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Water Street Tampa

Water Street Tampa

Tampa, Florida
Client: Strategic Property Partners, Cascade Investment Group

Project Description

  • Elkus Manfredi created a master plan of more than 10 million square feet for a mixed-use neighborhood that is the first WELL Pre-certified Community in the world and has transformed downtown Tampa.
  • The mixed-use nature of the development encourages street life that is active 18 hours a day.
  • An active pedestrian experience is at the heart of the master plan, with one million square feet of new retail, cultural, educational, and entertainment space at street level, as well as 12.9 acres of new and enhanced park and public gathering places.
  • The diverse mix of residences, business, retail, and other uses will act as a magnet for talent in commerce, the arts, education, and other urban attributes.

Photography and Renderings: © Strategic Property Partners

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Rutgers University — Honors College

Rutgers University — Honors College

New Brunswick, New Jersey
Client: Rutgers University, New Brunswick Development Corporation

Project Description

  • Elkus Manfredi designed the first home consisting of 540 beds for the residential Honors College on the main College Avenue Campus of Rutgers University.
  • This building provides dedicated residential, study, and amenity space for undergraduate Honors College students, as well as administrative offices for the Honors College dean and faculty and four faculty apartments.
  • All three wings of the building feature generous student lounges at ground level that look out onto the new quad, as well as a grab-and-go café, living room area with fireplace, terrace with river views, and seven distinct seminar rooms.
  • The project is certified LEED-NC Silver.

Photographers: Frank Villafane and Robert Benson

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U.S. Green Building Council — New Jersey

Innovative School Project of the Year (as part of the College Avenue Redevelopment Initiative)

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Texas Medical Center — Helix Park BioResearch Campus

Texas Medical Center — Helix Park BioResearch Campus

Houston
Client: Texas Medical Center, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, UT Health, MD Anderson Cancer Center

Project Description

    • Elkus Manfredi Architects are the master planners of Texas Medical Center (TMC) Helix Park. The master plan envisions a mixed-use campus environment arrayed along Helix Gardens, a landscaped park in the form of DNA’s double helix. The master plan is anchored by two key initial buildings — the TMC³ Collaborative Building and One Dynamic, both designed by Elkus Manfredi Architects.
    • Working with the founding institutions — TMC, Texas A&M, UTHealth, and MD Anderson Cancer Center — Elkus Manfredi has completed a campus plan that includes institutional research facilities for each of the founding institutions within an ecosystem of biopharmaceuticals, big data, venture capital, medical device, and bioscience startups, incubators, and accelerators.
    • The campus is planned for 37 acres and calls for 6.5 million square feet of a new integrated mix of uses including institutional and commercial research, a hotel and conference center, apartments, and restaurants.
    • All the buildings of TMC Helix Park are or will be designed to achieve LEED-CS Gold.

Photography by Joe Aker, Robert Benson and Mariella & Luis Vargas

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Harvard University — Soldiers Field Park

Harvard University — Soldiers Field Park

Boston, Massachusetts
Client: Harvard University

Project Description

  • The Soldiers Field Park complex is a prominent component of Harvard University’s affiliate housing portfolio, with approximately 750 residents in 478 apartments spread across four buildings.
  • Elkus Manfredi provided planning and design services for extensive cosmetic, infrastructure, and system upgrades of the entire 1970s complex.
  • Our work reconfigured apartment layouts to meet changing tenant demographics, reprogrammed the street-level spaces to expand amenities and engage pedestrians, and redeveloped the site with improvements that connect with the surrounding and developing Allston campus.
  • The amenity program includes study rooms, conference rooms, lounge and common rooms, a fitness center, and indoor children’s playrooms.
  • All four phases are certified LEED-ID+C: Commercial Interiors Gold. The project also meets Harvard’s Healthier Building Academy’s standards and Healthcare Without Harm’s Greenhealth Approved standard.

 

Photos: © David Kurtis and Elkus Manfredi Architects

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Hood Bike Park Pavilion

Hood Bike Park Pavilion

Boston, Massachusetts
Client: Catamount Management

Project Description

  • Envisioned as a destination for the neighborhood to come, the new 22,000-square-foot Hood Bike Park Pavilion will be used as a venue for small concerts, neighborhood festivals, and farmers’ markets.
  • The plane of the park’s landscape was lifted and tilted to buffer the adjacent elevated highway and industrial uses.
  • The wood-clad bike pavilion is tucked into the landscape and houses public bicycle facilities with bike racks, a repair shop, storage lockers, restrooms, and publicly accessible showers.
  • On top of the pavilion is an area with tables and chairs called The Perch, which overlooks the park and the Hood stack.
  • Sustainable features include deep-rooted and water-seeking plants, a bioswale with salt-tolerant plants, locally sourced plants, and storm water capture on site.

Photography: © Peter Vanderwarker

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Miami Worldcenter

Miami Worldcenter

Miami, Florida
Client: Miami Worldcenter Associates

Project Description

  • This certified LEED Silver master plan created a 27-acre redevelopment over nine city blocks that represents a 15% expansion of the Central Business District.
  • This pedestrian-centered district combines art, culture, international trade, and sustainable design.
  • The first phase of the four-million-sf development includes 1,000 residences, 350,000-sf retail, parking, vibrant new public plazas, and car-free walkways.

