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Retail, Workplace | Mar 04 2026

Designing Retail Banking Portfolios at Scale: How a Programmatic Mindset Can Reshape the Sector

RSP’s Stephanie Shepard and Rachel Grothe explore how retail banking portfolios can evolve at scale, balancing speed, cost, and brand clarity while navigating the everyday realities of complex, multi-state real estate. Retail banking is changing fast. Branches are no longer transactional outposts defined by teller lines and queues. They are becoming relationship-driven environments that support […]

Adaptive Reuse, Healthcare, Retail | May 15 2024

A Model for Community Wellness: Adaptive Reuse of Retail Real Estate at NexusPark in Columbus, IN

RSP Principals Jon Buggy and Jeff Hysjulien share their thoughts on the future of healthcare and spotlight opportunities that exist at the intersection of healthcare, wellness, recreation, retail, community engagement and urban redevelopment.

Retail | Aug 17 2023

A Different Kind of Green: Cannabis Retail Design at The Flower Shop

The Flower Shop combines a new model for cannabis retail design with major brand savvy. RSP’s Jason Ploszaj AIA, NCARB and Danielle McPeters NCIDQ, IIDA explain their approach. The U.S. legal cannabis industry flattened slightly in 2022, thanks to pandemic-era restrictions, but, according to Brightfield Group, the market is estimated to reach over $31.8 […]

Retail, Technology | Apr 25 2023

Customer Experience: Emphasizing the Human in the Age of the Artificial

After all we’ve been through, could HI (Human Interaction) be the antidote for AI (Artificial Intelligence) when it comes to great customer experience? RSP’s Thom Lasley is ready to storm the barricades.

Retail | Nov 16 2022

Our Pets May Be The Next Great Design Driver

RSP’s Jackie Miller explains how our pets are a new type of social catalyst and may be the next great design driver.

Retail | Jul 19 2022

5 Trends Shaping Retail Banking

The retail banking sector is in flux. Jackie Miller discusses how the industry is adapting.

Mixed-Use, Retail | Aug 09 2021

Reimagining Bayshore: Anchors Away in the Real World

In this second article of our series, RSP Principal Jeff Hysjulien reveals the transformative process of reimagining Bayshore, exemplifying the future of American malls.