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The Fountains at Farah

The Fountains at Farah offers a refreshing, open-air shopping and dining experience in El Paso, highlighted by numerous cascading water displays throughout the development. Designed by Jack O’Brien, with full architectural services provided by the firm, the venue features 650,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space spanning 30 buildings across two terraced levels, a 1,700-space parking garage, and outdoor spaces that include an event lawn and 2,000 linear foot pedestrian thoroughfare. The regional lifestyle center features fresh, name-brand boutiques and on-trend and mid-range department stores. Tenants that are new to the El Paso market include Nordstrom Rack, Dick’s Sporting Goods, HomeGoods, and Firehouse Subs, among others.

This large-scale lifestyle retail center had an extremely accelerated schedule and budget. The entire project was designed with concrete tilt wall panels structure for speed of erection and economy of scale pricing. Architectural embellishment was adhered over the concrete title wall to provide an aesthetically pleasing, pedestrian-friendly design. 

Client: The Fountains at Farah LP
Location: El Paso, TX
Type: Retail, Master Planning
Size: 60 acres; 650 000 SF
Year: 2013

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Client Testimonials.

Charlotte Jones Anderson

Dallas Cowboys
"O'Brien is about incredible architecture. They are an amazing team who works tirelessly, who burn the midnight oil. You talk about people with passion, they are a passionate team. O'Brien has lead us on an epic path of greatness. We are excited to continue with our partnership with Sean and his team."

Shawn Fulham

Lincoln Property Company
"O'Brien has been a truly invaluable partner for Lincoln Property Company over the last 30 years. They have a comprehensive understanding of master planning, mixed use, and all the individual uses and components that make complex projects successful from both a design and financial standpoint. They have a long history of success, and always continue to stay on the cutting edge of design and development."

Lucy Billingsley

Billingsley Company
"Sean O’Brien and team have the creativity, alacrity and flexibility to be great design partners. They listen closely and then bring all the historical architectural smarts and a fresh eye to creating places where you’d like to be. They first think through making the public realm inviting and then enrich that with great architecture."

Kyle Nix

Pritchard Associates, Inc.
"I always enjoy working with the O’Brien team. They are very responsive and efficient, and work well with ownership to help keep projects on time and on budget."

John Griggs

Presidium Group, LLC
"O’Brien, some of the most skilled in the country and truly design iconic structures. The team works hard and commits to every detail. You can expect them to drop everything, meet deadlines, work with the budget. They are just the best."

Josh Eames

Presidium Group, LLC
"O’Brien is one of our most trusted partners. O’Brien team, Your efforts are always top notch and you nail every project out of the park. You are key partner for us."
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