Renderings by Digital Blackmagic (DBM)
Photo: PARAMOUNT Miami Worldcenter team and affiliates, © Kevin Vildósola / ODP Architecture and Design

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Van Ness Office

Van Ness Office

Boston, Massachusetts
Client: Samuels & Associates

“Van Ness is a microcosm of the best of Boston. It has taken the neighborhood to a whole new level, bringing together a dynamic mix of professionals who live in its contemporary and striking residences, and those who work within its flexible office spaces. We are seeing a total transformation of the blocks between Van Ness and Boylston Streets with new restaurants and appealing retail continuing to sprout up, which is a testament to the impact of this project.”

Joel Sklar

President and Principal at Samuels & Associates

Project Description

  • This 239,000-sf, eight-story commercial tower provides contemporary workplaces within the 870,000-sf mixed-use Van Ness development in Boston’s Fenway neighborhood.
  • Partner to the Van Ness residence tower, the office tower offers open floor plans, high ceilings, inspiring views, and a lush landscaped fifth-floor terrace.
  • Three levels of underground parking provide 534 parking spaces.

Photographers: Chuck Choi (exteriors), Andrew Bordwin (interiors)

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The Ohio State University – South Campus Gateway

The Ohio State University – South Campus Gateway

Columbus, Ohio
Client: The Ohio State University

“We have felt very satisfied, very comfortable with the decision to hire Elkus Manfredi. They really understand the demands of urban design and the complexities of mixing uses in buildings.

Terry Foegler

Former Associate Vice President, Planning and Real Estate Operations at The Ohio State University

Project Description

  • This 887,000-sf mixed-use development has transformed a neglected urban area—and the main entry to the campus—to create a welcoming college-town environment and sense of arrival to the OSU campus.
  • Strategically planned mixed-use programming included 225,000-sf of street-level retail, 12 restaurants, an eight-screen cinema, 180 residences, and the relocated University bookstore.
  • A unifying urban design project, the Gateway has made the University’s cultural resources more available to the City of Columbus, creating incentive for junior faculty and others to live in surrounding residential neighborhoods, thereby reclaiming the formerly rundown area.

Photographer: Brad Feinknopf

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Award

AIA Ohio

Excellence in Architectural Design

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The Grove

The Grove

Los Angeles, California
Client: Caruso Affiliated

“It was very important for me to try to transport people to a better place and time. I wanted to create a Main Street for a city that does not have one.”

Rick Caruso

CEO, Caruso Affiliated

Project Description

  • Winner of seven national awards, the 600,000-sf open-air development is a thriving, urban, pedestrian-oriented retail and entertainment destination.
  • Connected to the Los Angeles Farmers Market and centered around a “Main Street” and a “Town Green” – in a city that has neither – the master plan uses active, welcoming public spaces as anchors.
  • Pedestrian-scaled streetscapes and an overall European aesthetic creates a spirited sense of place.

Photographer: RMA Architectural Photographers

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Urban Land Institute 

Award for Excellence

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International Council of Shopping Center 

Best New Shopping Center (400,000–1,000,000 Square Feet)

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Retail Traffic Magazine 

Superior Achievement in Design & Imaging

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Themed Entertainment Association 

Thea Award – Outstanding Achievement Award

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Pacific Coast Builders Conference 

Gold Nugget Award of Merit

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Pacific Coast Builders Conference 

Best Commercial Retail Project

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The Americana at Brand

The Americana at Brand

Glendale, California
Client: Caruso Affiliated

Project Description

  • An eight-block mixed-use redevelopment, this thriving family lifestyle destination revitalizes its neighborhood and provides 600,000 sf of stores and restaurants, 338 residences, a 1.6‑acre park, and parking.
  • Planned along Brand Boulevard and around a new park, the development includes active street-level shops and restaurants.
  • New and existing streets connect the site with its surrounding urban context; sidewalks are wide, with specialty paving, planting, and lighting.

Photographer: RMA Architectural Photographers

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Chain Store Age magazine

Retail Store of the Year — Shopping Centers

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Pacific Coast Builders Conference

Gold Nugget Grand Award

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California Redevelopment Association

Award of Excellence — Mixed-Use Development

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International Council of Shopping Centers US Design and Development Awards

Innovative Design and Development of a New Mixed-Use Project

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Pacific Theatres

Best Retail Project — Gold Nugget Award of Merit

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Pacific Coast — Builders Conference

Judges Special Award of Excellence — Gold Nugget Awards

AWARD

Pasadena magazine

Best Shoppers Paradise — Best of Greater Pasadena

AWARD

California Redevelopment Association

CRA Awards of Excellence — Mixed-Use Development

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Southern California Development Forum

Design Award

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California Apartment Association

Los Angeles Signature Property

AWARD

Los Angeles magazine

Best of LA — Shopping Perks

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