City Market is one of the first amongst its kind, to expand the typical smaller gourmet shop into a unique, new high-end, contemporary gourmet supermarket, attracting a new type of customer for Commercial Mexicana. The goal was to corner the high-end market, making a lasting impression with the gourmet shopper. For this reason, the design of this space needed to be alluring and captivating, dramatic and create a unique shopping experience.

The concept behind the design was to create a space in which the shopper can experience the tastes, aromas, sights, sounds, and textures of a fine European gourmet market, a unique shopping experience enticing all the senses. With Emphasis placed on gourmet brands and products from around the world, the design needed to enhance quality and freshness much like the unique products. Located in a new shopping mall in a basement parking level, the greatest challenge was creating visibility for the store. The Entrance is made captivating and dramatic by creating a bright open glass facade with a black granite and stainless frame allowing visibility throughout the entire store. Bright alluring lighting grabs your eye and leads you into and around the store.

Inside the store, the shops within are defined by strong colors, graphics and signage to invite shoppers throughout shops and to reinforce the “market” feel. Shops along the perimeter each have its own independent color palate. Clean, contemporary built in armoire presentations create focal destinations. The fruits and vegetables shop has a bright colorful fresh fruit juice bar, in which everchanging seasonal exotic fruits get juiced. A contemporary wine cellar features daily demonstrations and tastings. A Flexible stage area is in daily use with cooking classes, demonstrations and tastings to create an interactive experience for shoppers. Each Shop also has focal zones displaying the newest “gourmet gadgets” pertinent to each.



A designer “Chocolates Boutique” offers exotic confections from around the world. The Fish and meat shops are designed to enhance the unique daily selection of specially imported from throughout the world. Using complementary colors, textures and lighting such as refreshing ocean tones, wavy textures and ocean patterns at the fresh seafood shop. More detail visit architecture-page.

Project details

* Project Name: City Market
* Client: Comercial Mexicana
* Project Type: Gourmet Supermarket
* Principal Designer/s: Pavlik Design Team
* Design Team: Pavlik Design Team; Architect: Ht Arquitectos, s.a. de c.v. Mexico, D.F.; General Contractor: Grupo VYG, Mexico, D.F.
* Date of completion of project: March, 2006
* Location of site: Mexico
* Site Area: 26422 sq ft