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Selected Work

Projects, portfolios, and systems.

Work delivered in collaboration with development, construction, operations, and consultant teams across Build-to-Rent, residential, retail, hospitality, mixed-use, and commercial environments.

Flagship Case Study — AHV Communities

Scaling Product and Design Across a National Build-to-Rent Portfolio

As Director of Product & Design at AHV Communities, Dayna directed product strategy and design operations across a national Build-to-Rent portfolio exceeding $2 billion in multiple U.S. markets.

She partnered with Development, Operations, Construction, Finance, Purchasing, Marketing, Asset Management, and Legal/Compliance to align business objectives, design intent, customer experience, construction requirements, and long-term portfolio value.

Her portfolio-wide work included design standards, community specifications, amenity programs, consultant coordination, FF&E, signage standards, material and product research, documentation systems, tracking tools, quality reviews, and governance processes.

This work helped AHV deliver more consistent products across multiple markets while supporting growth, improving coordination, reducing risk, and connecting development strategy with operations and customer experience.

AHV Communities — Our Communities

Build-to-Rent

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National Build-to-Rent Portfolio

Multiple U.S. markets

AHV Communities · Product & Design Leadership

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Product Strategy and Standards

Portfolio-wide product definition, design standards, community specifications, and material and product research translated into repeatable documentation.

Cross-Functional Portfolio Execution

Alignment across Development, Operations, Construction, Finance, Purchasing, Marketing, Asset Management, Analytics and Research teams, and Legal/Compliance from concept through delivery.

Consultant and Design Leadership

Coordination and design leadership with architecture, interiors, landscape, and specialty consultants across multiple markets.

Customer Experience and Long-Term Value

Amenity programs, FF&E, signage standards, and quality review processes connecting resident experience with long-term portfolio performance.

AHV Communities

Representative communities

Dayna's role across these communities was portfolio-level product and design leadership. She was not the architect, architect of record, developer, owner, or sole designer of any AHV community, and project-specific responsibilities are shown only where confirmed.

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Recent Program Work

National retail modernization and capital assessment

Multi-market program work covering existing-condition assessment, due diligence, permitting, and documentation standards across a national brand portfolio.

Retail

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National Retail Modernization Program

Multiple U.S. markets

David A. Levy & Associates · Program and documentation leadership

Retail

National Retail Modernization Program

Multiple U.S. markets

Firm
David A. Levy & Associates
Client
Anthropologie, Free People, Free People Movement, and Maeve
Role
Program and documentation leadership
Dayna's Contribution
Existing-condition assessments, due diligence, permitting support, QA/QC, documentation standards, and consultant coordination.
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Featured Legacy Case Studies

Retail, hospitality, and residential foundation

Three projects that show the architectural and owner-side foundation behind Dayna's portfolio leadership. Each entry lists the employer or architecture firm, the client where confirmed, and Dayna's specific contribution. Select any image to enlarge plans, elevations, and renderings.

Featured legacy case study 01

Westfield Century City

Century City, California

Sector
Retail and Mixed-Use
Employer
Westfield
Location
Century City, California
Scope
Owner-side tenant criteria and design coordination

Dayna's contribution

Creation and coordination of inline-retail and restaurant tenant requirements; coordination with base-building architecture and interior-design teams; tenant-criteria content, research, graphic selection, SketchUp modeling, and portfolio design integration.

Working owner-side for Westfield, Dayna created and coordinated the inline-retail and restaurant tenant requirements for a landmark Century City retail destination, translating the base-building design vision into criteria that hundreds of tenant teams could build to.

She coordinated with the base-building architecture team and the interior-design team so that architecture, materials, and finishes read consistently across each retail zone, and she authored and curated the criteria-manual content, research, and graphic selections that carried those standards into tenant design packages.

Her production work included SketchUp modeling of portions of the center for rendering consultants and integrating the resulting visuals into the criteria and portfolio documentation.

