AZ Pack, Urgent Car Extra, Purcell Tires, Salon Boutique, Penske Automotive, Radio Shack, Sally BVeauty, United Postal Service, Lapel's Dry Cleaning, State Farm, Miracle Ear, Pearle Vision Centers, TD Waterhouse, Valley Medical Weight Loss, Steak Escape, Brooklyn Bedding, Calvary Chapel, Robin's Brothers, Handels Ice Cream, Avis-Budget Group, F45 Fitness, Camp Run-A-Mutt, Peoria Artisan Brewery, Squid Ink and Social Tap Eatery.
Specialties
Opening a location for your next Business in Phoenix? WDS Architecture focuses on Commercial Projects only and does not assist with Residential! We have been bringing people together to get Businesses opened faster in the Phoenix metro area since 2002. WDS has found that by focusing on bringing the client's people (vendors, suppliers, users, contractors, industry partners, and specialists) together, we can truly get their business opened up faster! We believe that by doing this, the process will automatically result in a successful project! This Phoenix Architect specializes in Tenant Improvement and Ground-up Commercial Projects. We specialize in site selection, building evaluation and project feasibility. In addition to Design and Construction Documents, we offer design concept, branding, and rendering capabilities. We can also provide BIM and Reality Capture methods. Once documents are complete, WDS helps with city plan review, permit processing, plan distribution & bid review. As Construction approaches, we assist with cost-analysis, budget review, value-engineering and Contractor selection. We then typically continue to represent your best interests as we work with your contractor during construction to navigate through questions, changes and Inspector requests. This construction phase support is known as construction administration services.