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HDDC hasn’t announced tenants, but Joseph said they are targeting Black-owned businesses. The courtyard will also feature public art suspended from the ceiling. Above the commercial spaces and courtyard will be 33 “co-living” units, with a mix of studios, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, all fully furnished. People will rent their bedroom and bathroom, then share the common living spaces.... Read More

“We have been seeing a lot of restaurants and hotels put a greater focus on their outdoor areas, reflecting owners’ desires to have outdoor spaces feel like a true extension of their interiors,” says Christy Eckert, associate at The Johnson Studio at Cooper Carry, a design firm in Atlanta responsible for the recent renovations or additions of outdoor dining and bar spaces at Frenchman’s Reef in St. Thomas USVI, Bay of St. Thomas, which encompasses six restaurant spaces; the 10,500-square-foot indoor-outdoor bar and restaurant 360 in St. Louis’ Maryland Heights neighborhood; and Spaceman at the Hyatt Centric Buckhead in Atlanta.... Read More

When designers of the Atlanta-based Johnson Studio at Cooper Carry approach a project, it's important that they remain flexible. Such was the case when they took on the job of transforming the old William C. Ellis & Sons Ironworks and Machine Shop into the fine dining restaurant Amelia Gene's. The building had not been in use for years, and there was a huge hole in the back wall.... Read More

One of the top priorities, Cooper Carry determined, was to make the main entry lobby more accessible and visible. The firm converted a former employee cafeteria, located in a prominent street-level corner, to the lobby. It added new flooring and modern light fixtures and installed artificial-stone wall panels.... Read More

Jackson-Shaw and Holualoa Companies say they are starting work next month on a dual-branded hotel in North Phoenix. The AC Hotel by Marriott North Phoenix at Norterra and Element by Westin North Phoenix at Norterra will be connected under one roof ... Simmons Bank is providing construction financing, Layton Construction is the general contractor, and Cooper Carry is the architect.... Read More

More than 300 more apartments are en route near MARTA stations at Central Perimeter. That’s the word today from High Street Residential, a subsidiary of Trammell Crow Company, which has closed on 4 acres of land to build what it calls a transit-oriented development within walking distance of two MARTA hubs served by rail ... As designed by the Cooper Carry architecture firm, the Residences at Perimeter Summit project calls for studios to two-bedroom apartments with around 900 square feet on average.... Read More

The Front Porch is being developed by The Historic District Development Corporation (HDDC). Capital One put $9 million into the venture. The project will also be financed through equity, debt and grants. The project will include 24,000 square feet of commercial space and 33 apartments (67 beds). The development will include restaurants and retail.... Read More

A renovation and addition to Atlanta’s Midtown High School incorporated — at the request of the school community — design elements specific to the school’s racially and economically diverse culture. ... Read More

KDC’s plans to add apartments to the fourth and final piece of State Farm’s massive campus received no public objections during a Dunwoody City Council meeting this week, setting the stage for further apartment growth in the Atlanta suburb ... KDC plans to use the same architecture team: Cooper Carry.... Read More

A life sciences company that specializes in microfiltration and pharmaceutical products announced Wednesday it will open a large facility in Athens-Clarke County, a major investment in an industry Georgia has heavily pursued ... Day said Atlanta-based Cooper Carry is the project’s architect, and Athens-based W&A Engineering is its civil engineer. He said the first phase will include the project’s distribution facility, while the manufacturing and laboratory components will be added during subsequent development phases.... Read More

The 348-room hotel was developed in partnership with the Gwinnett Convention and Visitors Bureau, which owns the 118-acre Gas South District. ... Read More

Songy Highroads and its partner, Texas-based Matthews Southwest, this month signed an agreement with the Savannah-Georgia Convention Center Authority to start the process of developing the hotel. Over the next year, the team intends to design, engineer and price the project. Atlanta-based Cooper Carry will be the project architect, according to an announcement. ... Read More

Housed in Loews, Kansas City’s newest and chicest hotel , the restaurant will take up two floors and span nearly 10,000 square feet. Renderings show soft, neutral tones and moody, sophisticated lighting, all courtesy of veteran restaurant designers the Johnson Studio at Cooper Carry. ... Read More

Alabama - 1856 (designed by The Johnson Studio at Cooper Carry) - It might seem odd to go to a college campus for a high end meal, but not if you’re at 1856 - Culinary Residence at Auburn University’s new Tony & Libba Rane Culinary Science Center.... Read More

The Charleston Place is mapping out plans to upgrade the world-renowned and Condé Nast ranked hotel. The changes will take place in two to three phases so construction does not disrupt hotel operations.... Read More