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Hospitality & Residential

Metropolitan

Metropolitan Condo

Metropolitan

Location:
Columbus, Ohio

Architect:
DesignGroup

Construction Cost:
$5 million

Project Size:
54,000 SF

Many of today’s young professionals and empty-nesters are opting for the convenience and amenities of condominium living. Understanding this trend, the owner of the Metropolitan chose to construct a new four-story condominium building at a lively intersection in the popular urban neighborhood of Grandview in Columbus, Ohio.

The distinctive building features a flat-iron form and offers 22-units with parking integrated on the first floor. The unique form of the building resulted in an unconventional framing layout. One of the main challenges for SMBH was the location of the columns to accommodate the first floor parking layout and the upper level units’ floor plan. Large expanses of glass and skylights provide natural light, which is an important selling attribute to potential owners.

Awards:

  • 2009 Excellence in Multi-family Architectural Design - Grandview Chamber

October 2, 2018 Filed Under: Award Winning, Hospitality & Residential

Norwich Flats Student Housing

Norwich Student Housing

Norwich Flats Student Housing

Location:
Columbus, Ohio

Architect:
Lupton Rausch Architects

Construction Cost:
$15 million

Project Size:
130,000 SF

Norwich Flats is a new off-campus student community located just one block north of The Ohio State University campus. The facility offers fully furnished 1, 2, 3, and 4 bedroom apartments, community lounge areas, computer rooms, study rooms, and a fitness center. Many of the units have small balconies overlooking the adjacent city park.

The project consists of two stories of below grade parking for 141 cars. The footprint is approximately 130’ x 230’ with nearly 30,000 square feet on the lowest level. The upper level accommodates 20,000 square feet of garage and 10,000 square feet of residential living units. The first floor is 20,000 square feet of concrete frame to support the housing above. The garage structure is post-tensioned concrete slab and beams. The entire structure is supported by deep foundations.

The residential housing is three-stories above the first floor and constructed with engineered floor trusses and conventional wood framing. The large gable roof is framed with wood trusses. Each level occupies approximately 25,000 square feet of area. The facade is clad in brick, stone and siding.

October 2, 2018 Filed Under: Hospitality & Residential

Seneca Hotel Renovation

Seneca Hotel Renovation

Seneca Hotel Renovation

Location:
Columbus, Ohio

Architect:
WSA Studio

Construction Cost:
$10 million

Project Size:
95,000 SF

The Seneca Hotel, designed by Columbus architect Frank Packard and built in 1917, was the first high-rise apartment hotel in Columbus. The design for the Seneca has three distinct parts: the two-story, white glazed terra cotta base and five stories of unadorned red brick with the top two stories ornamented with terra cotta cornices and pediments. Three light wells divided the upper seven stories into four brick shafts which filtered natural light into the interior spaces. The hotel sat vacant for nearly 20 years. The renovation of the historic hotel was converting the building to a mixed-use facility of apartments and first floor retail.

The 95,000-square-foot building is on the National Register of Historic Places. Nine stories of market rate rental units range from 500 to 900 square feet for the one- and two-bedroom apartments. The renovation required that much of the brick parapet and some of the bowed brick veneer had to be rebuilt. The pan joist and concrete frame were in good condition with large steel, riveted, built-up girders spanning the grand ballroom at the second floor and supporting the eight stories above it. An extensive reframing of the elevator penthouse machine rooms was required to accommodate the new elevators.

Awards:
Finalist - 2008 James B Recchie Design Award

April 30, 2018 Filed Under: Award Winning, Hospitality & Residential

The Joseph Hotel Nashville

The Joseph Nashville Rendering

The Joseph Hotel - Nashville

Location:
Nashville, Tennessee

Architect:
Elness Swenson Graham Architects, Inc. (ESG) and Arquitectonica

Construction Cost:
Estimated $90 million

Project Size:
446,200 SF

The Joseph Hotel – Nashville is a 300 room boutique hotel atop a 161,000 square foot, 318 car parking garage. The project site is located in the heart of the Nashville music district on the corner of Korean Veteran’s Boulevard and 4th Avenue South.  When construction is complete, this hotel will not only service the Music City Center guests and other enthusiasts of the local arts scene but will also provide parking to the Nashville Symphony Orchestra patrons. Amenities in the hotel include a restaurant and bar, conference and meeting spaces, and a roof-top pool.

The hotel is a 22-story, post tensioned concrete structure supported typically on spread footings and also on drilled piers where the existing storm tunnel extends diagonally across the northern portion of the site.  Lateral loads are resisted by the concrete shaft walls around the stair and elevator shafts.  The building completely fills the site, resulting in construction immediately adjacent to a future building on the south side and tight to the roadways on the north and east end and the alley on the west.

April 30, 2018 Filed Under: Hospitality & Residential

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