Case Study: The Club at Kalea Bay – Large Modern Modular Commercial Planters, Pool Towel Cabinets and Modern Receptacles.
At a Glance: 187 modular commercial planters including rugged liners with advanced drainage options, 23 pool towel cabinets, 16 receptacles, all engineered for coastal resorts with proprietary marine-anodized aluminum extrusions, 316 stainless steel, recycled HDPE, pressure-washable, replaceable parts, Lifetime Structural Warranty.
The clean, modern lines of DeepStream’s weatherproof, large outdoor commercial planters, receptacles, pool towel issue and return cabinets create and enhance The Club at Kalea Bay, the central outdoor focus of the luxury condominium collection on Florida’s west coast.
At the center of luxury development, around the Cocohatchee River Park and Marina, the Kalea Bay Condominium collection has both ocean and river access, providing service to the growing area just north of Naples, Florida, and the Ritz-Carlton and Vanderbilt Beach.
Key details about the project:
- Scope: 88,000 sq ft amenities (3 pools, 2 restaurants, cottages, tennis, fitness, event spaces)
- Time Line: 2017–2024
- Architect (Clubhouse): Lars W. Young, Inc.
- Interior Design: CID Design Group
- Builder: C.R. Smith, LLC
- Project Year (Clubhouse): 2017–2018
- Location: 13940 Old Coast Rd, Naples, FL 34110
- Installed counts: 187 modular planters, 23 pool towel cabinets, 16 receptacles
- Materials: Proprietary marine-anodized extrusions; 316 SS; recycled HDPE plastic lumber with a 50 year warranty by Tangent, the manufacturer.
- Maintenance: Pressure-washable, stock plastic liners with advanced drainage, hidden drip irrigation
- Warranty: Lifetime Structural Warranty; Core Replacement Program
DeepStream Designs’ Participation, Selection Criteria, and Outcome:
- Emphasis on Durability and Sustainability: The large commercial outdoor planters, modern two-stream receptacles, and pool towel issue and return cabinets feature proprietary anodized aluminum frames that won’t rust, corrode, chip or peel. The recycled HDPE plastic lumber panels have a 50-year warranty by the manufacturer, while DeepStream provides the only Lifetime Structural Warranty in the industry for all its products. The project’s designers chose them for low maintenance, lowest total cost over time, and environmental stewardship.
- Customization:
- Nothing is “off the shelf,” except for the standard planter liners. DeepStream Designs, an employee-owned company, has a 30,000 sq. ft. air-conditioned workshop designed by our craftsmen around efficient customization of solutions to your operational challenges. This includes last minute changes, and even adapting to errors between blueprint and “as built” dimensions to avoid costly delays for your Certificate of Occupancy or inspection schedules.
- Whether one solution for a home owner or the 187 large multi-section Mariner commercial planter sections and large Mariner commercial planters for trees used on the project, DeepStream’s Mariner planters are a cost-effective way to create the landscaped safety barriers used on this project.
- The modern commercial two-stream Audubon receptacles, large Oahu Trash Bins, and Deck Box Pool Towel Cabinets are customized to create a unifying visual presentation across the property.
- Modern Outdoor Design Aesthetics: The Large Commercial Planters, Large Planters for Trees, and modern, ergonomic, Commercial Recycling Receptacles and Trash Bins, as well as the matching Pool Towel Cabinet Deck Box are important visitor touch-points that reinforce the quality and luxury of the Club at Kalea Bay. Architects and Designers required outdoor fixtures with an aesthetic consistent with the brand messaging of this architecturally appealing outdoor project.
- Functionality: Rugged beauty, where form follows function.
- DeepStream’s Modern Commercial Recycling Receptacles and Trash Bins are designed with a rugged, removable leak-proof inner liner rotomolded from LLDPE to ensure sanitation. There are many options that you will find add convenience and usability for your specific operations.
- As all solutions are custom, there are an unlimited number of variations of DeepStream Design Mariner Commercial Garden Planters to meet your needs.
- Don’t confuse Mariner Planters for carpenter-built planters that you see falling apart everywhere in just 2-3 years. All Mariner garden planters are designed using our unique 3-component system: planter box, proprietary marine-anodized aluminum extrusions and frame, and rugged leakproof liner with advanced drainage options.
- The 316 Stainless Steel lids open on custom 316 SS hinges built for hundreds of thousands of openings.
- The proprietary marine-anodized aluminum extrusions used for the receptacles, commercial planters, and pool towel cabinets have been extensively tested at sea. This means they not only stand up to ocean front conditions without corroding, but they can also be pressure cleaned for sanitation, as there is no paint or powder coating to fail.
- Cost Savings:
- Weatherproof, low-maintenance materials and the Lifetime Structural Warranty provided by DeepStream, for its Mariner Garden Planters, Commercial Trash Bins and Recycling Receptacles and Pool Towel Cabinets were judged to provide the lowest cost of ownership over time for both the condo association and the environment.
- Likewise, the large multi-section modular commercial planters’ proprietary frame reduces the overall cost of long planter runs that act as safety barriers.
- Additionally, DeepStream’s stock planter liners set the gold standard for the industry with advanced drainage systems that reduce maintenance and landscaping costs and allow for the “Lego-easy installation” of labor-saving hidden drip irrigation systems.
- With no welds, if parts are damaged on any of DeepStream’s products, they are easy to replace without special tools. DeepStream keeps digital details of every solution so that replacement parts can be easily ordered at manufacturer’s direct cost without any markup for profit through our Core Replacement Program, another unique innovation in our industry.
- Custom, Flexible, Sustainable Design: The flexibility inherent in individually handcrafting American solutions cemented an ongoing 7-year relationship supplying custom, weatherproof outdoor fixtures, for the pools and restaurants at The Club at Kalea Bay. Backed by a Lifetime Warranty, and a 20-year history handcrafting solutions to operational challenges, DeepStream continues to prove its commitment to Sustainability, as our customers know they will withstand decades of heavy commercial use.
- Working together to make an Environmental Commitment: By selecting no-maintenance recycled plastic lumber instead of tropical hardwood, the developer helped reduce the destruction of more tropical rain forests. Additionally, each DeepStream American handcrafted solution generates a donation to Trees for the Future. The Club at Kalea Bay project generated a contribution to Trees for the Future that planted over 12,00 trees in the project’s name.
Case study prepared by DeepStream Designs’ engineering team. Reviewed by Sheila Boyce (President).
