KKC brings Bank of Manhattan home.

Kim Komick (KKC Development, Inc.), John Starr (Starr Design Group) and Bank of Manhattan team up to bring life to their new Eco friendly branch in the heart of Manhattan beach. The branch being built by Kim Komick includes a green roof, a green wall, energy efficient prodema@  siding, and a water conscious landscape.  It will serve as a downtown branch for the Bank whose newly completed headquarters is on Rosecrans.  Sustainable building is imperative so we can maintain the beauty of our town with as little impact as possible to the ecosystems and water fronts.  Scheduled to open right before the summer 2012 Bank of Manhattan will be one of the most looked forward additions in the community.

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KKC Fine Homes Joins Forces With Designer Jon Starr

One of the things we love about living and working in Manhattan Beach (and the surrounding beach communities) is that talented designers are drawn to this area. Many local designers have built national reputations for themselves here, in part because this area has a clientele that gives them the freedom to be truly innovative.

We're fortunate to be living in a place where many clients looking to buy or build a custom home are progressive in their thinking. They are successful at what they do, and that success is a result of their unique way of seeing things.  These customers look for homes that express this individuality – they are not people who will settle for cookie-cutter design; they require talented designers. In the coming months, we plan on featuring a number of these local talents on our blog.

One of them is John Starr. He is prolific in his work, and he designs homes that are truly one of a kind.

“Starr describes a design as a continuously evolving dream, a process rooted in creative problem solving.”¹

To build a home in a place with as much warmth and character as Hermosa Beach, a creative team must truly know the town – they must personally breathe in its fresh sea air, see the soft waves of hills and valleys that define the land, be acquainted with the locals – and understand how to achieve that perfect blend of efficiency (of space), sophistication of design, and casualness that defines beach living.

Like KKC Fine Homes, Starr Design Group lives that description.

We are  excited about our upcoming collaboration with Starr Design Group. We break ground on what will be a yearlong project at 112 Manhattan Avenue in March of this year. If you saw the pictures that accompanied the recent piece on Jon Starr in the Easy Reader, you would know why the already beautiful city of Hermosa Beach has something unique and elegant to look forward to in early 2011.

We’re excited to be a part of Mr Starr’s “evolving dream”.

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¹Kessler, Ashley, Concept and Collaboration, Luxury & Lifestyle, July/August, 2008.

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