Dayna was not the architect of record and did not design the overall redevelopment; her contribution was tenant-criteria authorship, coordination, and design integration within the owner's team.

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Featured legacy case study 02

Shore Hotel

Santa Monica, California

Sector
Hospitality
Firm
Gensler
Client
Ocean Avenue Management
Sustainability
LEED Gold certified

Dayna's contribution

Architectural construction-administration and interior-design contributions for the four-story beachfront hotel.

As part of the Gensler project team, Dayna contributed to the architectural construction-administration phase and to interior design for this four-story, U-shaped beachfront hotel located blocks from the Santa Monica Pier.

The building's guest-room configuration prioritizes ocean views and daylight, and the project earned LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council for its design and construction.

Her contribution was made within a larger firm team; she was not the sole author of the design.

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Featured legacy case study 03

Karlstad

Sunnyvale, California

Sector
Multifamily Residential
Firm
KTGY Architecture + Planning
Client
The Sobrato Organization
Location
Sunnyvale, California

Dayna's contribution

Conceptual design, schematic-design, and interior-design contributions for a multifamily residential community.

Dayna contributed conceptual design, schematic design, and interior design to this four-story multifamily residential community in Sunnyvale, California, delivered by KTGY Architecture + Planning for The Sobrato Organization.

The scheme maximizes site density with most resident parking placed below grade, and its defining amenity is an expansive four-level amenity space woven through the building.

The work shown includes street elevations, courtyard and pool amenity studies, and site planning produced within the firm's design team.

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Additional legacy projects

Entry court at The Shops at Chauncey Ranch with the stone monument sign, water feature, palms, and flanking retail towers

The Shops at Chauncey Ranch

Retail · Scottsdale, Arizona

Firm
DAVIS
Client
Vertical Holdings

Dayna's contribution

Design development and construction documentation for Phase II, primary client contact, design revisions across Phase I and Phase II, and a redesign of the tower elements to meet budget and site constraints.

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Anchor Center schematic rendering showing the glazed two-story mixed-use building beneath a deep cantilevered roof overhang with palms along the frontage

Anchor Center

Office, Fitness, and Restaurant · Phoenix, Arizona

Firm
DAVIS
Client
Transwestern Commercial Real Estate

Dayna's contribution

Conceptual design and schematic design.

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Los Alamitos Apartments corner rendering showing the three-story residential elevation with tile roof, arched openings, and street-level entry gate

Los Alamitos Apartments

Multifamily Residential · Los Alamitos, California

Firm
KTGY Architecture + Planning
Client
Hutton Companies

Dayna's contribution

Architectural concept, schematic design, and interior design for a three-story multifamily community; her first concept elevation was approved unanimously by the client following yield studies.

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Remodeled storefront at Biltmore Fashion Park with a white canopy blade, dark metal screen, planted containers, and shaded pedestrian walk

Biltmore Fashion Park

Retail · Phoenix, Arizona

Firm
Nelsen Partners
Client
Westcor

Dayna's contribution

Schematic design, design development, and construction documentation for the remodel of this open-air shopping destination, including design drawings and renderings developed with the senior designer, phased construction-document support, and the redesign of several steel shade structures.

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Tenant storefront at University Town Center with a graphic-wrapped facade, dark frame, and illuminated display within the criteria-controlled retail zone

University Town Center

Retail · La Jolla, California

Employer
Westfield
Role
Design Manager

Dayna's contribution

Modification of inline, kiosk, and restaurant tenant requirements; coordination and approval of tenant design packages and construction documents; design direction to tenants; integration of architecture and finishes with zone-by-zone tenant guidelines; SketchUp modeling of center areas for redesign review.

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Portfolio Map

Markets and typologies

Confirmed markets across Build-to-Rent, residential, retail, hospitality, mixed-use, and commercial work. Filter by sector to see where each typology is concentrated.

25 projects across 6 state markets

Selected Projects

Further architecture, civic, and commercial work

Contributions delivered as part of firm and owner-side teams. Filter by firm to see how the work maps to each employer.

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