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National design firm Cooper Carry today announced its next generation of leaders with the promotion of eight senior architects and designers in the Atlanta and Washington, D.C offices. Sophia Tarkhan, Nicolia Robinson, Daniel Sweeney, T.Jack Bagby, Scott Fleming, Krista Dumkrieger, Michael Linker and Kathy Logan have been promoted to Principals, individually averaging 20 years of experience in architecture and design. The newly appointed Principals serve as leading voices in the firm, guiding design projects across six studios.... Read More

An example of a successful office building conversion, among many Cooper Carry has completed, is The Foundry, said Smith, whose firm has offices in Washington, D.C., New York City and Atlanta ... The Foundry project in Alexandria, Virginia, is a mixed-use development with 16 stories and 520 apartments that used to serve as a Department of Defense office. ... Read More

EJF Capital LLC of Arlington, Virginia, and Nashville-based Chartwell Residential are jointly undertaking the project, to be called The Chartwell at Watkins and to carry a roughly $80 million price tag ... Chartwell's in-house construction company Franklin Construction Group is handling the construction. Atlanta-based Cooper Carry is the architect.... Read More

Institutional Mall Investors LLC, a joint venture between Miller Capital Advisory and CalPERS, has started renovations at Miracle Mile Shops, a 500,000-square-foot shopping center on the Las Vegas Strip ... New entertainment features will include exterior and interior immersive light, sound and video experiences. Miracle Mile Shops guests will also enjoy new and upgraded restaurants ... Design and construction partners on the renovation project include Cooper Carry, Digital Kitchen, Sensory Interactive and VCC.... Read More

National real estate firm PMG and Toronto-based private equity and asset management company Greybrook Realty Partners announced the official groundbreaking for a 31-story mixed-use project called Society Atlanta ... Beyond apartments, the building will offer 81,000 square feet of office space and 16,500 square feet for retail. It’s expected to open in late 2024. Amenities will include a rooftop pool and restaurant (above the parking podium), a coworking lab described as “massive,” plus an “expansive modern gym” and fitness studio. The Cooper Carry-designed building is claiming a surface parking lot at the southeast corner of Peachtree and 6th streets.... Read More

Samantha Bennett, associate principal at Cooper Carry, tells GlobeSt.com, “There is a heavy appetite for grocery-anchored shopping centers, a sector in commercial real estate that proved to be almost pandemic-proof. “As the built environment experiences the next level of densification, grocery-anchored sites are well-positioned to support future mixed-use development.” Cooper Carry has seen an uptick in design-related requests when it comes to repositioning and refreshing these vital community resources, Bennett said. Upgrades include façade renovations, new signage, lighting and outdoor amenity areas.... Read More

Site plans have been approved for the $50 million downtown Clarksville Riverview Square private retail development with its revamped hotel to be accompanied by stores, restaurants and a new parking garage ... BNA Associates has also confirmed that Cooper Carry has been appointed as the architect and designer for the Riverview Square project. The firm’s "The Johnson Studio" is currently master-planning the entire site as well as handling architecture and interior design for the hotel renovation, entertainment district and parking garage that's set to be built on the Riverview Square property.... Read More

Fast Company examined buildings across the country and found that new and renovated offices are being designed to include more options for workers to get away from their desks to work outside, promoting opportunities to enjoy a break and gather with coworkers or take their laptops and work in the fresh air.... Read More

Developer Carr Companies submitted the plans for the redevelopment of Montgomery Center, drawn up by Cooper Carry, to the Urban Design Advisory Committee for Old Town North. The development plans show two mostly-residential mixed-use buildings featuring retail and a 13,460 square foot arts venue. The core of the development will be split with a T-shape courtyard connecting the retail and arts center spaces. The project is planned to include 331 residential units.... Read More

Designed by Cooper Carry, in partnership with Gensler as the architect for the exterior build and The Johnson Studio at Cooper Carry overseeing the interiors, the reimagination of the space was part of the larger redevelopment of AT&T’s 2.5 million- square-foot headquarters into a mixed-use, entertainment-filled, food-driven experience for AT&T employees and the downtown Dallas community.... Read More

The team managing the redevelopment unveiled two strategies, which call for 2,400 to 3,800 residential units and a mix of office, retail and park space. Now it's about creating the right mix, developers and planning experts say ... “You’ve got to have enough of all of the different seasonings and flavors to make the dish special,” said Nicolia Robinson, director of urban planning and design at Cooper Carry. “If you omit something, then it’s bland.”... Read More

AMLI Residential and Pope & Land Enterprises plan to develop the AMLI Lake Hearn mixed-use project in Brookhaven. The 21-acre site was formerly occupied by the Cox Enterprises headquarters ... The development is being designed by Cooper Carry.... Read More

A special technical advisory committee has been seated to help build Georgia’s Sustainable Development Carbon Registry ... Members of the committee Brian Campa, Principal, Cooper Carry Architects. JD Harper, Sustainability Officer at Cooper Carry.... Read More

The Covenant House Georgia will be able to serve more homeless youth thanks to a successful capital campaign that raised $10.1 million — $400,000 more than the initial goal. The campaign helped build the Gift of Hope Apartments, a 30-unit building that will house homeless youth on the seven-acre Covenant House campus in Northwest Atlanta.... Read More

Designed by Cooper Carry, the fresh facility aims to be ready for students in the fall of 2022 ... Through the addition of classrooms, demonstration and food production laboratories, a brewing science center, and new teaching restaurant on the property, students will be able to train alongside some of the world’s leading chefs and hospitality experts ... The luxury hotel portion of the project is seeking to achieve the AAA Five Diamond certification, an extremely elusive title that is given to less than half of one percent of the 27,000 hotels evaluated annually.... Read More