Atlanta, GA

Smith Dalia Architects

adidas purchased a block of warehouses in downtown Atlanta overlooking Centennial Olympic Park.  PEC and Smith Dalia transformed the stone, timber and steel to create restaurant and entertainment space with meeting rooms, living quarters, and a roof top bar as adidas’ marketing headquarters for the 1996 summer games.

Tampa, FL (Ybor City)

Lord, Aeck & Sargent Architects / Brock Green Architects & Planners

Tampa was once the cigar capital of America, but this former cigar box factory had seen much better days.  Now it has new life in the fast growing urban neighborhood of Ybor City – PEC rebuilt the damaged sections, raised the roof, opened an entire quadrant for covered parking and upgraded it to resist another 100 years of hurricanes.

Greenville, SC

Smith Dalia Architects

The classic brick and timber mill complex looks like it might make a great place to live.  Unfortunately, there are usually structural issues like rot, termite damage, mortar decay and ill advised modifications, not to mention a complete lack of modern seismic resistance or proper fire separation.  PEC helped Smith Dalia resolve all those problems to create The Lofts at Mills Mill, keeping the brick and hardwoods but adding 21st century amenities.

Atlanta, GA

Brock Green Architects & Planners

Take a steel and masonry warehouse.  Reinforce framing and connections, add lateral bracing and clerestory windows, repair damaged masonry and rebuild covered parking, slice it up, add courtyards, walkways, demising walls and an eye catching entry.  Result: one award winning office condominium complex with curb appeal and an ideal in town location – The Lumberyard.

Porterdale, GA

Pimsler Hoss Architects

This mixed-use conversion of three old mill buildings includes 149 residential units, 7 retail spaces, 2 restaurants and more.  The main building encloses over 120,000 square feet and one river.  Yes, the Yellow River flows under the lowest level of the main building, where it generates electricity for Georgia Power.  Among other things, structural design of reinforcing over the flume had to consider constructability with very limited access from below.  This project also incorporates a new parking structure within the existing building to better preserve the historic look of the property.