Hong Kong Chinese Buffet El Paso, Texas

This project required the complete rehabilitation of a 14,000 sq. ft. movie theater space into a 12,000 sq. ft. Chinese buffet restaurant and a 2000 sq. ft. storage warehouse space in a retail strip center on Yarbrough Ave. in east El Paso. The scope of services included architectural and engineering survey, design and construction administration. The design was coordinated with the Hong Kong Buffet kitchen design consultant from New York.

Because the existing amphitheater had a sloped floor layout the rehabilitation work required the demolition and reconstruction of structural elements and floor slabs and the removal of all existing finishes, systems and fixtures to create a shell space for new components. New work included new HVAC, plumbing and electrical systems for a large kitchen, self-serving buffets and complete new interior finishes (walls, floors and ceilings).

Cost: $750,000 Completion: April 2001