Instead of rich wood tones and heavy drapery, the new lobby was light and bright. Originally designed to accommodate afternoon tea, the floor had been lowered, creating a dramatic entryway, and a bar stood in the center against the same floor-to-ceiling window backdrop that captivated me years ago. “We went from tea to champagne, which just feels so on point for the Ritz,” Kathy Logan, a principal of Cooper Carry’s Hospitality Studio, told me later. “You’re greeted with this absolutely brilliant chandelier coming down from the ceiling that looks like hundreds of champagne flutes.” ... Read More
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PMG, Greybrook Complete Vertical Construction of 31-Story Mixed-Use Tower in Atlanta | REBusiness | Dec 2023
Upon completion, the development will feature 460 apartments, 87,000 square feet of office space and 14,500 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Amenities at the property will include a sky pool deck, coworking lab, fitness studio, entertainment lounges, yoga lawn and smart package lockers. Juneau Construction Co. is the general contractor for the project, which is scheduled for completion in fall 2024. Cooper Carry is the architect.... Read More
Proposal Aims to Uplift Lakewood Heights’ Historic Downtown | Urbanize Atlanta | Nov 2023
SVDP plans to spend about $30 million—an unprecedented private investment in Lakewood Heights, according to neighbors—on a flagship development that would increase density and, in theory, help revitalize the downtown area ... A series of four community workshops have been held to gather input this year. Those included a design update last month for two Cooper Carry-designed concepts as developers start to prepare the project for a rezoning application and civil engineering work.... Read More
Chartwell Residential Plans Grocery Store & Apartment Development | Nashville Business Journal | Nov 2023
The proposed six-story building, which sits across the street from the L&L Market, will offer a 41,950-square-foot grocery store, as well as 249 residential units, according to document submitted to the Metro Planning Department ... Nashville-based engineering firm Thomas & Hutton and Atlanta-based architecture firm Cooper Carry are involved in the project, according to Metro records.... Read More
Metro Committee Oks Fifth + Broad Update | Nashville Post | Nov 2023
The Metro Development and Housing Agency Design Review Committee on Tuesday approved the design plan related to downtown’s Fifth + Broadway Assembly Food Hall Skydeck ... a more sufficiently covered Assembly Food Hall Skydeck will yield an annual additional 76-plus events, $2.2 million in taxable bar revenue and 11,000 server work hours.... Read More
Jackson-Shaw Developing Dual Branded Hotel in Vegas | Hotel Business | Nov 2023
The five-story development will feature a total of 441 guestrooms, 322 at the AC Hotel and 119 at The Element ... Grand Canyon Development Partners is the construction manager, Whiting-Turner is the general contractor and Cooper Carry is the architect.... Read More
Trends and Considerations in Adaptive Reuse | NAIOP | Oct 2023
One of the most prominent barriers to office conversion projects is the layout of these properties. Office buildings tend to have deeper floor plans than apartments, leading to issues with daylight penetration. Panel moderator Heidi Leinbach, AIA, NCARB, associate principal with architecture firm Cooper Carry, worked on The Foundry, and inventoried a number of solutions her team implemented on-site.... Read More
Dual Brand Hotel Proposed for Master-Planned Center in Phoenix | Phoenix Business Journal | Oct 2023
The approximately 160,000-square-foot building will feature a 179-key AC by Marriott and a 95-key Element by Westin, according to preliminary documents originally filed with the city of Phoenix last year. The site is located adjacent to the Shops at Norterra, which sits less than 15 minutes south of the $40 billion Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. plant that's under construction. ... Read More
The New Modern Workplace | GaBiz | Oct 2023
Often this means “repositioning,” or renovating, behemoth buildings in a major way. Brian Parker, principal of the interior design studio at Cooper Carry, calls this shift going “from corporate to comfy.” With the formula out the door, designers of corporate spaces are getting to let loose and experiment.... Read More
Cooper Carry Plants Roots in Charlotte | Charlotte Business Journal | Oct 2023
505Design's local portfolio includes The Bowl at Ballantyne, Novel Ballantyne, The River District, Kingsley and The Design District. Cooper Carry has worked on notable projects in the Queen City as well, including The Metropolitan, Solis Midtown, Noble Smoke, Merchant & Trade, FBI Charlotte Field Office, UNC Charlotte Marriott and, most recently, Carson & Tryon.... Read More
Atlanta’s Largest Architecture Firm Acquires Group to Expand | CoStar | Sep 2023
Cooper Carry will grow from 320 to 360 employees as a result of the deal and expand its office footprint to Boulder, Colorado, and Charlotte, North Carolina. ... Read More
Keeping Buildings Cool in Hotlanta | Facilities Dive | Sep 2023
Green roofs are more suited for new construction, however, he noted. “It’s much easier to do than to retrofit an existing building for a green roof, particularly because, nine times out of 10, the structural design account for the added weight of water and soil and plants on top,” he said.... Read More
National Design Firm Cooper Carry Acquires 505Design | Sep 2023
National design firm Cooper Carry is pleased to announce the acquisition of 505Design, an architecture firm with offices in Boulder, Colorado, and Charlotte, North Carolina. The acquisition will expand Cooper Carry’s capabilities and design reach across the country.... Read More
As They Mature, Food Halls Go To College | CoStar | Aug 2023
Auburn’s food hall is a for-profit venture run by a local hospitality company, Ithaka Hospitality Partners, but it is adjacent to the university’s Tony & Libba Rane Culinary Science Center ... Hey Day Market serves 1,500 to 2,000 customers per day, a number expected to remain steady even in the summer with the brewery set to open within the next month, van der Reijden said. He declined to provide revenue numbers but said it is “exceeding all expectations.”... Read More