Marlos Plaza

2024

Launching a Modern Leasing Experience

Marlo's Plaza is a mixed-use commercial and residential development in Culiacán, Mexico. Before opening its doors, the project needed to establish credibility, attract tenants, and communicate its value in a competitive real estate market. Working closely with the founder, I designed the visual identity and digital leasing experience to position Marlo's Plaza as a modern destination while making it easier for prospective tenants to explore the property and inquire about available spaces.

Marlo's Plaza is a mixed-use commercial and residential development in Culiacán, Mexico. Before opening its doors, the project needed to establish credibility, attract tenants, and communicate its value in a competitive real estate market. Working closely with the founder, I designed the visual identity and digital leasing experience to position Marlo's Plaza as a modern destination while making it easier for prospective tenants to explore the property and inquire about available spaces.

Role

Brand & Product Designer

Sole Designer

Team

Founders

Leasing

Impact

100% Commercial Occupancy in 2 Months

100% Residential Occupancy in Under 6 Months

Strengthened market credibility before launch

Created a cohesive leasing experience across digital and physical touchpoints

Role

Brand & Product Designer

Sole Designer

Team

Founders

Leasing

Impact

100% Commercial Occupancy in 2 Months

100% Residential Occupancy in Under 6 Months

Strengthened market credibility before launch

Created a cohesive leasing experience across digital and physical touchpoints

Problem area

Launching a New Development

As a new commercial and residential development, Marlo's Plaza needed to attract tenants and establish credibility before opening. Without a recognizable identity or digital presence, communicating its value and generating leasing interest was a significant challenge

The challenge was creating a trusted digital experience that could serve two audiences and convert interest into action.

Build Trust Before Opening

Create a credible and recognizable presence that inspires confidence from the first interaction.

Simplify the Leasing Journey

Help prospective tenants discover, evaluate, and inquire about available spaces with clarity and confidence.

Design goals

What I aimed to achieve

Build Trust

Establish a credible and recognizable identity that inspires confidence before the development opens.

Build Trust

Establish a credible and recognizable identity that inspires confidence before the development opens.

Simplify Leasing

Help prospective tenants discover, evaluate, and inquire about available spaces.

Cohesive Experience

Connect physical and digital touchpoints through a consistent brand experience.

Design decision 01

Designing the first impression

Created a cohesive visual identity that shaped how prospective tenants perceived Marlo's Plaza, turning an unknown development into a recognizable and trustworthy destination.

Building trust through visual storytelling.

Photography ( Creative Direction)

Design decision 02

Simplifying the Leasing Journey

Designed a digital leasing experience that helped prospective tenants explore the property, understand available spaces, and submit inquiries with clarity and confidence, making it easier to move from interest to inquiry.

From interest to inquiry.

Design decision 03

Connecting Physical & Digital Touchpoints

Extended the brand beyond the website through consistent applications across signage, marketing materials, photography, and environmental graphics, creating a seamless experience from online discovery to the on-site visit.

A vision built on intention.

Branding

Retrospective

From Vision to Occupancy

The project successfully supported the launch of Marlo's Plaza, contributing to full commercial occupancy within two months and full residential occupancy in under six months.

The new brand identity and digital leasing experience established credibility before launch, strengthened Marlo's Plaza's market positioning, and simplified the leasing journey for prospective tenants. By connecting physical and digital touchpoints into one cohesive experience, the project supported full commercial occupancy within 2 months and full residential occupancy in under 6 months.

Brand & digital presence for a new development.

Impact

Empowered businesses

Design creates the greatest impact when every decision supports a measurable business outcome.

Empowered businesses

Design creates the greatest impact when every decision supports a measurable business outcome.

Design Builds Trust

A strong first impression helps people feel confident before they ever visit a place.

Design Builds Trust

A strong first impression helps people feel confident before they ever visit a place.

Experiences Extend Beyond Screens

It cut design time from weeks to days, letting the team test, refine, and deliver faster.

Experiences Extend Beyond Screens

It cut design time from weeks to days, letting the team test, refine, and deliver faster.