Archive for March 2016
Christchurch Adventure Park
Five minutes from the CBD of Christchurch, New Zealand this nine hundred acre property of perfect contours and elevations make up the Christchurch Adventure Park. Four years prior to opening was our first visit to the site. Immediately after we knew that “Yes, we can build the most amazing four-season bike park here!” Four years…
Read MoreWhistler Blackcomb Renaissance Project
Since December 2011, we have had the privilege of working with Whistler Blackcomb, North America’s #1 ski resort, on the Whistler Blackcomb Renaissance Project – the largest and most exciting investment in Whistler Blackcomb’s history. Our market research team did an extensive study on the existing and potential demographics on Whistler’s visitor groups. Once the…
Read MoreWadi Adventure – Creating the World’s First Surf & Adventure Park
UAE, January 2012— For Select Contracts, working on Wadi Adventure was nothing short of amazing. For this project, we built the world’s first surf park, three of the longest white water rafting channels in the world, a huge multi level air park, zip lines, a cable wake park, a surf café and retail shop. We assisted with…
Read MoreDistrict 99
District 99 is a 30,000ft2 indoor bike park and training centre that we are designing, building and operating in Squamish, British Columbia. It provides an all-weather venue for mountain biking, dirt jumpers and BMX and is scheduled to be open in 2016. Biking is huge, the entire age range enjoys it whether they are cross…
Read MoreSki Resort expansion in Macedonia
We were initially engaged by a new owner of the company to produce a detailed market study and future development strategy for this year-round existing mountain resort, set in a stunning remote location in Macedonia. Following the presentation of the study, plan and newly developed brand, we were engaged to progress the project and to…
Read MoreBiking tourism in Dominican Republic
We produced an extensive market study and phased development plan for this exciting new concept in the Caribbean that is an off-grid, eco adventure resort, in the central mountainous region of the Dominican Republic, adjacent to the Armando Bermudez National Park and in sight of the highest peak in the Caribbean, Pico Duarte. The resort…
Read MoreAdventure on International Drive, Orlando
It is not often we are asked to develop a project in such a prime location that caters to 55 million tourists a year, but in 2012 we were contracted to design a high energy adventure park on International Drive in Orlando. This is an adventure park on steroids, it will have a ski slope,…
Read MoreOur first theme park
Set over 80 acres, Oakwood Theme Park was the first theme park project that we were involved with the design and build of back in 1985. The theme park is in Wales, and is still extremely popular today and is classed as the 5th biggest theme park in the UK. The theme park has a…
Read MoreThe world of master planning
Our client wanted an international leisure company to develop a mixed use destination that would focus on the international market and include a whole host of leisure based acivities, hence the master planning contract being awarded to us. After much research in Indonesia, the 400-acre development was designed to include a 130 room hotel (100…
Read MoreFirst indoor entertainment centre in Bahrain
Magic Island is a 55,000ft2 indoor entertainment centre which was the first Family Entertainment Centre in Bahrain. The facility includes a 20,000ft2 food court with a host of fast food and sit down restaurants. The FEC is themed on the past and present of Bahrain to help promote the local culture and heritage. The project…
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