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Brent Amos, Principal, Science + Technology & Higher Ed, Cooper Carry... Read More

The multiyear project and rejuvenation of the center of campus, which also includes the Exhibition Hall and Pavilion, is now complete. The entire project, , encompasses five buildings with 232,350 square feet of interior space, spread out across 11 acres. The dedication included ribbon-cuttings, a community celebration, student performances, and a Conversations With Cabrera panel discussion centered around the life of John Lewis.... Read More

A panel of industry professionals gave their take on hotel sales and development, travel and other issues last week at the National Association of Real Estate Editors conference in Atlanta. The Review-Journal moderated the discussion with Charlotte Kang, national practice lead for hotels and hospitality at real estate brokerage Jones Lang LaSalle; Michael Ritz, senior vice president of investments at Peachtree Hotel Group; Ben Brunt, chief investment officer at Noble Investment Group; and T.Jack Bagby, principal at architecture and design firm Cooper Carry. ... Read More

The Hilton Columbus Downtown has unveiled a second tower, expanding its guestroom count to 1,000 units. Now totaling 459,531 square feet and more than 75,000 square feet of meeting space, the hotel is now the largest in Ohio. Cooper Carry and locally based Meyers+Associates partnered on the project, while New York-based Jeffrey Beers International (JBI) spearheaded an interior design inspired by Columbus’ urban culture and the surrounding Short North Arts and Arena Districts.... Read More

Alysha Buck, an associate principal and project manager who focuses on residential development at architecture and design firm Cooper Carry, concurred that value can be added to retail centers by adding multifamily residential. “You’re taking properties that were only accessible by car and all of a sudden creating that walkable environment, with users immediately adjacent,” she said. Multifamily residential also can become part of a larger renovation and repositioning of a retail center. Buck cited as an example Ballston Quarter in Arlington, Virginia, a reworking of one of the first major suburban shopping centers in the Washington, D.C., area, built in 1951. Cooper Carry collaborated with Callison RTKL on a redesign, which transformed it from an inward-facing, enclosed mall into an urban-style community with retail space facing the street as well as an open-air garden and plaza for gatherings to connect the retail spaces. The project, completed in 2019, includes...... Read More

Complicating the picture for hotels, as it has for multifamily and other property types, is the cost of construction, Cooper Carry principal T. Jack Bagby said. “It's a combination of interest rates, but also inflation,” said Bagby, who is in the firm's Hospitality Studio. “The supply chain is a portion of it. But when it comes to construction costs, there's a significant shortage in skilled tradesmen, such that the ability to schedule subcontractors is more difficult.”... Read More

Construction of the LEED Gold Certified tower was made possible by a joint venture of Smoot Construction and Turner Construction Company, a 50-year partnership that has built much of the Greater Columbus Convention Center complex over the past 30 years. Cooper Carry, the property’s prime architect in collaboration with Columbus-based Meyers + Associates Architecture, was charged with designing the floorplan for the new tower that seamlessly connected with the existing tower, while Jeffrey Beers International led the design, drawing inspiration from the exciting, urban culture of Downtown Columbus.... Read More

Designed by Cooper Carry, the 142,000-square-foot building has timber pavilions and building systems to reduce its carbon footprint. The center includes a boutique hotel, culinary laboratories, a teaching restaurant, wine appreciation, a distilled beverages laboratories, a culinary exhibition laboratory, a commercial baking laboratory, active learning classrooms, a spa, a functioning rooftop garden, a food hall including a student incubator space, cafe, courtyard, and concierge-style hotel suites. The mixed-use education center is part of the College of Human Sciences, offering students the chance to train alongside chefs and hospitality experts.... Read More

“Enhanced air filtration and low volatile organic compound materials are the features that we specify on every project,” declared Krista Dumkrieger, principal with the Atlanta-based mixed-use residential studio in Cooper Carry. “Being thoughtful in material specification is one of the most cost effective ways to provide a healthy space for residents.”... Read More

Midtown Union was designed by Cooper Carry. General contractor Brasfield & Gorrie began construction of the three towers in November 2019.... Read More

During the “Hotel Design Trends for 2023” panel at this year’s Lodging Conference, design leaders gathered to discuss trends, innovations and creative concepts for the coming year ... Bagby took it a step further noting that there can be a high-end, luxury product that doesn’t have an ounce of story to it, while there can be a select-service product that tells an excellent story that guests will remember and want to go back. “Good design rests in that narrative,” he said. “You can make smart choices. That’s actually the point, it helps us make those choices. You can accomplish it at any level it just takes some thought.”... Read More

Atlanta’s buzzy Midtown Union neighborhood is now home to the newly opened Kimpton Shane Hotel. Located in the “Heart of the Arts,” the 230-room boutique retreat was crafted to reflect the expressiveness of the local culture through a sophisticated design by Cooper Carry and Dallas-based Studio 11 Design.... Read More

The Hyatt Centric Buckhead Atlanta has unveiled a new addition to its onsite F&B lineup: Three Arches. Designed by the Johnson Studio at Cooper Carry, the pan-Mediterranean concept draws upon the cultural heritage of Atlanta and the Aegean to establish the restaurant as a melting pot.... Read More

With this guiding framework in mind, Cooper Carry conceived a design strategy to utilize technology; introduce windows; reallocate space; improve wayfinding; bring mechanical systems up to code; and activate the exterior plaza to create a more comfortable, safe, accessible and functional building from the outside in—all while taking care to honor the integrity of the historically significant design.... Read More

The Sora apartment stack will feature an infrared sauna as part of its amenities package—a first for an Atlanta residential building, Portman reps said this week ... Below that, the Sora building’s amenities will include multiple fitness centers equipped with a climbing wall, golf simulators, party rooms, coworking spaces, something called a garden room, a pet run and spa, an outdoor fitness lawn, a resort-style pool, and arts and media rooms, among other features ... Below that, the Sora building’s amenities will include multiple fitness centers equipped with a climbing wall, golf simulators, party rooms, coworking spaces, something called a garden room, a pet run and spa, an outdoor fitness lawn, a resort-style pool, and arts and media rooms, among other features.... Read More