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The Gardens at Jorgensen Farms

Location:
Westerville, Ohio

Architect:
Jonathan Barnes Architecture and Design

Construction Cost:
$2.3 million

Project Size:
5,000 SF

Awards:
2023 James B Recchie Design Award Finalist

Exterior photo of The Gardens at Jorgensen Farms at dusk. The wood and glass structure is lit and glowing from within, against a blue sky in the background.

Jorgensen Farms is a historic, 100-acre working organic farm, leading culinary program, and event venue. The Gardens is one of two venues on the farm and hosts gatherings of up to 250 people in a comfortable, thoughtfully composed setting. The arrangement of the Historic Barn, new Ceremony Building, and Bridal Suites create a walkway that weaves throughout the indoor and outdoor spaces and guides venue guests through their events. The area includes a Hedgerow Terrace and The Arboretum, which overlooks The Meadow, a half-acre of flowerbeds that bloom throughout the seasons.

View on Fifth Parking Garage

Location:
Columbus, Ohio

Architect:
MODE Architects / Dugan & Myers

Construction Cost:
$4.5 million

Project Size:
110,000 SF (400 Parking Spaces)

The View on Fifth project is a 285-unit mixed-use development on Fifth Avenue in Grandview. The main six-story building will contain 153 residential units, ground-floor retail, and amenities for the residents. The project will also include a 400-car parking garage hidden from street view by the main six-story building.

SMBH, Inc. partnered with Dugan and Meyers Construction to design the parking garage. SMBH led the design team and worked with Dugan and Meyers in a design-build relationship. The design process required close coordination with the design team of the adjacent mixed-use development, which the parking garage supports. Balancing required parking counts with the size and cost of the parking garage was critical as the overall project's design was developed. The site for the parking garage was limited as a result of the size of the site and the size of the mixed-use building. Utility easements on two sides of the parking garage further complicated the layout and structural design. This resulted in the upper four floors cantilevering over the lower two floors. The parking layout on the lower two floors was modified to be parallel parking rather than traditional parking so that some parking capacity was maintained.

The structure's final design was a cast-in-place post-tensioned long-span structure. The structure's upper level was designed to accommodate an additional level in the future. Significant cost savings were realized by using rammed aggregate piers instead of the deep foundation system that was originally recommended. Since the adjacent mixed-use building hides the parking garage, the façade of the garage is cast-in-place concrete.

Exterior photo of the parking garage at The View on Fifth in Columbus, Ohio.

Grandview Yard Parking Garages 1, 2 & West

Location:
Columbus, Ohio

Architect:
MODE Architects / Dugan & Myers

Construction Cost:
$48 million

Project Size:
 1,388,785 SF

These projects are new parking structures located in Grandview Heights, intended to serve as general parking for office buildings primarily. The facilities are 444,925 SF, 383,860 SF, and 560,000 SF, respectively. They include crossover levels, elevator and stair towers, and house over 4,000 parking spaces.

Grandview Yard Parking Garage West 3

Grant Associates Parking Garage

Location:
Columbus, Ohio

Architect:
Daimler / Dugan & Myers

Construction Cost:
$12 million

Project Size:
320,696 SF (1,046 Parking Spaces)

The project comprises a 320,696-square-foot parking garage with 1,046 parking stalls.  The six-story parking structure is intended to provide parking for the employees of Grant Hospital in downtown Columbus.  The hospital was in dire need of additional parking space for associates before this project.

Structurally, the building consists of one-way, post-tensioned concrete slabs and beams supported by 2’-0”x2’-0” concrete columns.  The concrete spread footings are supported by rammed-aggregate pier-improved soil.  Multiple complications were overcome due to the challenge of building so close to the right of way and the property line.

Grant Associates Parking Garage